Anxiety Hacks

Anxiety Hacks | Episode 47 | Learnings and Successes | Nick Jonsson

Nick Jonsson · August 23, 2023

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Anxiety Hacks | Episode 47 | Learnings and Successes | Nick Jonsson

Podcast: Anxiety Hacks

August 23, 2023

Do you have an eating disorder? If you do then check out Kate's podcast called "Bulimia Sucks" at https://bulimiasuckskatehudsonhall.buzzsprout.com/share Today around the toasty fireplace I am joined by Nick Jonsson. Nick Jonsson, an executive who triumphed over loneliness,…

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Key topicsWhy Success Makes Leaders Lonely-and Why That’s an Organizational RiskIsolation at the top isn’t a character flaw; it’s a leading indicator of burnout, secrecy, and bad decisions that can cascade through a company. Nick Jonsson-ranked the world’s #1 thought leader on Executive Loneliness and author of _Executive Loneliness_-turns a taboo into a leadership imperative. Drawing on lived recovery, global research, and years coaching senior executives, he reframes loneliness as a system problem that demands a system fix. His 5 Steps to Holistic Leadership™-Surrender, Connection, Purpose, Goals, Discipline-give leaders a practical, stigma-free playbook to move from silent strain to sustainable performance. Nick’s approach is disarmingly candid and deeply actionable: how to build psychologically safe peer forums, measure connection like any other KPI, and replace performative toughness with habits that boost engagement, retention, and decision quality. It’s the conversation leaders avoid-delivered by someone who’s been there, and knows how to get them out. Performance & Biohacking for Business LeadersDrawing from his experience as a top 2% Ironman athlete, Nick shares how leaders can optimize their energy, focus, and recovery through biohacking strategies. He connects physical conditioning, mental clarity, and executive performance, offering practical steps for leaders to sustain peak performance without burnout. What a Top 2% Ironman Athlete Does Differently on Low-Energy DaysNick Jonsson races Ironman in the top 2% of the field and spent more than two decades running businesses and teams across Asia before burnout and addiction stopped him. He argues that most executives treat a flat day as a discipline problem and push through it, when endurance sport treats it as data and changes the plan. He walks through what he actually does when the energy is not there: how he reads the signal, what he cuts first, how sleep, food and training get adjusted rather than abandoned, and why recovery is scheduled before it is needed. He points to his own record, from rebuilding after hospitalisation to hosting more than 300 episodes of The Limitless Podcast while training and coaching. Listeners leave with a practical way to handle their worst days instead of losing a week to them.View all topics →

About Nick Jonsson

#1 Global Thought Leader on Executive Loneliness, International Bestselling Author and TEDx Speaker

900+ EGN Southeast Asia membersTop 2% Ironman athletes worldwide2026 GHP Most Empowering Mental Health Leadership Advocate#28 worldwide Global Gurus Top 30 Coaching Professionals

Nick Jonsson is widely recognized as the world's leading authority on Executive Loneliness. His pioneering work has earned him a dedicated Executive Loneliness Wikipedia page and international recognition, establishing him as one of the world's most respected voices on leadership, vulnerability, mental wellbeing, and authentic connection.

Ranked #28 in the world among the Global Gurus Top 30 Coaching Professionals, Nick is a TEDx speaker, international bestselling author of Executive Loneliness, Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Certified Master Coach (CMC), qualified Counsellor and Psychotherapist, facilitator, and certified Team Psychological Safety practitioner.

For more than two decades, Nick held senior international leadership roles, leading businesses and high-performing teams across Asia. From the outside, his career reflected success. Privately, however, he struggled with burnout, alcohol addiction, and overwhelming loneliness - experiences that ultimately became the turning point of his life.

Rather than allowing those challenges to define him, Nick rebuilt his life through recovery, vulnerability, discipline, and purpose. Today, every keynote, workshop, coaching engagement, and counselling conversation is grounded in both professional expertise and lived experience.

Nick works globally with executives, leadership teams, founders, and organizations through keynote speaking, executive coaching, counselling and psychotherapy, leadership facilitation, and Team Psychological Safety training.

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About this episode

Do you have an eating disorder? If you do then check out Kate's podcast called "Bulimia Sucks" at https://bulimiasuckskatehudsonhall.buzzsprout.com/share

Today around the toasty fireplace I am joined byNick Jonsson.

Nick Jonsson, an executive who triumphed over loneliness, anxiety, and addiction. He found solace in a 12-step program, achieving sobriety and rediscovering physical fitness. Inspired by a friend's suicide, Nick now speaks openly about depression and anxiety, dedicating his time to Samaritans of Singapore and volunteering in a 12-step program.

Together, we'll explore practical tips, personal experiences, and professional guidance to conquer anxiety. So join us on this transformative journey towards mental well-being.

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"Anxiety Hacks" is now available on Amazon, if you prefer audiobooks, it is now on all Spotify, audible and major platforms.

“Anxiety Hacks”

Proven Techniques, Tools and Tips to Calmness

In this conversational and life-changing book, anxiety psychotherapist Kate Hudson-Hall will teach you step-by-step the techniques, tools, and tips taught to thousands of her anxiety clients. Finally, overcome your fears and anxieties and enjoy a healthy, happy life.

You will learn how to:

• Take yourself from being completely overwhelmed by your anxiety to showing you easy ways you can learn to cope with your anxiety behaviors and instantly calm yourself, some, in less than 90 seconds.

• Create your own toolbox to manage your stress, worry and anxiety that work.

• Improve your life with the support of the FREE companion course containing downloadable worksheets and bonus videos of Kate demonstrating each powerful strategy revealed throughout the book.

Link to all of Kate's books:https://linktr.ee/katehudsonhallbooks

Reach out to Nick:

Media Profile: https://www.podfol.io/profile/nick-jonsson/r/recT22jWKmdkRBxES

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-jonsson/

Website: http://www.nickjonsson.com/

Reach out to Kate at:

Website: katehudson-hall.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KateHudsonHall/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/katehudsonhall/

Email: katehudsonhall@gmail.com

Kate's Books: https://linktr.ee/katehudsonhallbooks

Guest: Nick Jonsson