Lessons on Managing Mental Health as a Business Owner

If you’ve ever suffered from anxiety and depression so debilitating that you knew you had to slow down to focus on your mental, physical, and spiritual health —  and uncover your career and life purpose —  this SheVentures episode is for you. 🙏🏽

Jen Shultz’ career journey started in the music and entertainment industries before she pivoted to education. She returned to school herself, earned her master’s degree in education, and landed a job at an NYC charter school. But despite her love of teaching, she found herself becoming increasingly depressed and anxious, not to mention more than $100,000 in debt due to school loans. 😱

Shultz prioritized her health, quit her stable teaching job, and founded her first entrepreneurial venture: a tutoring business called Teacher on the Go, where she helped students as a private tutor. After the first one turned into several, she recognized that she was capable of creating a business that scaled. ✅

Like many entrepreneurs, Shultz also learned to keep perfectionism at bay so she could take action. After another bout of anxiety and depression, an epiphany led her to combine her passion for teaching and supporting others by becoming a career coach for women and launching The Non-Nine-to-Five, a business created to help women find their untapped or unrecognized potential. 🚀

Shultz faced those self-doubt gremlins as a new business owner. With the help of mentors and focusing on her personal growth, she was able to manage her anxiety and move her business forward while keeping her physical and mental health intact. ♥️

In our discussion, Shultz reveals her wins and her failures, taking risks, building relationships, and owning her potential. She also discusses the power of trusting one’s intuition and making decisions from the heart. Get ready for some real talk on this episode of SheVentures.

Hey, if you need to speak to someone immediately about your mental health, or you are considering suicide, please click on the hyperlink to the ➡️ Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or dial 988. 

Jen Shultz’ offer for SheVentures listeners:

If you sense you are meant to create successful self-employment impacting the lives of others with your own unique skills and talents BUT you get caught up in self-doubt, second guessing yourself, or overwhelm - Jen invites you to apply for a private clarity call with her (her gift to you!). On your call, Jen will listen deeply about what isn’t working, she will aim to have you feel seen and heard, and you will see if the work Jen does is a match for you. Click here to apply! Offer expires 5/31/23 at 11:59 PM EDT.

Timestamps

1:53 Shultz discusses her career path in the music industry after college.
4:33 A suggestion from Shultz’s mother sparks an interest in teaching. 
13:46 Working as a private tutor for a woman-owned business fascinates Shultz and builds her confidence as she starts to build clients one at a time. 

16:03 Shultz’s father encourages her to start her own tutoring business and figure out how to market it.

22:35 What statement propelled Shultz to start her current business, The Non-Nine-to-Five?

31:06 Shultz provides insight on finding the right mentor from a coach and client perspective — and gives information on how The Non-Nine-to-Five process works.

40:05 Though she may appear confident, Shultz experiences mental health hardships, too. 

42:44 Three tips for those who are at the start of a career or life change

44:59 Shultz reflects on her personal and professional wins.

47:20 Typical clientele of The Non-Nine-to-Five and more information on the business