11. Depression as a Warning Sign | Tonja Wright

TW: Depression

Emily chats with Tonja Wright, who opens up about how her PhD supervisors supported her when she was depressed, her discovery of the benefits of complementary medicine, and the inspiration for her productivity and wellbeing business.

Tonja opened up previously, in episode 10, about the difficult decision to leave her PhD when she was experiencing treatment-resistant depression.

This episode covers:

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Finding supportive supervisors

Tonja explains schema therapy in her own words

The Australian system of discounted therapy sessions through a GP Mental Health treatment plan, mentioned also in episode 7


Prioritising spending on health

Lifestyle changes

Complementary medicines (naturopathy, kinesiology) as unexpected allies

Where Tonja found the inspiration for her business

Resources:

Tonja’s business Design to Transform - an evidence-based, green, inclusive and vegan interior design consultancy for workplaces.

*Tonja’s web course to help working mums increase their productivity and wellbeing working from home (www.designtotransform.com)

Insight timer app - free guided meditations for anything you could imagine

*Keep on the lookout for this to be released. 

Tonja is available on LinkedIn and Instagram

The full transcript of the podcast is available here, with many thanks to Dan Ranson

For mental health support, please contact your GP or use the appropriate support for your country at https://checkpointorg.com/global/

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Recorded 13/05/2021.

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