#194 – Nick Jonsson: From Rock Bottom, to Overcoming Fear & Ironman Triathlons

Enter the Lionheart

Lawrence Dunning

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

After achieving success in the corporate world, but at the expense of his physical and mental health, and losing a friend to suicide, Nick decided he needed a radical re-evaluation in his life. Nick learned to exercise his “vulnerability muscle” reach out to mentors, find rejuvenation in helping others combat isolation and burnout.

Nic's bestselling book, Executive Loneliness, and his work with 800+ senior leaders across Asia have sparked real conversations around mental health in leadership. As an Ironman athlete, coach, and global speaker, Nick shares how resilience, vulnerability, and connection are the true hallmarks of great leadership.

0.00: Nick’s background

4.00: The switch from corporate work to entrepreneurial freedom

8.30: Hitting rock bottom and bouncing back

14.30: Difficulties for men and executives to open up

20.00: Finding happiness in the small things

26.00: Why Ironman training helps Nick’s mental and social health

33.00: Raising awareness for suicide prevention after losing a friend to suicide

39.00: Gratitude, Practicing Vulnerability, and Social Wealth

Learn more about Nick: www.nickjonsson.com

Nick’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/Executive-Loneliness-Overcoming-Isolation-Depression/dp/B09QH58C32

Until next time, love and good vibes.

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0:00.0	Once I took ownership for that, I found out there's a whole world out there of other people who also ended up with alcohol issues in their life.
0:07.3	And therefore, I went to one of those 12-step programs.
0:09.6	Well, guess what?
0:11.0	After I went into that meeting and I remember the date because it is my sobriety date, it was May 5, 2018, and I haven't had a drink since.
0:19.7	Just the fact that I could show up and be around like-minded, take ownership for my issues,
0:25.2	share honestly about that, getting the sympathy, releasing the guilt with that I didn't need
0:30.4	to drink again.
0:31.2	So it's powerful and it doesn't have to be alcohol.
0:33.7	It can be anything from social media, drugs, sugar, food addiction.
0:39.1	All the help is there a single theme is too narrow for great minds and daring hearts. Get ready to enter the Lionheart
0:55.0	with your host, Warren Stunning. Nick, welcome. Thank you so much for taking the time.
1:04.5	There should be here. Thank you for the invite, Lawrence. So Nick, you're a very accomplished guy.
1:09.0	You know, you're an author, speaker, you're a coach,
1:12.5	you're an Ironman, your father, your husband, you wear all these different hats. I thought
1:17.8	it might be great if we could kind of start, you know, your background in corporate life and
1:23.1	how you end up kind of being dissatisfied and going off on your own. I thought that would be
1:26.7	a great side point.
1:28.9	Yes, happy to start there.
1:31.2	So if I'm looking at my corporate world, perhaps I was fueled by, you know,
1:36.5	being an anxious overachiever sort of, you know, I needed to constantly prove myself working
1:41.9	hard, long hours, you've been pressing the bosses.
1:45.0	And I found that it worked, you know, hitting the targets, the KPIs and so on.
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