07/07/2025
"If you are not going to listen to me, not pay attention to what I expect from you, and take our time together for granted, we need to break up."
That’s what my GP said to me this afternoon. Verbatim.
I must admit, that is EXACTLY what I needed to hear.
When you live with Anxiety Disorder, just a prescription isn't enough.
🪶 You need to be heard. Confronted. Taken seriously.
🪶 You need someone who sees beyond the performance.
🪶 You need someone who says what actually lands.
As comical as it was, I narrowly escaped being dumped by none other than my GP. He just knows the exact language that gets through when anxiety’s running the show.
As the almostNakedCEO, part of my mission is to be transparent about my mental health; on the good days and the brutal ones. My intention is straight forward - normalise the mental health conversation for my team, my clients, my connections, my friends and family. Without being weighed down by guilt, shame, or performative perfection.
My Monday started riddled with anxiety disorder coming at me full force.
🪶 And I refuse to hide from it.
🪶 I refuse to power through it with false strength.
🪶 Instead, I am addressing it, head on.
Thanks to a bit of tough love from my GP..
and a whole lot of self-awareness I have fought hard to build.
Mental health isn’t a side note for me.
It is leadership, beginning from myself.
It is part of work-life, it is part of leading, it is part of my integrity.
To normalize this vulnerability and dialogue of Mental Health at work is not just a mission but my responsibility and service to those around me. So, instead of powering-through alone, we work together to manage, support and overcome every tough day as a mutual wellness-collaboration.
This is where our Intentionality meets Action: Normalizing self-worth & vulnerability rebellion, without shame, fear or apology.
Intentionally, -Szebastian - Because. I. Am.
