Maintaining Momentum: Dealing With Depression While Building A Business

Being an entrepreneur can already feel like an emotional roller coaster. Adding depression into the mix and things can get sticky.

Being an entrepreneur can already feel like an emotional roller coaster. When you throw a hot pile of the unexpected into the mix, taking the time for self-care can literally kill your momentum and cut the brakes on your productivity.

I have spent the last several weeks navigating a tremendously painful life event. There have been "good" days: Days when I felt a little bit back to normal and could conduct business as usual. But more often than not, there have been bad days, days that left me in a listless emotional heap, and unable to attend to my business or "pretend" like everything was fine.

Because so much of my work is dependent on making connections and putting my best self out there in the world, it entirely affects my work when I'm unable to summon the strength to keep up.

Depression is a frickin' bitch, especially when it arrives hot and furious in unforgiving waves, chewing at the heels of unexpected trauma.

I struggled with how to address this, professionally and personally. Cl…