87 - Jessica Labesehr - How depression can be a gift, a messenger of the need to change.

When Jessica was 8 years old she had the idea that she wanted a life that she would be excited to wake up to. At the time, life didn’t feel like that at all.

​Her parents divorced when she was very young and she often heard her mother fighting with her partner. 

When Jessica was 8 years old she had the idea that she wanted a life that she would be excited to wake up to. At the time, life didn’t feel like that at all. Her parents divorced when she was very young and she often heard her mother fighting with her partner.

Depression ran through her family and she experienced her mother suffering with it. On the outside everything looked fine but inside she was an anxious child living with deep sadness.

When Jessica was a teenager she had her first full depressive episode which she recalls and describes vividly. She never thought she would ever be happy again. Thankfully her mother understood what she was going through. She felt hopeless and desperate and only ever looked forward to sleeping.

Watch the full interview to hear how Jessica got through this and her next episode of depression too.

Jessica now lives in New Zealand. Through extensive yoga and coaching techniques Jessica was able to create the kind of life she was excited to wake up to and now she helps other do the same. She learnt how to manage her mind rather than let her mind manage her.

https://www.light-mind.org


The BeGlad Movement is aiming to collect 100 stories of good coming out of bad and reasons to be glad by the end of 2018 to help support each other with our experiences and to raise money for the Samaritans and Action for Happiness. If you would like to donate it would be so greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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