Podcast: The Mental Health Toll of Shop Ownership

How business ownership can create stress that wreaks havoc on your mind, body, and relationships and what you can do to manage it before it evolves into burnout.
Oct. 16, 2024

In this episode, Margaret Light, MA, LMFT, MN LMFT of Equilibrium Therapy Services P.L.L.C. discusses the unique stressors shop owners face and how they can impact mental health. She talks about the stress and burnout continuum and how unmanaged stress and burnout can develop into formal mental health concerns for shop owners. She concludes by sharing tips to help shop owners understand the impact of stress on themselves and their work and when to seek professional help to overcome chronic stress.

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Chris Jones

Group Editorial Director

Chris Jones is group editorial director for the Vehicle Service & Repair Group at EndeavorB2B.

A multiple-award-winning editor and journalist, and a certified project manager, he provides editorial leadership for the auto care industry's most trusted automotive repair publications—Ratchet+Wrench, Modern Tire Dealer, National Oil & Lube News, FenderBender, ABRN, Professional Distributor, PTEN, Motor Age, and Aftermarket Business World.

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