Whose Perspective Are You Successful From? Depression, Career Change and Rebuilding — Aron Jameson

About this episode

How do you rebuild a career after depression takes the one you had?

Aron Jameson was fifteen years into corporate life — trainee to Head of Operations in London — when depression arrived and took roughly a fortnight to dismantle all of it. He quit. No notice period plan, no next role, no sick leave. What almost nobody talks about is the bit that came after: three to six months of not leaving the house, not answering messages, and no clear route back.

This episode is about that route. Aron rebuilt his career into a bodywork and wellness practice across Norwich and London, training in six countries across massage, breathwork, sound healing, Reiki, NLP and EFT — and he did it in a deliberate order that he explains properly here. Body first, mind second, and a strategic reason for both.

If you're burnt out, mid-career, and quietly wondering whether the thing you'd rather be doing is allowed — this is a practical, unglamorous look at what actually happens when someone does it.

What we cover:

• The early signs of Aron's depression that he only recognised in hindsight 
• Embarrassment as the real obstacle in career change: winning clients and still dreading bumping into an ex-colleague on the train
• What finally shifted it, and why it wasn't the business getting more impressive
• His case for regulating the wellness industry, and the modalities he refuses to teach
• The word his mentor banned him from using about his own corporate years — and what changed when he stopped
• What a successful day looks like now: half ten start, a book, a mocha

Find Aron: aronjamesonwellness.co.uk | Instagram: @aronjamesonwellness

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