Black dog: the high price of success

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Running Time: 9:28

Date: 01/05/2015

Falling from the height of success - a business owner's journey to depression and back.

We make a big deal of our high-flying entrepreneurs - perhaps too much, according to Leanne Faulkner. A high-flyer herself as she built the successful Billie Goat Soap business, she saw the flip-side to success as her business took a dive, as pressures mounted, and as anxiety and depression set in. Leanne believes that many business owners are vulnerable - it's lonely at the top, the responsibilities are huge, and not everyone has the resilience to cope through tough times.