Event Details
When: Thursday, January 8
Schedule:
19:00: Session start
20:00: Session wrap
20:00 onwards Networking
Where: CIC Tokyo 15F map
Entrance fee: Free
Overview
An Interactive Fireside Chat with Heather Dobbin & Diya John
Presented by Startup Lady
**All gender event**
As a founder, your mental health is your business’s most critical asset. But “hustle culture” is leading to record levels of burnout, loneliness, and strained relationships.
Join us for a candid, interactive fireside chat with leadership coach Heather Dobbin and certified therapist Diya John. We’re getting real about the psychological cost of entrepreneurship.
You Will Leave With:
Actionable tips to prevent burnout.
Strategies to manage loneliness and build real connection.
Practical techniques for daily mental maintenance.
Bring your questions and the courage to ask them. This is your chance to get expert advice on the challenges you’re actually facing. We’ll see you there.
Speakers
Heather Dobbin
Heather is an experienced professional coach, facilitator, and community builder with 15 years of experience helping leaders, founders, and creatives align their daily actions with their life's vision.
Her approach is informed by deep psychological insight and over 15 years of career experience in Japan and Korea, including key roles in education, program management, and community management.
Heather works at both the individual and collective level. In her private practice, she guides passionate leaders and creatives through complex career and life situations, focusing on burnout prevention, mindset, and creative expression. As an active community builder, she currently organizes and facilitates a vibrant network for entrepreneurial women and startup founders, creating shared spaces for connection, growth, and sustainable leadership.
Diya John
Diya John is a registered psychotherapist who founded Therapy Garden to make evidence-based counseling more accessible to the international community in and around Japan. Her interest in Mental Health stems from her own experience with anxiety and burnout, moving to a new country (Japan) in the midst of the pandemic, and navigating the demands of the corporate world in her decade-long previous career.