The biggest stressors for business owners involve work spilling into their personal lives and figuring out how to blend these two aspects of their world. Seeking a mentor within the small business community can help owners and employees to better manage their mental health and well-being. The biggest stressors for business owners involve work spilling into their personal lives and figuring out how to blend these two aspects of their world. Seeking a mentor within the small business community can help owners and employees to better manage their mental health and well-being. (Photo: ArtemisDiana/Adobe Stock)

Although May concluded Mental Health Awareness Month, mental health and well-being are issues important to our everyday lives. Recently, the impact of neglecting mental health and well-being has become more prominent. However, according to a report by Xero, an advocate for small business owners, studies about the impact of well-being on small business owners have been largely neglected.

Between November 2022 and February 2023, Xero conducted international research adapting

Join our LinkedIn group, ALM's Small Business Adviser, a space where small business owners can gather to network, have discussions and keep up with the trends and issues affecting their industries, or visit our Small Business Adviser group on Facebook.

Want to continue reading?
Become a Free PropertyCasualty360 Digital Reader

Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:

  • Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.