What the bleep is mental health at work?
There are few people better equipped to talk about mental wellbeing and mental health than our special guest, Lou O'Connell, MBE.
Lou is currently a qualified mental health nurse working in the NHS, following a 22-year career in the British Army. She's worked in a number of different (and sometimes challenging) mental health settings in the UK and provided social and occupational welfare support to soldiers and their families. Oh, and she's got an MBE for her volunteer work with young people dealing with bereavement. She's very modest about that which only makes us love and respect her more.
We navigated through dark and light during the webinar and Lou's own story is deeply emotional. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised, Lou would be the first to encourage you to seek support.
Mental health and mental illness resources:
- The Samaritans - always available to listen. Call them on 116 123 or use their self-help app via Samaritans.org
- See Change initiative - Ireland's organisation dedicated to ending mental health stigma (thanks to Rachel Nulty for letting us know about this)
- To find out more about the difference between mental health difficulties and mental illnesses, download the See Change free guide here.
- If you're someone suffering with an eating disorder - or think you might be - Beat offers support through web-based chat, email and a helpline.
- If you're an organisation wanting to educate, acknowledge and support your staff on this subject, Beat is a good place to start. As well as offering information and support on its website, Beat also provides training and events. You can find out more here.
- My Black Dog offers peer-to-peer support for anyone who is suffering with their mental help. All its volunteers have lived experience of mental health issues.
Thanks for Vicki DeBlasi for these links.
Finally, Liz and Mollie have great guides for minimising the emotional impact of receiving feedback and you can sign up here.
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