Keeping It Together

Mental health in the workplace is often ignored or sidelined. Not to mention that it is difficult to talk about it in the first place.
And yet, pressures in our work environment has been rising, not least because of the pandemic. How  we can look out for ourselves and others is a question I'll be discussing with Graham McCartney and Dave Horsfall. Dave and Graham are leading the UK charity Jonathan's Voice, which was born under tragic circumstances. 

As Graham says in the podcast: if you have difficulties in coping, don't struggle alone. Reach out! 
Your employer may provide services such as mental health aiders or services provided by your HR department.
In addition to that most if not all countries provide helplines and advice on mental health. In the UK e.g. there are the 

• Samaritans https://www.samaritans.org 
• Mind https://www.mind.org.uk 

Here are a few links you might find useful

• https://jonathansvoice.org.uk  Jonathan's Voice Charity - speaking out for mental health
• https://mhfaengland.org Mental Health First Aiders England
• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thriving-at-work-a-review-of-mental-health-and-employers Thriving at Work: UK government's Stevenson Farmer report from 2017 on Mental Health 
• https://medium.com/newcastle-university-research-software-engineering/mental-health-for-research-software-engineers-in-academia-2a5f0274f16e Dave's article on mental health in Academia in Medium
• https://www.mentimeter.com MentiMeter a tool to gauge how your audience, team etc are doing