#124 How to start conversations about Mental Health at work

Welcome to the 124th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast.

This month’s theme is mind-body connection, how our physical health supports our mental health and how our mental health supports our physical health. 

So, in today’s episode, I talk about how to have wellbeing conversations where physical health may help to open up the conversations about mental health.

In today’s show on

• Why I decided to make an episode on this topic. [00:53]
• Some statistics about stress in the workplace. [03:39]
• How stress can manifest itself in our bodies. [04:40]
• Some emotional symptoms of stress. [06:24]
• How to have conversations with someone showing stress-related symptoms. [11:32]

Quotes on

• Stress is a very physical sensation.
• Unfortunately, stress is really seen as an integral part of day to day life. But the ongoing physical impacts are very significant indeed.
• Stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension, resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances.
• Stress can be super helpful to enable us to perform or to meet deadlines and motivate us to do our best.
• Chronic stress can contribute significantly to physical problems such as heart disease, hypertension, high blood pressure, and bone density issues, 

Resources connected to

• Podcast Episode #97: The art of listening to support someone
• Podcast Episode #4: Do you wear stress as a badge of honour?
• Podcast Episode #62: Mindfulness and Managing Stress
• Podcast Episode #114: Identifying and Combatting Burnout
• Blog post: How to Handle Stressful Thoughts
• Blog post: How to address your stress