The Hard Truth: Is Your Workplace Mentally Unsafe?
One of the reasons businesses don’t invest into mental health is because we have little to benchmark it against. Mental health has always been something we have tended to sweep under the rug. It wasn’t even until the early 1900’s that we stopped calling those with mental health issues the “insane”. Similarly, it took us […]
The Hard Truth: The Reality of Disclosing Mental Health in a New Job
He can’t believe it. His dream job is finally his. The verbal offer came through this morning and he can feel the excitement penetrating throughout his body. He calls his wife with heightened exhilaration to tell her the news. As his body settles into the news, the feeling of elation grows at the thought of […]
Here’s a Crazy Idea: Provide a safe disclosure process when recruiting new employees?
After reading the The Hard Truth: The Reality of Disclosing Mental Health in a New Job last week, it is clear to say that there is an issue with employees feeling comfortable and confident to speak up and tell the truth about their mental health to their employer. This applies for both those with diagnosable conditions and […]
The Hard Truth: No Need for Mental Health Statistics
We don’t need to hear the statistics anymore. We know that 45% of Australians will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime, and at any point in time, 20% of Australian:s will have experienced it in the last 12 months. We know that 8 Australians die per day by suicide, and that the rate […]
The Hard Truth: What is the One Question for a Mental Health Strategy in the Workplace
When it comes to mental health strategy in the workplace, I genuinely believe that it all comes back to a simple question that we need to ask in the beginning of its inception. What is the problem we are trying to solve, and who is this going to help? As covered in my last article, […]
The Hard Truth: Why Your Employees Aren’t Calling Your EAP
Robert’s colleague told him that the employee assistance program was here somewhere…he clicks on a few more boxes and he seems to be now going in roundabouts. I was just on this page, he curses to himself. He begins to get frustrated; he can feel his hand become sweaty from sternly pressing the mouse. This is ridiculous. He […]
The Hard Truth: When You Get Covid-19 at Christmas
As I reflect on 2021 for myself and others, we’ve all used different coping skills to get ourselves here today. Whether that is taking up a new hobby at home, finding a new friend at work to confide in, some much-needed self-care, whatever that might look like, you name it, we’ve all done our thing […]
An Unspoken Story: It Isn’t Only Mental, Is It?
As Leesa lay in bed that night, she began to reflect on the day that had just occurred. Only 12 hours ago she was blissfully unaware of what was planned that day at work. “As you know we have been asked to cut operating costs. We’ve had to make some very difficult decisions, so unfortunately […]
The Impossible Role of the Working Parent
(1/3) This story forms the first part of a 3-part story series, exploring the experience of parental burnout. Follow The Hard Truth to be notified of the next release. As she reaches over to her baby, Daisy, to feed her another spoonful of breakfast, she can smell burnt toast in the distance. Bugger. She runs […]