Jon Salmon is an award-winning video executive producer, a digital pioneer and co-founder of branded entertainment agency Byte Entertainment.
Jon lost his father to suicide as a teenager. After starting his first job Jon was sectioned and admitted to hospital with stress and depression. Luckily, Jon was able to get the right help and returned to work a year later.
However, Jon decided not to tell anyone about his illness for nearly 20 years due to the stigma and affect it would have on his career and friendships.
It was sadly after the suicide of a close friend due to postnatal depression in 2016 that Jon decided he had to speak out.
Jon couldn’t have picked a more public platform to speak out when he spoke alongside the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.
Jon has since gone on to co-produce What’s Going On In Your Head exploring the secret inner workings of the mind through performance art and discussion, become a trustee for Let’s Talk About Loss a charity for young people who have been bereaved and the founding member and director of the Speakers Collective challenging stigma and facilitating important conversations.
Jon lives in London, a proud Dad and speaks openly about mental health in the hope it will help others and save lives.
Jon & Bon first 'met' through the work of mental health charity CALM and have followed each on social media for some years. This is the first time they have been able to sit down and chat about how they got to know each other, why they are passionate about mental health and what fitness means to them.
Not to be missed, this episode has something to take away for everyone.
You can find Jon on the web and social media here:
https://www.instagram.com/j0nsalmon
https://metro.co.uk/author/jon-salmon-for-metro-co-uk/
Mental Health Projects
http://speakerscollective.org (Director)
https://whatsgoingoninyourhead.org/ (Co-founder)
https://letstalkaboutloss.org/ (Trustee)
https://www.talkitoutmusic.com/ (Time To Change project)
Byte Entertainment
https://www.byteentertainment.com/
