It's been a while and we're here with a brand new episode! Apologies for the absence, life happened with work and trying to get my things in order as i'm sure is the case with everybody else. I give a brief update of what i've been up to (Wimbledon - Tennis & Silverstone - F1) and also announcements of what i've got coming up (Speaking on Asian Careers Panel - Bam n Beyond twitch stream, asian creative live event in September for ESEA Month UK).
It's Minority Mental Health Month and we're talking about the topic of mental health with Florence who is a therapist from HK that works for the NHS. We met on clubhouse and instantly admired her for everything that she does. Outside of her day job she held rooms with a friend of hers and provided therapy sessions and talk mental health with people that joined the rooms. She does all this whilst working in the mental health space for the NHS so UK hours whilst she is living in HK.
As we know, in the asian community, even though it’s come a long way in wider acceptance and being normalised, it’s still considered a taboo subject that many avoid or are sceptical of. It's a very important and sensitive topic that requires a lot of care and at times professionalism so Florence is here to provide just that.
We talk about how she got into her profession, mental health in asian culture & HK, how she deals with stress, help services available from the NHS, checking up on friends and advice on dealing with mental health and taking related leave in the workplace.
Also, for those with very busy lives, I learnt a surprising tip on how to reduce such personal pressures.
NHS Help Services:
Primary Mental healthcare - Common problems e.g stress, relationship breakdowns, anxiety
Secondary Mental healthcare - Emotional and increased problems such as seeing things, eating disorders
Samaritans & 111 line - Personal safety e.g suicidal problems, feeling low and don’t feel safe by yourself
999 and A&E - Crisis lines with trained personnel to help
NHS websites and apps - worries, self harm, self help
https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/
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