Description

Welcome to the 181st episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. As it's February, this month’s theme is all about intersectionality and LGBTQ+ History Month.

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In today’s show

• About my TEDx talk - The Connection between Culture, Race and Mental Health. [00:40]
• My focus on today's episode. [01:12]
• Some statistics about LGBTQ+ [02:36]
• Questions to see how you'd feel about LGBTQ+ [04:11]
• Things workplaces can do to support LGBTQ+ staff. [05:40]

Quotes

• Suicidal thoughts can affect anyone.
• Work is a really big part of someone's recovery experience or mental well-being.
• Training is not a panacea, but it's really important.
• Identity is much more than one aspect of ourselves. It's much more than sexual orientation.
• Not all awareness days are to be celebrated.

Resources

• Check out my TEDx talk: The Connection between Culture, Race and Mental Health
• Supporting LGBTQ+ Workers’ Mental Health
• Working with Pride
• Check out Episode #65 Why Training isn’t a Panacea
• Listen to Episode #69 How Real Allyship Makes a Difference
• Check out Episode #180 Intersectionality for LGBTQ+ History Month
• Join my Mailing List and receive my free e-Book: bit.ly/MHLMEBK21

Work with me

Have a look at my online work-life balance course on Thinkific. You can access it here: http://bit.ly/DMMHPONC