Episode 16: Why Mental Health Awareness Week Won’t Improve Our Mental Health

by | May 25, 2023

Mental Health Awareness Week is a great way for HR leaders to create events, open up discussions and get their people talking about mental health. However, a single week isn’t enough to improve anybody’s mental health.

In this episode, we look at why mental health awareness weeks are positive. However, we also address how we can do more to make a positive impact on our mental health throughout the rest of the year.

Highlights

  • (5:08) Why mental health awareness week is important.
  • (10:33) The limitations of mental health awareness week.
  • (13:18) Specialised training and workshops.
  • (20:27) Mental health needs systemic changes.
  • (22:30) Prevention is better than cure.
  • (26:06) Return on investment.

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Ngozi Weller

Ngozi Weller is a culture change consultant and an ICF accredited coach who helps build resilience into your business by creating psychologically safe workplaces that enable employees to thrive.

Obehi Alofoje

Obehi is a psychologist and culture change consultant who helps senior HR and business leaders reduce employee burnout, absenteeism & talent attrition through mental wellbeing strategy, training & coaching.

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