Three in four people experience symptoms of poor mental health. On World Mental Health day, employers say it pays to support staff wellbeing
It was James Routledge’s own battle with anxiety while winding down his first startup that led him to launch Sanctus. He was also experiencing stress, panic attacks and sleepless nights, but didn’t feel he could confide in his new colleagues. “I didn’t talk about it, I didn’t want to admit weakness or vulnerability,” he says.
Through Sanctus, Routledge offers coaching sessions to businesses to help them improve their approach to mental health. In a small business environment, he says it’s the founders who must set the precedent. “Create a culture where vulnerability is accepted and it’s OK for people to say: ‘I’m not feeling so good, this didn’t go so well or I’m feeling a little bit stressed.’ Mental health is not only about the darkness and depression, that’s like only talking about obesity and disease in physical health.”
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Source: Guardian