Mental health has been receiving much more recognition and main stream attention over the last few years. I’ve noticed the general increase in the number of articles and social media posts about the issue.

More importantly though is the change in how we talk about it. Today I had 3 different conversations and a voice note on WhatsApp where mental health was discussed. In one conversation we spoke about how our psychologists/therapists have helped us unpack and deal with problems. The voice note was an honest and open message about how my friend had seen a psychiatrist and what their experience was of that.

This is an incredibly exciting trend because, despite it being about a complex and difficult issue, it shows that we’re making steps towards managing it properly. As a friend of mine said “one day we’ll look at maintaining mental health in the same way we currently view exercising or gyming as maintaining physical health”.

We’re finally starting to look after our mental states, and that’s awesome.

Image is from our end of year staff party at the Grand this afternoon 🙂