James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street.
Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much the perceptions need to change and how we need to get people talking about their mental health in day to day conversation.
Has mental health ever come up in a job interview for you? Have you ever asked what a companies policies on mental health are? How about when thinking about what works in your own career, what will the impact be on your mental health?
We’re always preaching at Sanctus how relevant mental health in every aspect of your life and your career, whether in a workplace or outside of it, is an undeniably huge factor for all of us.
The problem is not many of us take into account.
We will each value different aspects of what a career can offer - whether that’s security, creative freedom, independence, micro-management etc.
Ben Graham, Sanctus Head Coach, fairly quickly came to the realisation that secure and fixed workplaces was not the right fit for him and soon found him pursuing a freelance life in the world of coaching and psychotherapy.
Vic Lloyd, Sanctus Head of Operations, was in several different workplaces that offered different pieces of knowledge at each, before taking the cheeky punt to throw herself into the trenches at a little known, newly founded startup - Sanctus.
Join George as he quizzes the pair on how they found out what was the right career for them and what they needed to do it to find the job that was good for their mental health.
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