Eating Disorders in the Workplace

In this week's episode, Han is joined by Hailey Hechtman. Hailey is the Executive Director of Causeway, a non-profit organisation which helps people with mental illness and other challenges to find meaningful and rewarding work and to live more independently.

In this week's episode, we discuss:

Mental health in the workplace, and how this can be affected and supported.
How to navigate interviews and coming back to work following mental health difficulties.
What Causeway do, and how they support individuals in the workplace.
Hailey's personal experience of mental health issues and disordered eating.
Diet culture in the workplace and how these conversations can be navigated.
How to have a discussion around mental health with your employer, and how to create a safe and inclusive environment at work.

To find out more about Hailey and Causeway, you can find Hailey on Twitter and Instagram @HaileyHechtman, Causeway @CausewayWork on Twitter, or @causewayworkcentre on Instagram or visit https://www.causewayworkcentre.org/.

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