#054: Mental Health Is Not Shameful - with Jordan from Listen, Lucy

On the cusp of the pandemic, Jordan - Founder of Listen Lucy, had just invested for her business to scale from speaking engagements into a speaking agency but 2020 decided otherwise and with events coming to a halt, her business collapsed. Today we talk about how we both sank on the 2020 boat and what helped us bounce back. Both with very different surroundings and support systems.

*Content note: this episode discusses anxiety and suicide prevention, discretion is advised*

We go over: • How to deal with a crisis.
 • When your livelihood is taken away from you, how to cope so you can move on to your next chapter?
 • In order to be the best parent for your kids, you sometimes need to prioritise yourself.
 • To quote Jordan: “That’s the thing with mental illness. As your life changes, so does the illness, and you have to adapt.” If a coping mechanism doesn't work anymore, drop it and replace it with something else, don’t stunt your process.
 • When you’re feeling depressed or anxious, how do we convey how we’re feeling without freaking people out or making them feel powerless?
 • When mental health issues are part of who we are, we shouldn’t apologise for that.
 • We all have mental health.
 • When pulling away from your partner because you’re ashamed of showing them your mental health, that can be a breach of trust.
 • Why spreading the message and exposing herself like this, is so important for Jordan.
 • The 5 warning signs your friend may not be doing well and needs you to check in [WHAP which stands for Withdrawal - Hopelessness - Agitation - Poor self care &/or Personality change].
 • The Upper limit problem.



Find Jordan: www.ListenLucy.org  
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UK:https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/crisis-services/helplines-listening-services/ 

Europe: https://www.mhe-sme.org/library/helplines/ 

USA: 

National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1-800-273- 8255

Crisis Textline - Text HOME to 741741

Book referenced: The Big Leap*Recorded in November 2020