S1 E20 Jon Salmon - Men, Crisis and Recovery

Jon Salmon is an award-winning producer, a digital pioneer, co-founder of Byte Entertainment and Co-CEO of the Speakers Collective social enterprise.Jon lost his father to suicide when he was a teenager. A few years later after starting his first job he was sectioned and admitted to hospital with stress and depression. Luckily, Jon was able to get the right help in the end and returned to work a year later.However, Jon decided not to tell anyone about his mental illness or Dad’s suicide for nearly 20 years due to the stigma and affect he thought it would have on his career and friendships.It was sadly after the suicide of a close friend due to postnatal depression in 2016 that Jon decided he had to speak out.Jon couldn’t have picked a more public platform to speak out when he spoke alongside the Prince and Princess of Wales as part of the Heads Together mental health campaign in the lead up to the London ‘Mental Health’ Marathon in 2017.Jon has since gone on to be the Co-CEO of the Speakers Collective not for profit, challenging stigma and facilitating important conversations with lived experience speakers.Jon lives in London, a proud Dad and speaks openly about mental health and being dyslexic in the hope it will help others ask for help and save lives.Website Social Media Accountswww.jon-salmon.comwww.linkedin.com/in/jcsalmonwww.twitter.com/jonsalmonwww.instagram.com/j0nsalmonwww.metro.co.uk/author/jon-salmon-for-metro-co-ukMental Health Initiativeswww.speakerscollective.org – Co-CEO, Lived experience community and social enterprisewww.whatsgoingoninyourhead.org - Co-founder, live performance and discussionhttps://www.timetotalkwf.co.uk Co-Chair & Champion Time to Talk Waltham Forestwww.letstalkaboutloss.org - Trustee, Supporting 18-35 year olds who have been bereavedwww.hosb.org.uk/mentoring - Mentor, The House of St Barnabas Homeless Employment Academywww.talkitoutmusic.com Exec Producer, mental health music project bringing people togetherwww.jonandjohn.run – Ran New York Marathon in November for suicide prevention         Byte Entertainmentwww.byteentertainment.comKey Points of This Episode.Who inspired him originally.His unique way of processing information and what he loves to do.........and how the current school system does not serve it currently.HIs mental health challenges........and his revovery process.The importance (and growth) of people with lived experienceReach out at www.speakerscollective.org If you enjoyed listening, please leave a review and recommend us to your communities. To find out more about Andrew's work, check out...www.andrewpain.co.ukLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpain Twitter:https://twitter.com/andrewpain1974 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrewpain1974