Work culture becomes a huge part of our lives but is it healthy and adding to your humanity or does it (and the people) drain you leave you craving the weekends and having miserable Sunday evenings?
So much of our anxieties, depressed moods and negative thinking are originated in the workplace.
Until companies really wake up and stop pretending they care it's up to us to keep cultures happy and productive.

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Morning, just wanted to say appreciate what you're doing with the podcast. (Being Human) 

Between us I’ve had heightened levels of anxiety myself for the past year or two and it’s good to hear a different perspective on it.

Mark Young takes us through his own particular journey with anxiety over the years. Although grim listening he explains why it could be easier now to get on top of it than it was 15 years ago when mental health was simply not a topic in the public consciousness.

As time has gone on Mark talks about how his mindset changed over time from fear to understanding and from manic thinking to mindfulness.

This podcasts is not intended as an 'about me' or 'woe was/is me' but to see if you or anyone you know who has been through this finds anything useful. Sometimes when we hear a snippet of life experience that we share somehow that shifts our thinking. We might hear the odd phrase or reminder that can be so useful.

We hope it's useful.

Mark is once again joined by Jon to take an initial look at the massive subject of workplace stress. 
The problem is so big and widespread but with a lot of grey area. Companies seem to doff their cap to a solution byt Mark's belief is that first we need to be able to recognise the symptoms better and proactively help those suffering whilst proactively going after the bullies.

We all know how it feels to get overloaded sometimes. You feel like pulling you hair out or self medicating with a bottle of wine despite knowing that a bracing walk and a meditation would be the answer.

But Overload can trip you out, make you depressed, trigger anxiety and stop you sleeping well.

How do we, as an over informed and informationally over-fed race, learn to edit on the fly keeping space in our minds so we don't become victims of stress.

Jon Edge has set up a Community Interest business to help people deal with overload and stress. He and Mark discuss why he thinks there is a need for such things, the connection to mental wellbeing and the characteristics of feeling full to the brim.

We all know the feeling. Stuffed to the gunnels with work, kids, money etc.

None of us are alone in this. Trouble is when it gets too much you get overload and that exposes you to anxiety.

Hi there, I'm Mark Young.

My podcasts are chilled and very much like having a chat. No big dramas, no claims and no qualifications. I'm a Dad, a businessman and love kindness and people treating each other right. I suffered from anxiety and panic - got through it and a ton of other issues.

The last four years have seen the loss of my marriage, my business, all money, my house, you name it - it's gone.

It has been tough for sure and really difficult at times but I was always able to find a way to deal with things. Lots of secret tears, becoming a single Dad, losing two jobs in a row having lost my own business. 

It should have been a nightmare but it really wasn't so have a listen and I hope I echo some of your feelings around hope, anxiety but most of all reality. 

You're stronger than you think.

As the excitement, energy and attachment to good mental health hangs on in the face of competition, how do we go from the notional to the practical as business leaders?

Avoiding isolation, spotting problems early and distraction are all part of the complex yet rewarding journey back to good mental health.