We Are Power Podcast

"You don't need to know everything, and that's okay because neither does anyone else."


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Dr. Chrissi McCarthy's candid conversation takes us through her story of growing up in a council house in Bracknell to holding a PhD and founding the Centre of Behavioural Equality.

Dr Chrissi opens up about mental health struggles that doctors dismissed because she 'was smiling' and an alcohol dependency that society refused to recognise because it didn't fit the stereotypical image of alcoholism.

Listen to learn:

👷‍♀️ Taking a break during her PhD after experiencing miscarriages, business challenges, and mental health struggles
đź’Ş How Dr Chrissi reframed her relationship with alcohol
🎓 Completing a nine-year PhD and being from a background where such achievements were rare
đź’« Founding the Centre of Behavioural Equality to develop research-backed, context-driven EDI strategies
🔋 The poWEr of resilience 






Find out more about We Are PoWEr here. đź’«

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