Meet the real-life mental health rockstar.
Is “mental health” a workplace convo?
Everyone seems to think that there’s a time and place for discussing mental health, but that time is never “now” and that place is never “here.” In this snippet from Johnny’s oft-quoted talk at General Mills HQ in Minnesota as part of their Courageous Conversations series, he outlines how our mental wellbeing touches every professional task and relationship we juggle… whether we like it or not.
Don’t wait to hit rock bottom.
Many of us procrastinate, postponing the change we know we need to make. We wait for the perfect plan, the perfect idea, the perfect window of opportunity… but is that logical, cultural, or simply well-disguised denial? Johnny challenges this all-too-common “Eureka Moment” mentality with witty real-life analogies in his infamous TEDx Talk that has since amassed more than 1 million views.
What happens to people like us?
Long wait times. Understaffed providers. High turnover. The inefficiency of the American healthcare system allows millions to fall between the cracks. Listen to this excerpt from Johnny’s deeply moving keynote at the ICMA Annual Conference about how the weaknesses in the continuum of care can lead to the neglect of everyday people like you.
Your work can change the world.
In an ideal universe, we’d always get to see the fruits of our labor. But without positive reinforcement, it can be easy to lose sight of our “why” while wrestling with impostor syndrome, compassion fatigue, and self-doubt. Johnny’s heartfelt address at the The Children’s Foundation’s Annual Conference reminds us that we may never know the true extent of the impact we make on the world around us — and why the power of that unknown is so empowering.