The Disrupting Wellbeing podcast is an edgy journey into the world of workplace wellbeing.
This podcast challenges individuals and cultures to go beyond bubble-bath-wellbeing and into the sphere of hard conversations and action that provokes real and lasting change.
These dynamic conversations are centred around getting to root issues and providing the tools and skills necessary for the audience to evolve into the new world of work and think outside of the wellbeing box and into a world of innovation, energy and creativity.
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The Disrupting Wellbeing podcast is an edgy journey into the world of workplace wellbeing.
This podcast challenges individuals and cultures to go beyond bubble-bath-wellbeing and into the sphere of hard conversations and action that provokes real and lasting change.
These dynamic conversations are centred around getting to root issues and providing the tools and skills necessary for the audience to evolve into the new world of work and think outside of the wellbeing box and into a world of innovation, energy and creativity.
“Men don’t talk about their mental health.”
This is the perception that my guest in this episode, Todd Hopwood, has been fighting to break.
The cultural expectations of men often mean they keep quiet about their wellbeing, a problem in itself that can do far more damage. Todd has been using his position as a leader to advocate for the mental health of his workforce by leading by example.
After posting his mental health score at work one day his colleagues began to open up to him, which led him down a path of supporting people, in particular men, to talk about their own challenges.
We discuss the challenges of showing vulnerability, and the need for trust and communication in relationships. Todd also shares his personal journey of caring for a family member with mental health issues, the barriers he faced in disclosing his struggles, and the transformative power of being open about emotions.
The conversation emphasizes the necessity for radical changes needed to support men to talk more.
“What I wasn’t planning for was that lots of people started talking to me about mental health” – Todd
You'll hear about:
01:35 - Why is mental health important to Todd?
04:41 - Todd on showing vulnerability
08:48 - The impacts of sharing his mental health score at work
17:40 - Networks and leading by example
22:35 - Todd's relationship with mental health growing up
29:40 - Could anyone have supported Todd differently?
33:43 - How partners can support men challenging conditioning
40:52 - The impacts of stress on your responses
44:33 - Should we care for ourselves first before others?
48:00 - The most radical change we need in wellbeing
51:24 - What do men need to know about mental health?
Todd’s resources:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-hopwood-00404310/
Petra’s resources:Petra’s website - https://www.petravelzeboer.com/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/petra-velzeboer/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/petra.velzeboer/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@petravelzeboer397
Buy Petra’s book: Begin With You: Invest in Your Mental Well-being and Satisfaction at Work - https://shorturl.at/nyDOX
Disrupting Wellbeing with Petra Velzeboer
The Disrupting Wellbeing podcast is an edgy journey into the world of workplace wellbeing.
This podcast challenges individuals and cultures to go beyond bubble-bath-wellbeing and into the sphere of hard conversations and action that provokes real and lasting change.
These dynamic conversations are centred around getting to root issues and providing the tools and skills necessary for the audience to evolve into the new world of work and think outside of the wellbeing box and into a world of innovation, energy and creativity.
