‘Are you ready to be the person, when the person your sitting across from doesn’t look like somebody that needs help? They need you just as much as anybody else. What if they looked fine? It’s our behaviour as humans in our everyday interactions. When I see somebody with THAT look on their face. I know THAT look on their face. I had a friend, a very good looking, successful dentist. Who happens to be married to a man, they lost their child, they went through a divorce and he too had that same look. But ya know? He’s great coz’ what your wealthy, your good looking. No! They’re not! So when we say are you ok, what happens when someone says no? That’s where the conversation is. You know, if you don’t pass the bill to be mentally health ok, then what?
For that one friend, I said on this day, I see you. I see you. I said it’s time to see a doctor.’ - @letitia_frye
Having worked her way to the top of a male-dominated industry, left a turbulent marriage to build a high-profile career as a single mom, suffered the devastating losses of her ex-husband and her plus-one child, and survived a traumatic brain injury, Letitia Frye has bounced back from tragedy and beaten the odds multiple times and emerged stronger, more confident, more successful and shares her stories to all through writing. She is an author, a businesswoman, one of Hollywood’s most sought after Auctioneers and a huge supporter and advocate towards @imperfectlyperfectcampaign Global Efforts.
In an upcoming episode for the ImperfectlyPerfect Podcast, Letitia returns to join founder Glenn Marsden for a chat covering her own journey over the last 12 months since originally getting behind the IPC’s efforts.
This is a powerful episode delving into the conversations around Mental Health even deeper than ever before.
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'My biggest tool in Business was to think fast, and then boom, Gone' with Brad Burton
With multi-million pound business interests, 4 best-selling business books, an ongoing and successful speaking career and ranked #29 Motivational Speakers globally, Brad Burton has proved over and over that he knows a thing or two about business, and making something out of nothing.
But during this episode we hear things were not always so, from his upbringing, being addicted to drugs twice, being shot at to living on benefits for four years. We delve deep and find out where things turned around for Brad and how he managed to turn his life around and find his way back on track.
Flash forward we hear of the struggles and pressures of running multi million dollar businesses during a pandemic and how his biggest tool in business was to think fast, to suddenly losing that ability.
How did Brad manage to pull it all back to grow his businesses bigger than ever during the Pandemic?
Tune in and listen to this amazing episode to find out.
To find out more information about Brad, simply click on the Links below:
WEBSITE: https://www.bradburton.biz
PRIVATE MEMBERS CLUB: https://www.nowwhatclub.rocks
To find out more information about the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign, our Global Efforts and how your organisation can get involved, simply head to our official website at imperfectlyperfectcampaign.org
Voice-Over: Mike Christenson (voicemonkey.com)
Imperfectly Perfect Campaign's Corporate Workshops
April is in full swing with our International Corporate Workshops with the incredible Kim Somers Egelsee & Stephanie Laurent Johnson over in the USA presenting to the Park Regency Realty teams in California about Mindfulness, Stress Relief and Mindset.
To enquire about getting the IPC International Team in your workplace and to find out more details, simply click on the link below today:
Imperfectly Perfect Campaign's Rountable Series Launching April 2021
We are so excited to be rolling out the first episode of our ‘RoundTable Series’ episodes very soon with several of the highly acclaimed faces behind the @imperfectlyperfectcampaign along with some of the worlds leading experts and professionals in the Mental Health & Wellness Sector.
As part of a collective movement the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign is making waves in uniting the worlds most influential people within their professions to discuss and debate topics that need to be heard.
As our reach exceeds past 7+ million, over 350+ International Public Figures from Celebrities to Corporate Leaders on board, our movement heads in to the Tech Space in 2021 to make a real difference into combining science 🧬 and technology, we are so excited to be releasing what we have been working on with these round tables...
With a global audience, it’s the perfect platform for sponsorship for online and international businesses and service providers!
To find out more information and how you and your organisation can get involved, simply click on the link below:
Eden Sassoon gets behind the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign’s Global Efforts
‘Being Imperfectly Perfect to me means to be authentically vulnerable and present in each moment which is not an easy task. But can be consistently progress not perfection and to take action. So if I’m vulnerable and I have a feeling and want to share it, don’t pause and take 5 seconds to let it into the brain to let it screw your whole thing up. Do it. It means if I’m having a feeling and I want to cry,cry. It’s that energy that’s going to create somebody else’s energy. It’s going to pay it forward exactly what you are doing and so that to me, imperfectly perfect is like, it’s those moments when you think it should be perfect, that you stop, your head takes over, your brain gets involved. You try to manipulate it into something that it’s not. If you cannot take that pause and you are in it, then you are imperfectly perfect. It is what it is.’ - @edensassoon
As a Beauty & Wellness Entrepreneur, Well known TV Personality and Philanthropist, Eden Sassoon has truly made her mark in the world. A full service salon, EDEN by Eden Sassoon, two luxury Pilates studios in Los Angeles and her nonprofit organization Beauty Gives Back.
But that’s only one side of her, getting to know and listen to Eden like everybody, there is so much more to a person than people think they know. Especially when you may be in the public eye. She is a huge advocate of Mental Health Advocacy and got straight on board with the @imperfectlyperfectcampaign and shares through an upcoming episode her own personal journey.
Warning Signs Your Employee May Be Struggling With Mental Health.
Mental illnesses are defined as conditions that impact a person’s mood, thinking, feelings, and behavior.
These common mental health issues impact every area of life, from social and personal, to work and business.
And if you suspect someone at work may need help with a mental health issue, it can be difficult to know what to do. When this person is also your employee, it can be even harder.
If you suspect your employee is experiencing a problem with their mental health, it is important to act early and it could be time to intervene.
If you notice one or two of these symptoms, it is probably time to address what you are seeing confidentially and with empathy.
Mood swings, emotional rollercoasters, and erratic behavior
Taking or needing a lot of time off
A decrease in or lack of productivity
Withdrawal from social situations, especially with co-workers
Changes in eating or sleeping behaviors
An lack of care in appearance
KNOWING WHAT TO DO NEXT:
Remember first and foremost your employees may be scared to approach topics that they may be struggling in fear of judgement, in fear it may effect their job. Mental Health is also a very personal and sensitive topic to openly discuss.
But it is the hard conversations, it is so important to handle these situations with empathy, care and urgency if you are noticing these patterns in any employee.
Before approaching your employee, make sure you you gather advice or information from professionals. As a manager, it is important to have a plan in place for situations that occur like this and your human resources team should have a fully implemented plan in place already.
It is essential to speak as a manager to your company human resources department about their work-provided options and benefits that the company may already offer.
Though it can be hard to have these conversations, finding your employee the help they need is the most important thing you can do.
'There's a Mystique around FAME, people think it will make them happy' with Jeremy Jackson
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Jeremy Jackson is an American actor and singer. Best known for his role as Hobie Buchannon on the world wide television show Baywatch.
He exploded onto the commercial scene starring in dozens of national network ad campaigns including television and print and
has continued to star in several daytime television series and films. He excelled in the music industry releasing two full-length albums with two top ten hits and several singles that launched him into a full European Tour and was honoured at the World Music Hall of Fame, as well as inducted into the Young Hollywood Hall of Fame.
In this episode, Jeremy takes us back to the beginning of a career that saw him step into the spotlight at the age of six years of age. He walks us through being catipulted into the heights of fame like no other when Baywatch became a world wide phenomenon, and all eyes were on him all the time whilst trying to navigate growing up.
He openly shares his dark periods with addiction and where it drove him to, to getting the help he needed and going through recovery which ultimately saw him change his life around to now using his platform to empower and help others around the world that have or are going through addiction.
To find out more information about Jeremy and to keep up to date with all of his projects, simply head to his socials @jeremyjacksonfitness
Alison Edgar MBE gets behind the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign’s Global Efforts
‘For me being Imperfectly Perfect means that it is so important to me that I talk my truth and I am not Perfect. I am so Imperfect. But I believe that in me showing my imperfections allows people to actually thinks it’s ok to do that. To be like that. It’s ok to feel like that. It’s ok and as soon as you feel it’s ok, then you are in a stronger place to blossom and bloom.’ - @thealisonedgar
Continuing disrupting Corporate Silence and getting some of the worlds most influential Business Women & Men speaking up and getting behind our Global Efforts is none other than Alison Edgar “MBE” also known as “The Entrepreneur’s Godmother” to a plethora of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs.
Her teachings have pioneered culture change within her five-star global clientele such as Sky, Equifax, The European Commission, and The Discovery Channel, Natwest, NHS and more...
We are truly grateful for Alison getting behind our efforts and sharing her own journey here on the ImperfectlyPerfect Podcast.
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Brad Burton; The Uk’s #1 Business Motivational Speaker gets behind the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign
‘For me, being Imperfectly Perfect. I think it’s a battle of self.
There’s a battle right now going on with every individual. There certainly was for me. It was like Brexit. 51% good Brad, 49% destructive Brad. I’d say good, positive, constructive, negative, depressed and so forth. There’s a battle going on.
I believe I’m now 95% the positive, the good version of Brad, 5% bad version and I believe that’s what that is. That whole thing is about recognising that I’m never going to get rid of those flaws but being aware of them and being able to tip the balance from that 51/49 constant fight which is where mentally we end up getting in a bad place because we are vying for ourselves.
But recognise we are never going to be perfect’. - @bradburton
One of the Uk’s most sought after Business Public Speakers, Author of 4 Business Books, highest rated 5 Star Business Author on Amazon, Founder of 4Networking, which is the Uk’s largest joined up national business networking organisation and just an inspirational human being all around who uses his platform to empower countless others with his story, Brad Burton gets behind the @imperfectlyperfectcampaign Global Efforts in helping us change the culture and narrative around Mental Health.
Brad joins founder Glenn Marsden for an upcoming episode on the ImperfectlyPerfect Podcast, so be sure to subscribe to us via Spotify or IHeartRadio to keep notified as to when this episode will drop!
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The Cost of Ignoring Mental Health in the WorkPlace
Nearly half of workers have been suffering from mental health issues since the Covid-19 pandemic began, at a significant cost to their well-being and potentially to their employer’s bottom line.
It’s a commonly accepted fact that adults spend roughly one-third of their lives at work.
That’s a significant amount of time, within which we are likely to experience a spectrum of physical and mental health.
According to the World Health Organization, more than 300million people suffer from depression globally
Depression and anxiety cost the global economy an estimated $1 trillion each year in lost productivity.
USA.
Mental health and substance abuse cost US businesses between $80 and $100 billion annually. Another study showed that serious mental illness costs America up to $193.2 billion in lost earnings per year
Depression is thought to count for up to 400 million lost work days annually
UK.
Mental Health problems in the workplace cost the economy approximately £70 billion annually
91 million workdays are lost in the UK due to symptoms of mental illness
AUSTRALIA. (According to the Australian Human Rights Commission report)
A total of 3.2 days per worker are lost each year through workplace stress
Stress-related workers’ compensation claims have doubled in recent years, costing over $10 billion each year
Preliminary research shows that Australian businesses lose over $6.5 billion each year by failing to provide early intervention/treatment for employees with mental health conditions
To find out how the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign is helping International organizations better support the mental wellbeing of their employees, simply email us at info@imperfectlyperfectcampaign.org today and one of the team will get back to you.
It is worth calculating the rising cost of mental ill-health to your business.
'It's a darkness that overcomes you and becomes a habit' with Andrea Logan
She is not only one of Hollywood’s leading Celebrity Trainers who has had an incredible career training some of the biggest names to date but somebody who has overcomes not one but two rounds of adversity dealing with an overwhelming eating disorder that she describes as a darkness that overcame her and become a habit, to being involved in a near fatal car accident where she was told she would never walk again.
In this powerful episode we go deeper than ever before covering the overbearing addiction of an eating disorder and how Andrea came through it.
We hear about how the majority of doctors told her she would be paralysed from the neck down but she wouldn't give up hope and found a doctor who she says performed a miracle on her that not only saw her gain full mobility again but gave her back her passion and career in fitness.
To find out more information about Andrea, simply head to her socials at @andrealoganfitness
To find out more about the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign and our Global Efforts, simply head to any of our socials @imperfectlyperfectcampaign or our official website at imperfectlyperfectcampaign.org
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Vice President of Customer & Market Insights at SalesForce Karen Mangia gets Behind the Global Efforts of the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign
‘Imperfectly Perfect to me means being able to show up as yourself unapologetically. It also means just calling it out loud. Speaking it into the room. When you are feeling that you are not yourself or something is out of alignment. What happens and I learnt this in a very real way. When I got to the end of that medical journey that I had mentioned that I was telling you about earlier in the podcast, I decided for the first time in my life that I was going to take holiday for two weeks and do no work. The unintended benefit and the lesson I learnt from that is when I returned to work, I’ll never forget a comment from one woman on my team. She said, ‘I’m so glad you finally trusted us enough to leave us here in charge and to take a break’ and I though Oh My Goodness, in trying to show up as perfect and do it all, I had unintentionally set a very damaging expectation with my team, that they needed to be perfect to. I started showing up differently with that team. We got to break through results that would not have been possible because for me it was like, they know I’m not perfect and they know I need a break, because we are human.’
Karen is not only an incredible advocate with whom we are truly grateful for her getting behind the IPC & sharing her story, but an internationally-recognized thought leader whose TEDx appearance, keynotes, blogs and books reach hundreds of thousands of business leaders each year. She is the author of Working from Home: Making the New Normal Work for You, Listen UP! How to Tune Into Customers and Turn Down the Noise and also Success With Less.
A prolific blogger and sought-after media interview, she has been featured in Forbes and regularly contributes to Thrive Global and ZDNet.
As Vice President of Customer and Market Insights at Salesforce, she engages current and future customers around the world. She serves on the company’s Work from Home Taskforce, where she is helping the company’s 50,000+ worldwide employees to better adapt to a work-from-home environment.
Passionate about diversity and inclusion, she also serves on the company’s Racial Equality and Justice Taskforce.
Ways in which Managers can support Employees' Mental Health
Uncertainly can lead to very anxious times.
During this time of unprecedented times with COVID-19, and nobody know what is going to happen next.
We are seeing Mental Health related struggles rapidly on the increase.
As we navigate through these times, companies are likely to see employees struggle with depression, anxiety, burnout, trauma, and PTSD.
So what can Managers do?
MODEL HEALTHY BEHAVIOURS.
As a company don’t just say you support Mental Health.
Model it and lead by example.
COMMENCE A CULTURE CHANGE BY CHECKING IN
Make it intentional to make sure you are checking in with your employees and create a culture where it becomes normal for your team to do the same with each other.
With so many people working from home now during COVID'-19, this now more than ever is so important to implement.
Again, lead by example as a manager and don’t merely ask the generic ‘Are you OK’ ask some specific questions and ask your employees if they are needing additional support.
SHARE YOUR STORY
Through the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign, we have shown that as a leader, being honest about your mental health struggles opens the dialogue for employees to feel much more comfortable in talking with you about mental health challenges of their own.
COMMUNICATION IS KEY
Make sure you keep your team informed and try to always remove stress where possible to keep employee morale up.
INVEST IN EDUCATION / TRAINING OR SUPPORT
Now more than ever, you should prioritize proactive and preventive workplace mental health training for leaders, managers, and individual contributors.
Global Efforts to change the Culture around Mental Health.
🛑(Trigger Warning)🛑
This is why I do what I do day in and day out We need to have these hard conversations, we need to face them head on to get people knowing it is ok to reach out for help.
We need to actively communicate and educate ourselves on how to listen to people, to help people the best way we all can to get the professional help they may need so we no longer have to hear things like this
As a parent this video for myself is heartbreaking to listen to as I’m sure to so many out there and you can clearly see how much it took me back
Losing my mate to suicide who had a child. I have no idea how anybody can sit with a child and explain something like this
If YOU, if WE, can play our part in simply spreading awareness and getting mental health awareness brought up in everyday conversations, then I urge everybody to actively try to Speak to your friends, your partners, your loved ones, educate yourself around where people can get help, do a mental health first aid course even to know how to respond should somebody say they are not ok It starts with us
Collectively we can make a difference and normalise the conversation around mental health so we never have to hear conversations like this Do your part, make a difference.
Get behind the global efforts of the @imperfectlyperfectcampaign so we do this together. Help us build a legacy, A legacy that provides education, healing, support, advocacy and public awareness so that the conversation around mental health disorders normalizes Founder; Glenn Marsden ‼️
The @imperfectlyperfectcampaign is creating awareness but is not a substitute for professional advice. 📞 Should you need help, please refer to your nearest crisis numbers.
🚨 Lifeline Australia - 13 11 44 Uk Samaritans Hotline - 116 123 For the United States of America; 911 for all emergencies, alternatively the national suicide hotline on 1.800.273.8255
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American God's Ricky Whittle Gets Behind The Imperfectly Perfect Campaign's Global Efforts.
‘Imperfectly Perfect means everyone is perfect the way they are. In a world of social media and appearance, we’re afraid to post a picture without a filter on. Be yourself. Be that imperfect person.
If you constantly put out this fake highlight reel of yourself, you are only going to attract people who don’t really care or don’t realise they don’t care, about you.
If you put your imperfect self out there, whatever size, shape, age, look, belief whatever it is you are into, put your true self out there. We are all unique, we’re all from different backgrounds, we’re all different builds, ages, sexual orientations, religions, beliefs. We’re all special.’ - @rickywhittle
A huge thank you to ‘American Gods’ lead Ricky Whittle for his advocacy and getting behind the @imperfectlyperfectcampaign Global Efforts and sharing his story on the ImperfectlyPerfect Podcast in aims to join us all in building a legacy - a legacy that surpasses time. A legacy that provides education, healing, support, advocacy and public awareness so that the conversation around mental health disorders normalizes, enabling your children, grand children and future generations to live without stigmas attached to mental health.
We are truly grateful and we cannot wait to share this episode with you.
Join founder Glenn Marsden as he chats with Ricky about an incredible career in the UK through to taking a leap into the unknown, that is Hollywood, to have some amazing success in hit shows and films & then cast as the lead in one of the US’s biggest shows ‘American Gods’
Not only do we hear all about his amazing work, we get to know all about the man behind the profession.
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Atomic Kitten's Natasha Hamilton shares her story on the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign
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'I hadnt made my lifes mistakes yet, but when I did it was Public Knowledge' with Natasha Hamilton
Natasha Hamilton is a TV Personality, Actress, Businesswoman and Singer best known for being one-third of Atomic Kitten, one of the UK’s most internationally successful girl groups of the last 20 years, selling over 10 million records worldwide.
The group celebrated numerous global number one singles and albums while they dominated the charts throughout their pop reign.
Atomic Kitten were a tornado of inimitable talent that attracted numerous prestigious gigs, including performing for royalty. They sang alongside global superstars and toured the world.
This weeks episode; Founder Glenn Marsden had such an amazing chat with Natasha where we hear all about her incredible career from signing a record deal at 16, leaving home to be a part of a pop band and travel the world to experiencing massive learning curves at such a young age, very publicly, how at times it felt like a pressure cooker, and how her mental health suffered along the journey.
We hear about Natasha's battles with post natal depression with two of her pregnancies and how cognitive behavioural therapy revolutionised her life to the point she used her platform and advocacy to build a wellness business, Live Better Wellness, around exogenous ketones, mindset and education.
You can follow Natasha on her social media platforms for her candid and honest accounts of her life’s highs and lows and the free support Natasha offers to her community @natashahamilton / @livebetterwithnatasha
You can also head to her official website at: https://www.livebetterwithnatasha.com
A big thank you to our Podcast Voice-Over: Mike Christenson (thevoicemonkey.com)
Christian Alozie Gets Behind The Imperfectly Perfect Campaign's Global Efforts.
‘Being Imperfectly Perfect for me is knowing and accepting your flaws and being ok with them. You haven’t completely got your stuff together, you’re not completely there but you’re ok with it because everything is a slow process. Progress is a slow process. That’s ok. I’m at a place now where I’m content with my flaws. It is what it is. I consistently try and build and become a better person despite any form of fame or position I’ve had, money regardless. It’s just being happy with yourself regardless of any imperfections’ - Christian Alozie
A big thank you to one of the Uk’s most respected Creative Directors, Choreographers & actors Christian Alozie for getting behind the @imperfectlyperfectcampaign global efforts in changing the culture and narrative around mental health. With a career spanning over 20 years as a performer, he has worked with artists such as Beyonce, Rihanna, Amerie, Joe, Kylie Minogue, Aleshia Dixon, JLS and many more.
Choreographed performances for the 2012 Paralympic opening ceremony, the Queens, diamond jubilee concert, summertime ball, StreetDance 3D movie 1 & 2, Got to dance plus many other live, and theatre performances and is also one of the founder members of Britain's Got Talent stars FLAWLESS who burst onto the UK screens in 2009 and shot to stardom.
He now runs his own talent agency, and is committed to developing and mentoring the next generation of up and coming talent and helping them achieve their goals of being successful all round artists and entrepreneurs. ...and now he joins founder Glenn on the ImperfectlyPerfect Podcast
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Being Imperfect is unlearning all the things you learnt’ with Frank Elaridi
‘I think being Imperfectly Perfect means to de-condition yourself from all of the things you were told that you needed to be or had to be in order to live up to this image that really doesn’t exist. When we realise it’s ok, you are great the way you are, I love you, you are perfect. Being Imperfect is unlearning all the things you learnt’ - @felaridi 4 x Emmy Award Winning Journalist, on-camera host for Good Morning America’s digital coverage of Dancing With The Stars and Co-Founder of @modern.nirvana ;
Frank Elaridi gets behind the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign’s Global Efforts and shares his story on the ImperfectlyPerfect Podcast.
We are truly humbled chatting with Frank. Not only has he got an impressive resume to his name and led an amazing career, but to find out more about the person behind the profession and what he is about with bringing to light stories from around the world to help so many others through his Modern Nirvana Events is mind-blowing.
