We have just launched 2024's This Can Happen Awards and in celebration I was delighted to speak to Hannah Longman from Deutsche Bank about being the Grand Prix Award Winner last year for all her fantastic work in the area of neurodiversity. Due to her personal experience she has done some great work at Deutsche Bank. For information on the Awards please take a look here.

Ahead of This Can Happen's US online conference, I had the pleasure of chatting to Bhavik Shah on the topic of hate crimes and BIPOC mental health. This is such an important conversation to share.

I was delighted to talk to broadcaster Sean Fletcher about his experiences and understanding of OCD. Known for programmes such as Britain's Secret War Babies, Countryfile, Panorama and of course ITV's Good Morning Britain, Sean is a mental health advocate, with a special interest in OCD.

To launch the second series of the This Can Happen podcast, Zoe Sinclair was in conversation with 4 of our wonderful Ambassadors - Anita Guru, James Lindsay, Jack Ellis and Miki Demeter. This really was an inspiring conversation to kick start the series.

Ahead of our North America conference, I was delighted to speak to Amy Gallo who has recently published a book called Getting Along, how to work with anyone (even difficult people.) An element of this book that was so interesting was the link that Amy made between workplace situations and our mental wellbeing. This conversation explores those ideas and provides strategies.

I was delighted to talk to Kris Hall for our next podcast. His personal experience has led him to be a pioneer of mental health in the hospitality industry. From deadlines to manufacturing and from unsociable hours to manual work, this industry has everything in it and more. Kris Hall shines a light on how they are opening up the conversations about mental health and what how this can be translated to other workplaces. For more information see https://www.theburntchefprojec...

Joe Bellman is an extraordinary person who wowed the audience at This Can Happen 2022 with his ' spoken word' performance. This podcast allows us to uncover a little bit more about him and understand further about the role grief has played in his life and the mechanisms he uses, as a 22 year old, to manage.

Dave Seglins is a Senior Journalist for CBC and advocate for wellbeing in newsrooms. Dave has recently been part of the first ever national study of mental health among Canadian journalists and media workers. It is showing alarming levels of stress and trauma amongst journalists. Whatever industry you are in, there is a lot to be learnt for all of us from this conversation which was a fascinating chat with a person who wants to make real change.

This Can Happen is delighted to be in conversation with Robin Hewings, the Programme Director of the Campaign to End Loneliness. His knowledge and expertise in this area is second to none and the conversation covered many facets of loneliness. We may have pre-conceived ideas of what loneliness is and who suffers from it but take a listen to this and you will be sure to understand a whole lot more. It is so fitting that Loneliness is the theme of mental health awareness week ...

As many of you know, the month of April is Stress Awareness Month so I was delighted to be joined by Clare Josa who has just published a Burnout Research Study. Today Clare is going to share her fascinating findings which are essential for both us as individuals but also for line managers and HR professionals. Clare Josa is the UK's leading authority on Imposter Syndrome, the author of eight books, and an expert in the neuroscience and psychology of performance. Her original tra...