Financial Changemakers

In this fourth episode, hosts Gretchen and Olivia, discuss the importance of Mental Health awareness in the Financial Services Profession with their guest Nick Elston, Speaker on the Lived Experience of Mental Health. The discussion looks at the profession in relation to clients, employers, and employees Mental Health. In the financial space there is a need to have conversations around mental health. It has a massive impact, but people do not want to talk about it. Money can create anxiety. How we spend, how we work, how we live. Generations vary. Some of us have been conditioned to suppress our feelings, and not show vulnerability. Since it’s origin, Financial Services has been an industry which does not naturally discuss ‘feelings’. In Financial Services as planners and advisors we take on the apprehensions and concerns of clients. This can include, bereavement, family trauma, financial worries. As employers we take on the ups and downs of our employees. All of this, alongside our own feelings. This creates a highly demanding job, emotionally. We naturally want to help people. But this can mean taking on the burden of others. How can we help people? How can we NOT help people?