Hi everyone, my name's Sarah Ellis. I'm one of the co-hosts of the Squiggly Careers podcast. This

week in the UK, it's Mental Health Awareness Week. And looking after our mental health is

always important, but never more so than at the moment. The research shows that protecting our mental

health is going to be central to help us all to cope and recover

from the impacts and effects that coronavirus is having on all of our day-to-day lives.

And that's why this week we're releasing three podcast episodes, so lots to listen to,

which we hope will really help to raise awareness and understanding of mental health.

The first that you're about to listen to is all about well-being at work, and you'll hear

Helen and I interview experts from Bupa and Mind about practical ideas and actions we can

all take to look after our minds.

And we're also releasing a bonus episode called Stories from the Frontline, Managing My Mental

Health. We've spoken to doctors, carers,

teachers and parents about how they've been looking after their mental health at such a

challenging time. And there are some really inspiring stories, so I hope that if you have the time,

you can give it a listen and let us know what you think. And finally, as part of our new

Ask the Expert series this week, you'll hear me interview Rich Pearson, the the co-founder of headspace together we talk about meditation and how even if you're a

complete beginner or a failed starter like me we can all give it a go and look after our minds a

little bit better and all our episodes this week have been really kindly supported by the booper

UK Foundation the booper UK Foundation is a charity and their purpose is to help people live longer, healthier and happy lives.

They fund really practical projects that have a positive impact on people's mental well-being,

things like workshops for teachers.

They work with mind to support better mental health for young people.

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