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Death, Sex & Money - Hold On: Should I Tell My Boss I’m Depressed?

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🗓️ 27 May 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In the final episode of Hold On, a national call-in show about our mental health, Anna talks to organizational psychologist Melissa Doman, author of Yes, You Can Talk About Mental Health at Work...Here's Why (And How To Do It Really Well), about how and when to address mental health issues in the workplace, and listeners call in with questions, success stories, and times disclosing a diagnosis to a boss did not go so well. 

Find resources here, and our whole Hold On series of live call-ins here: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/deathsexmoney/articles/hold-mental-health-resources

Also out this week is On the Media's companion piece to the episode we did together about Tasha Adams, the ex-wife of Oath Keepers' founder Stewart Rhodes. Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Listen to On the Media's story here

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0:00.0

This is death sex and money, the show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more.

0:07.4

I'm in a sale.

0:08.8

This is our final episode of our series, Hold On, our live call-in specials that I've been hosting for the month of May with WNYC on public radio stations across the country for Mental Health Awareness Month.

0:22.0

Before we get to it, I want to let you know about something else you should listen to this week.

0:27.1

Over on the podcast feed for On the Media, my WNYC colleague, Micah Lowinger, has hosted the whole hour this week about his reporting about right-wing extremists and where they communicate online

0:38.5

and how that led him to be called to be a federal witness in the criminal trial against

0:44.2

the oathkeeper's founder, Stuart Rhodes. You'll remember that a few weeks ago, Micah and I

0:49.7

interviewed Stuart Rhodes' ex-wife Tasha Adams for death, sex, and money.

1:06.8

And on the media episode this week, you'll hear a little of that, and you'll hear me interviewing Micah about what it was like to be a witness in the criminal courtroom with Stuart Rhodes right before Rhodes was convicted.

1:12.3

Micah also looks into the history of reporters being asked to testify on the government's behalf. So you can think of this on the media episode as the second part of that collaboration

1:17.8

that we did together, and we have links to both episodes in our show notes. This episode that you're

1:23.7

listening to right now is all about mental health and the workplace, when and how to disclose to your boss or coworkers that you're listening to right now is all about mental health and the workplace,

1:28.1

when and how to disclose to your boss or coworkers that you're going through something,

1:33.0

that maybe you need accommodations or time off.

1:36.1

You'll hear people calling in from all over with success stories

1:39.6

and the relief that comes with not carrying around a secret anymore.

1:44.2

And also, you'll hear about when disclosures about mental health at work did not go so well.

1:50.3

Here's the episode.

1:55.7

This is Hold On, a live national call and special about our mental health from WNYC and the Death, Sex and Money podcast. I'm Anna Sale. Thank you for joining us. We are on public radio stations across the country this month of May, which is Mental Health Awareness Month, to talk together about the state of our collective mental health.

2:20.8

This hour of hold on, we are talking about mental health and the workplace.

2:26.2

When and how you disclose mental health difficulties and how workplaces can better support all of our mental health.

2:33.9

Earlier this year, freshman Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman took a leave from his job to take care of his mental health.

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