Mental Health and The Good Fail

We want to dedicate this episode to raising awareness of mental health and discuss how our mental health impacts on doing The Good Fail.

WHY?

Learning to do the good fail is about learning to develop a healthy mental attitude towards success and failure. While talking about the importance of having a resilient, compassionate and generous mindset we confess just how good we are at maintaining it.

HOW COME?

We open up about our mental health and how it continues to effect our attitude towards success as well as the impact it has had on our confidence in accepting opportunities and running a small business.

WHAT CAN WE SUGGEST?

While The Good Fail is about developing a healthy mental attitude, part of that is acknowledging when our mental health is suffering a dip, and knowing that’s okay. We talk further about moments in our lives when we’ve experienced small setbacks in our mental health and go on to suggest a few self care remedies, including taking time out, binge watching a whole series of RuPaul’s Drag Race and eating chocolate.

WHAT IF MORE IS NEEDED?

We make it clear at this point that sometimes chocolate just doesn’t cut it when it comes to more serious cases of mental health, in which case there are professionals in a better position to offer advice who’s help we advocate you seek out.

OKAY, WHAT CAN WE CONCLUDE FROM ALL THIS?

It can be difficult to be open about our mental health but know that you are brave when you speak up and your mental health issues are worthy of being heard. Giving them a voice is just part of how we can succeed at doing the good fail.

WHAT DO WE RECOMMEND?

Each week we finish by recommending something we think is brilliant that is doing the good fail. Today we bring you:

We want you all to give yourself a break and have some fun so, this week we're doing things a little different!

Book of the week:

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell - An hilarious, biographical read about a boy whose mother ups and takes her four children to live in Corfu.

Podcast of the week:

Modern Love - A podcast that celebrates love in all it's human forms. All episodes are based on true tales of love, loss and redemption.

Film of the week:

Kinky Boots - This is an absolute crowd pleaser and utterly feel good! Also based on real events.

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