Season 143 Episode 5282

Mental Health Matters - Navigating the Workplace with Teresa Wright Johnson

Tune into Choose to Challenge on Monday, July 18, 2022, at 6PM EST airing on e360TV.com and streaming to FB, Roku, AppleTV and SamsungTV. LaWanna Bradford (The Bradford Group/The Bradford Group Consulting) and CEO of TWJME, Teresa Wright Johnson will discuss navigating the mental health journey in the workplace. This month is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month and part of the conversation is to change the narrative around mental health and address critical areas of concern and the impacts on Black and brown communities. LaWanna and Teresa will delve into workplace and business ills such as stressors and micro aggressions that many people of color make. Though traditional places of employment typically have programs such as Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) and insurance coverage that one can tap in for mental wellness concerns, very often minorities do not cry out for the help they need. The situation grows graver when the lens is focused on the self-employed ranks. Mental health matters are not just a hashtag, but a clarion cry for everyone to rise and take part in changing the narrative and creating the resources and healthcare pipeline programs for all communities. We must “get loud” about mental health and make the conversation as common place as when we talk about physical wellness. Teresa Wright Johnson is a true community connector and advocate. She has a passion to help the community, children, and families. Career wise Teresa has worked in the customer service, business, education, and social work field. She has worked for / with companies such as Macy’s, The Marriott, The High Museum, Sprint, Parent to Parent of Georgia, Georgia Department of Children and Family Services, various Schools, and Agencies. Teresa enjoys working with both children and adults. Teresa educates others as Certified Parent Support Specialist thru her local Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health Chapter called the Younger Years & Beyond, which she serves as the founder and the Executive Director. She has a passion for helping the developmentally disabled as well as individuals effected or experiencing mental health challenges and their families. Teresa is a certified instructor / facilitator for Adult Mental Health First Aid, Trauma Informed Care, Parenting, Educational Special Needs Rights, and Domestic Violence. She has affiliations and /or facilitates on behalf The Georgia Consumer Network, The National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, and NAMI. #choosetochallenge #womenrising #TeresaWriteJohnson #mentalhealthmatters #minoritymentalhealth #LaWannaBradford #thebradfordgroup #TWJME