Shift Notes Ep. Four: Petar Milojev (Mental Health Awareness Special)
It’s not everyday we have the ability to chat to mental health experts, so in spirit of mental health awareness week, this episode we are incredibly excited to introduce you to Petar Milojev. Petar is a psychological researcher at the University of Auckland and our resident Healthy Hospo mental health expert. He brings real, straight up chat around the big topics that affect all of us. If there is only one Shift Notes episode you listen to, we hope it’s this one.
Topics: What led to working within the mental health industry (2:32) Experience and learnings we can take from other shift work industries: the medical field (6:38) On shift lengths and limits (11:00) What we can learn from elite sports (15:07) Lessons from the military (20:50) Real talk on mindfulness (23:21) Encouraging mental fitness within a team (28:00) Opening up a conversation on communication and management training (32:00) On the hospitality culture (38:30) Burn out & facts of life (41:00) Tips on fortifying your own mental state (45:00) Perspective on dealing with current challenges & uncertainty (49:00) Stress: What is it? Is it always bad? (51:11) The relationship between stress, resilience and fragility (55:15) Taking stock to build resilience (59:00)
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