Putting the Human in Human Resources Quintessentially Mental: The Podcast

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[00:00:42] SureEyes: [00:00:42] This is quintessentially mental the podcast. And I'm your host SureEyes. Hey y'all Hey darlings. How you doing? How's this week been, I think, you know, every week, reflecting on the week's episode that I'd like to share with you guys. I kind of think about things that are really close to my heart, that's close to my level of experience.

[00:01:07] I do think that I shouldn't do the consulting thing and talk about shit that I don't know. I should talk from a place of knowledge and a place of experience. Um, as you know, my mental health journey has been, you know, you can't kind of keep your, your issues at the door. You can't, you know, you can't just pretend that

[00:01:29] what's going on with you emotionally and mentally and psychologically, it doesn't exist all of a sudden because you're at work. Um, and so, you know, my, my interactions with people in the HR profession in places I've worked has been quite strained because I always felt like you can't really show who you are, especially from a mental health perspective in a work environment, especially not to an HR professional, because then you think, am I going to get a disciplinary hearing?

[00:02:04] Am I going to get a warning later? Am I going to, you know, have opportunities pass me by because I don't have. Um, I don't know that I might be viewed as incompetent or, um, you know, not capable. Um, and so I, I haven't always had very genuine relationships with HR professionals in the context that I've worked in, especially when it came to my mental health.

[00:02:33] It was only in recent years. Where I kind of didn't see it as, you know, stopped judging myself and so felt more comfortable to be open with my HR colleagues. So what I thought for today's episode, I may invite a dear friend of mine. Her name is Leighzanne. Um, we call her Leigh um, she is an HR professional. We've known each other for years.

[00:03:01] We were basically friends from the time we were in our respective in our mother's wombs. I was going to say that we were in each other's wounds imagine, but, um, she's joining me for today's episode. You know, our parents go way back. Um, we've we, we know each other quite intimately in terms of, you know, having been friends for basically our whole lives.

[00:03:26] Um, and she's an HR professional, so I thought, okay, let me have this conversation with her. Um, and also see if she brings herself to the table when she works as an HR professional. So, Hey Leigh, how are you doing? 

[00:03:43] Leigh Hartley: [00:03:43] Thank you so much for having me. I'm good and you. I'm good. I'm good. 

[00:03:47] SureEyes: [00:03:47] I'm good. Thanks for being open to this experience.

[00:03:50] I know you're not you're you still asked me how honest can I be? And I was like jo, bra let it rip. Yeah.

[00:04:00] Leigh Hartley: [00:04:00] Well, we'll have to see how the train of thought goes today, but yeah, I'll try my best. 

[00:04:06] SureEyes: [00:04:06] So, so Lee, I guess as an, as like an opening. Kind of segue into the conversation as just, you know, an opener. Would you...