Ep 15- Georgina speaks to frontline worker Esther who has a special interest in mental health

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Esther is a frontline worker who works as an occupational therapist so has a unique perspective of the pandemic and how working on the frontline impacted her and her family. She also has a special interest in mental health and is a wellbeing practitioner – she has also experienced postpartum psychosis.

In fact, she was on the road to recovery from postpartum psychosis and had just started to come off her medication when the pandemic hit in early 2020. This was not great timing and as the general public started clapping for frontline workers every Thursday the seriousness of the situation really started to hit home. This pushed Esther to come up with a self-care plan and she decided to only focus on committing to her job, her family and her own wellbeing. Looking back now Esther feels that what she has gone through this past year has really made her stronger.

Esther also talks about getting Covid-19 and how it affected her mentally and physically. How incredibly supportive her work colleagues were and what additional support there is out there for frontline workers (www.dutytocare.info/). Esther’s advice to us all is ‘don’t forget the importance of resting and sleeping.

This really is an emotive episode and made me think about how I coped with the pandemic and how different it must have been for frontline workers. Esther shares so much about what she went through personally and how it has helped her grow as a person.

Esther recently changed jobs and moved to Wiltshire from London and is enjoying wild swimming and having fun and living in the moment. The interview was recorded on Friday 14th May @ 11 am BST.

Instagram: @estherlinton
Websites mentioned are: www.ways2-wellbeing.com and www.dutytocare.info/

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