Episode 30 - Youth Leadership - Shifting The Employer Mindset

Sponsor - This episode is sponsored by CORE. Is it time that you truly learn and sustain self-care? Jessica-Joan (JJ) Richards is a young, heart-centered leader. Jessy is a 28-year-old Marketing professional who has recently embarked upon a new career in social media creating content talking about a wide range of topics, from mental health to recruitment. Jessy was born in the Philippines to a British Father and Filipino Mother and moved to the UK when she was 6 years old. Moving to the UK and being taken away from such a contrasting life on the other side of the world was quite a shock for her and has made her ever conscious about cultural diversity and acceptance. Jessy has battled with poor mental health since moving to the UK and is incredibly passionate about spreading Mental Health awareness & busting the myths that are associated with it.  Jessy has also experienced discrimination at work based on her weight with a previous senior manager accusing her of ‘being too fat for her job’, after internalizing her feelings about these comments for a long time Jessy found the strength to speak out on LinkedIn after seeing others share their experiences. Jessy’s post quickly went viral and has been seen by almost 20 million people.  After graduating from Staffordshire University with a BA in Journalism and Media in 2014 Jessy moved to London with her Partner where she now resides. Jessy is a great believer in people and believes that sharing stories is an amazing way to find common ground and forge lasting partnerships, this is the main focus of her recently launched ‘Emotion Exchange’ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deb-crowe/message