Mikhail Nisenboym shares his story as an immigrant moving to Canada, talks about his mental health struggles while supporting a family, and the nuanced experience of being a man in a traditionally female dominated healthcare industry.
Time Stamps:
0:00 – Welcome and intro
0:19 – Land Acknowledgement
0:27 – Trigger warnings notification around suicide, loss of patient and addiction
1:14 – Guest introduction and background
3:30 – Struggling to adjust as refugee
4:11 – Trigger warning: antisemitism and discrimination
5:12 – Being a male in a female dominated industry
7:10 – Getting started in healthcare
8:42 – Supporting family members with dementia
10:01 – Trigger warning: dealing with loss of patient
11:52 – Processing and dealing with grief
13:40 – Empathy for others
13:55 – Trigger warning: depression and addiction
16:30 – Why are you the way you are?
16:50 – Trigger Warning: addiction
18:27 – Personal relationship
20:16 – Trigger Warning: suicide
22:07 – How to move forward
22:40 - Needed counselling
23:03 – Trigger Warning: loss and grief
24:10 – Battling depression
25:05 – Moving into the healthcare industry
26:08 – The need for counselling and supports
27:23 – Difficult relationship
27:58 – Trigger Warning: mental abuse
30:09 – Not having support at home but having to support others at work
31:20 – Moving forward finding love
32:47 – Ad – Care 2 Speak
33:06 – Dealing with a spinal injury
34:53 – Being on disability and other supports
36:15 – Mental health effects of spinal injury
36:43 – Trigger Warning: thoughts of suicide
37:45 – Depression from the pain
38:03 – Focusing on family and hope
39:16 – Supports during a difficult time
40:25 – Biggest piece of advice for men: Get Help!
41:20 – Ability to recognize you are not alone
42:15 – Encouraging men to share what you are going through
42:43 – Trigger Warning: Loss of patient
43:28 – Build up of issues over time
44:55 – Supports in place for health care workers
47:57 – Challenges for immigrants
49:30 – Challenges of the industry (meeting demands but understanding human element)
50:45 – Having to make difficult decisions at work
51:58 – Wrap up
52:30 – Thank you to guest
52:45 – Conclusion
Resources:
Care to Speak | Care For Caregivers
SafeCare BC: Your Mental Health Matters
This podcast is brought to you by:
Care to Speak | Care For Caregivers
Care2Listen Podcast | Care For Caregivers
CMHA British Columbia – Mental Health for All
CheckingIn | Mental wellbeing for your workplace
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