S5E03 - Jawad Bhatti ’sparks’ a mental health conversation

00:00 Welcome to CACHE Alumni - What can you expect in this episode of POD-CACHE?

00:40 Jawad Bhatti introduction - Who is Jawad and what is the Spark story?

03:40 The impact of the pandemic on loneliness, routine and mental health

05:30 Mental Health support online and through talking to others

07:23 Mental Health in the workplace - Jawad's experiences at work

10:20 Why do people drop out of mental health support? 

12:10 How does Spark measure the improvements in mental health in the workplace? 

13:15 What tools are helpful for mental health understanding and support?

15:00 What is the Spark app now? Tools for individuals and organisations

19:30 What's in a name? - Spark is a 'little click' that helps us change things

21:20 POD-CACHE Ad break

21:32 Building good habits - How a journal can help us to understand ourselves and make lasting changes

24:00 Your journal as a record - reflecting on our progress and remembering better days

26:42 Sparking ideas - Journalling prompts, blank pages and the benefits of guided journals

30:17 Changing lanes - Jawad talks about changing careers, sectors and becoming a member of CACHE Alumni from a background in data science

33:41 Mental Health First Aid - the challenges of following up on mental health support as an organisation

35:00 Providing support with mental health before there's a problem 

38:10 Knowing which interventions make the most impact to facilitate organisational change around mental and emotional health

39:25 Journalling as a tool to support groups who might not traditionally engage with mental health support

43:49 Finding help in crisis or if you're feeling low 

44:00 Signposting and invite to Spark

45:40 Thanks for listening - cachealumni.org.uk

 

Jawad Bhatti is a senior data professional on a personal mission to help improve mental health and has launched an app to support organisations to reduce presenteeism & absenteeism and improve health & wellbeing through data-driven insights

After launching a Facebook group to support easier mental health discussions, Jawad started a YouTube channel to help get men to talk about their mental health and launched an interactive mobile journalling tool called Spark. 

How to download the app - https://sparkyourhealth.co.uk/#download

Spark's LinkedIn page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/sparkyourhealth/ Spark's Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/sparkyourmentalhealth/ Spark's X page - https://twitter.com/sparkyour_mh

Listen as Jawad talks to Dawn about reflection, journalling and using data to drive change.  If you can, join us for our Reflect and Recharge event on 30 November 2023, where Annie Pendrey will be supporting us to start our own reflective journals as part of our amazing line-up of speakers. 

Until next time, take care!