Building a Culture of Mental Wealth | @caroline-cavanagh | Anxiety Specialist

20 May 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief segment, Caroline Cavanagh critiques the common reliance on mental health first aiders within organisations, arguing that by the time employees seek help they are often already severely impacted. She advocates for senior leadership to move beyond lip‑service and actively cultivate a "mental wealth" culture—one that proactively supports wellbeing and directly contributes to the organisation's financial performance.

A lot of organisations have mental health first aiders now in their organisation, which is brilliant, but by the time staff members reach out to the first aiders, they're already bruised, maybe even broken. It's too late. So I love working with organisations where the senior leadership team are not only paying lip service but really want to build a culture where mental health is actually a mental wealth. It's something that's going to make a difference To the bottom line.