Tuesday Talent Series: Mental Wellness Through Change and Uncertainty

Session Title:

Mental Wellness Through Change and Uncertainty

Session Description:

Change in life and business creates moments of excitement combined with the fear of the unknown. Navigating change and uncertainty impacts mental health.

Each of us has mental health, just as we have physical health, and during times of change and uncertainty, even change and uncertainty in business, we need additional tools to deal with the extra mental stress.

When you are mentally healthy, you enjoy life and the people in it. This is when you and your team can be creative, learn, try new things, and take risks. Ultimately, you are better able to cope with uncertainty, change, and transition when you are intentional about your mental wellness. As a leader, you can lead by example and improve your mental wellness while also supporting the mental wellness of your team through ensuring you are personally well-resourced in this area and modeling this behavior for your staff.

Here’s what you’ll learn in this interactive session:

• When to increase individual resourcing for mental wellness, even before you or your team may be struggling
• How to identify when mental health is declining and you or a team member needs extra support
• Strategies to improve individual mental wellness and resilience, and when to ask for help

Presenter Bio:

Chrysta Bairre is an advocate for herself and others. As a child she grew up in poverty, surrounded by family members with mental illness and addiction, while her own non-apparent disability went unrecognized and undiagnosed. A queer woman with several disabilities, she fought to get the help and support she needed to thrive, and became a voice for unseen and under-served people like herself.

Today, Chrysta is an author and professional speaker, helping individuals increase their income and impact through valuing their own inherent worth, setting boundaries and saying no in business, and advocating for themselves. She engages and inspires on stage, speaking to employees on banishing burnout, overcoming impostor syndrome, and workplace mental health.

Chrysta is also the founder of She Goes High, a 1,900+ member introvert and neurodivergent-friendly community for women and non-binary leaders in Northern Colorado. She Goes High hosts more than 30 events per year to support women leaders in taking up their space in the world and leaving their legacy!

Her first book, Beautiful Badass: How to Believe in Yourself Against the Odds, shares stories and lessons from overcoming poverty and depression in this guide for women who want to take command of their destinies and no longer fall prey to the hardships and setbacks that previously defined them. She is currently writing her next book on the topic of asking for help.