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“It is still a very toxic environment at times”: Q&A with Tim Etherington-Judge
Tim Etherington-Judge founded Healthy Hospo after suffering from burnout caused by his job in hospitality. During Mental Health Awareness Week, he told Catering Today of the importance for the industry to keep in mind the mental wellbeing of its workers
Do you think there is a problem within the mental health of hospitality workers in particular?
Absolutely, I think there’s a number of aspects of most hospitality work that makes it particularly challenging to maintain good mental health. Things such as trying to sleep outside of your circadian rhythms, because many times in hospitality you have long days, and you’re working when your body wants to be asleep, and trying to sleep when your body wants to be awake, which has a big impact on stress.You'll need to
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