Tim Clarke shares his experience in sales and how he’s on a mission to bring awareness to mental health issues in the sales industry

In this interview, Ashleigh and Kasey talk to Tim Clarke, President / CEO & Co-Founder of UNCrushed, about his experience in sales and how he’s on a mission to bring awareness to mental health issues in the sales industry.

Tim shares part of his story about dealing with mental health issues, how he has coped with these and his day-to-day strategies for maintaining and optimizing his mental health.

SHOW NOTES

UNCrushed Background

• Mental illness is an international issue that is surrounded by stigma and usually a topic to be avoided in the workplace environment. UNCrushed is a platform and community for people to share their experiences and create awareness.

Tim’s Story

• Tim delves into the trauma he experienced dealing with mental illness, as well as his unhealthy coping mechanisms, and how work became a way of ignoring the issue.

Suffering in Silence

• Whether it has to do with stigma based on geography, familial values, individual perceptions, or a closed-off work culture, there are so many challenges that make it difficult to speak about mental illness.

Coping and Getting Past It

• Tim not only focused on sobriety, but also on finding a way to love himself, be vulnerable, and create connections as he worked towards recovery.

Cultivating a Safe Space at Work

• Priorities, repercussions for time off, setting boundaries, and the problem with “happy hour culture” are all discussed.

Cultural Shift and Diversity

• Mindfulness and mental health have become major discussions over the past few years. 

• No one is alone in their fight against mental illness.

The hosts of ‘The Other Side of Sales’ have teamed up to try to change the conversation, to make the sales culture more diverse, more inclusive, and more honest. Learn more here. Listen to other episodes of ‘the other side of sales’ podcast here

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