Siobhan Neela-Stock learned a painful lesson about the need for mental health support in the workplace when she found herself in the midst of an acute breakdown one morning back in August 2021.

The Vermont-based writer and journalist had endured months of prolonged stress from her work environment. Eventually, she reached a point where it was hard to get out of bed. By the time she decided to take a six-week mental health leave from her media job, she was finding it difficult to sleep or even string a sentence together. READ MORE