In this episode Lee & Colin discuss:

• What makes anorexia more impactful than the common presumption of simply not eating

• How those going through struggle can find solace in writing

• The role of the workplace in improving overall mental wellbeing

• Colin’s ‘biggest mistake’ and how to avoid it yourself in overcoming addiction

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Lee Cooper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecooperrecruiter/

Colin Day: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-day-3994069/

Man Vs Food - by Colin Day: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Vs-Food-Colin-Day/dp/B0CX5M1R1D

Get in touch: lee@extrology.com

Episode highlights:

“Anorexia isn’t just about starvation, it’s around control in far broader aspects than that.” - 6:00 - Colin Day

“The book was my opportunity to leverage some of the thinking from my professional life into trying to help me get to a better place in my personal life. I started to form my own kind of recovery plan around utilising the concept of marginal incremental gains.” - 9:55 - Colin Day

“I've come out of the other side of writing the book and I recognise now that I've got something there which documents what's happened - to a certain extent, it's closed a bit of a chapter on my life.” - 24:05 - Colin Day

“There’s an innate expectation now for leaders to be pseudo psychologists, because of the complexity of some situations they’re having to deal with.” - 31:00 - Colin Day

“You’ve got to talk to someone. That’s the biggest mistake I made, and it’s a stereotypical male response.” - 43:20 - Colin Day

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