JCIP #34 - Ash Ledran

In the thirty-fourth episode of the Just Checking In Podcast we spoke to mental health advocate Ash Ledran. Ash is the Founder of mental health platform Op_n. Op_n provides its audience with inspiration, resources and tools to help them feel safe expressing mental health issues that affect our day-to-day lives. Op_n gives people a platform to share their story and has built a community of mental health heroes determined to crush the stigma around mental health. Their mission is to do what they can to make sure that no-one feels they are alone. In this pod we discussed Op_n and how and why Ash decided to create it, Ash's own mental health journey, including a discussion about grief and the passing of Ash's grandfather which precipitated him going through a mental health crisis. We also discussed Ash's three peaks challenge and the learnings and experiences he took from it, fatherhood and of course, a mental health chat! As always, #itsokaytovent Find out more about Op_n here: https://www.iamopn.com/ Read about Ash's mental health story in full here: https://www.iamopn.com/your-stories/why-i-founded-opn Read more about Ash's three peaks challenge here: https://www.iamopn.com/your-stories/three-peaks-challenge Follow Op_on social media below: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamopn/ Follow Ash on social media below: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashledran/ Music: @patawawa - Strange: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d70wfeJSEvk