In last week's interview about radical mental health transparency, Todd Hopwood broadly discussed the 10 questions he asks himself each day.

In this follow up episode, we breakdown those 10 questions, how you should assess them, and how to calculate your score so that you can better track your mental health and mood.

Here are the 10 questions:

1. How motivated am I today?
2. What are my perceived energy levels?
3. Are simple tasks easy or difficult?
4. How well have I slept lately?
5. How's my physical health today?
6. How purposeful do I feel?
7. How connected am I to family and friends?
8. How has my diet been lately?
9. How are my stress levels?
10. How easy or difficult is decision making for me today?

What does your daily score mean:

1. 10/10 - All time, lifetime peak form
2. 9/10 - Exceptional Form
3. 8/10 - Very Good Form
4. 7/10 - Decent Form
5. 6/10 - Average Form
6. 5/10 - Low Mood
7. 4/10 - Very Low Mood
8. 3/10 - Extremely Low Mood
9. 2/10 - I am struggling and need help
10. 1/10 - CRISIS, please reach out to me

These questions are based off of the research and work over at FormScore.

SHOW NOTES:

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Todd Hopwood shocked me when he explained his radical approach to mental health transparency. We discuss a system he has implemented which is designed to help him when he is struggling and needs help the most.

Frankly, it is not an approach that I would personally be comfortable practicing in my workplace. However, there is no question that his courage, leadership, and modeling of this behavior promotes greater awareness of mental health issues in the workplace and it most definitely gives employees greater assurance that their mental health concerns are valid and will be supported within the organization.

Todd is my first international guest on the show. He works for the Australian city of Wollongong as the senior manager for their Customer and Business Integrity department.

SHOW NOTES:

Todd Hopwood's LinkedIn Page

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Seth Winterhalter has some thoughts on work-life balance, leaders needing chaos to thrive, and the let down that achievers can feel once they accomplish major goals.

An executive coach and owner of HaltingWinter Municipal Solutions, Seth seeks to help city and county managers escape burnout, set boundaries, and experience breakthroughs in work-life balance.

He recently rebranded his podcast to focus on local government executives and content. He has started rolling out interviews with city managers, too. I encourage you all to check it out and will link to it in the show notes.

Also in this episode, I went "off script" and put myself on the couch a little bit. It was an unplanned detour and I thought about cutting my personal elements out of the podcast -- but I think the resulting discussion may prove beneficial to some of you so I left it in.

SHOW NOTES:

Seth Winterhalter's LinkedIn profile and website for HaltingWinter Municipal Solutions

Link to The HaltingWinter Podcast

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