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Back in June, Katie Williams quit her waitressing job of three years for one important reason: to save her mental health. In this episode, Katie examines the many challenges facing young people working in this demanding industry. From her own experience of waking up exhausted and suffering an anxiety attack that eventually led to her making her big decision, Katie lifts the lid on this pressure-cooker industry.

She chats to chef Martin, who talks openly about his depression and his conflicted feelings towards working in the kitchen... and Alex, whose hospitality community group aims to help those feeling the strain of working in hospitality. They discuss what's going on right now across the industry and what can be done going forward to protect the mental health of employees.

If anyone is affected by the issues discussed here, please visit the 麻豆社 Action Line on Mental Health: /programmes/articles/1NGvFrTqWChr03LrYlw2Hkk/information-and-support-mental-health

This episode was written, recorded and hosted by Katie Williams.
Podcast Hosts are Amelia Bayler & Ross Semple
Produced by Ally McCrae & Ross Semple
Senior Producers are Kirsty Drain & Paul McFadyen
Exec Producer is Anthony Browne

Original Pilot Material is a podcast for 麻豆社 Sounds from the team behind 麻豆社 The Social, the award winning new talent platform from 麻豆社 Scotland.

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