15/10/2026
How is it Thursday already?! 🫣
I feel like just yesterday I was at this event (it was Monday!) 🙈
I had a wicked time at the L&G building, and found the talks incredibly interesting.
This day was for us ladies in mortgages, and how the profession/industry can really effect our mental health at times.
There were a few conversations that sparked my curiosity;
⭐ Breath work. Blooming heck do we need it 😮💨 Not just this role, but women everywhere have become the default parent, cleaner, PA, cook, worker, counselor/therapist, the list goes on!
⭐ ADHD/ quirks. The lady listed her symptoms and me and another adviser looked at each other and said "that's us! Sh...are we...?🤔" 🤣
⭐ Learning that we're not alone on our bad days. Worked 40 hours that week and not been paid a penny? That's the risk with self employed, we're not alone. Had a client moan at us because lenders have increased rates again but we've reminded them numerous times to send in their documents- we're not alone. Client threatens a complaint because the lender declined the app....because they failed to disclose a relevant piece of information to us- we're not alone 🫠
It was enlightening, humourous, but best of all, comforting ☺️
Mental health is wavy in all professions, but just know that YOU'RE NOT ALONE 🫶🏼 It's more brave to speak to someone about it, than to hold it in (a problem shared is a problem halved, as it goes!)
Thanks to April Mortgages for the cute little orange bag of goodies, and to Legal & General for having us 🙏🏼 My daughter has taken the bag already and eating the Terry's chocolate orange 🤭
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