Hope Starts With Us

What Data Shows About Building Supportive Workplace Cultures Featuring Brit Wanstrath

National Alliance on Mental Illness Season 1 Episode 98

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NAMI released its third annual workplace mental health poll yesterday. In this episode, NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison Jr. is joined by Brit Wanstrath, manager of workplace mental health for NAMI. As they explore the key findings from the poll release, listeners will find out what makes employees feel comfortable talking about mental health at work, the scale of burnout impacting American workers, the importance of mental health workplace trainings, and more. With the information from this year’s NAMI-Ipsos Workplace Mental Health poll, companies can begin making plans for increased support for their employees. 

Learn more at nami.org/MentalHealthAtWork2026

Find the new NAMI StigmaFree workplace training, You Can Ask by NAMI, online now. 

NAMI’s new workplace training, You Can Ask by NAMI, helps teams learn how to:

  • Prepare for a conversation about mental health 
  • Empathize with your colleagues 
  • Sustain supportive conversations 
  • Find their workplace’s mental health benefits 

When your teams finish You Can Ask by NAMI, they’ll confidently be able to support their coworkers – and your company will be one step closer to becoming free from stigma.


You can find additional episodes of this NAMI podcast and others at nami.org/podcast.

"Hope Starts With Us" is a podcast by NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. It is hosted by NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison, Jr. 

Co-executive produced by Traci Coulter and Connor Larsen.