People first after lockdown, psychologist urges

Greta Bradman provides practical advice about better mental health in our latest Recovery Roadmap Webinar video.

As the arts sector emerges from lockdown, psychologist, broadcaster and performing artist Greta Bradman has urged arts leaders to ensure they prioritise the wellbeing of their staff above all other concerns as we return to business as usual.

‘These two words, these two extraordinary words, can have such an impact on how we feel. They can underpin a decline of self-confidence, of not feeling enough – fit enough, smart enough, likeable enough, fast enough, capable enough with our instrument, if we play an instrument; or our tech, if we’re a tech person, whatever it is,’ she said.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts