Overcoming Workplace Mental Health Challenges: My Personal Journey

Linea Johnson
Speaking Bipolar
Published in
8 min readJun 4, 2024

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My biggest takeaway from this journey is that a healthy work-life balance looks different for everyone.

There is no one-size-fits-all.

TW: Suicidal Ideation

Thursday in the Park with Linea

It’s October, and I was sitting on a busy set of stairs in Bryant Park in New York City, crying on the phone with my mom.

The park was bustling with people and booths for a Christmas market. Workers and families filled every seat, enjoying lunch on a beautiful fall New York day.

Attending a Prestigious Conference

I, too, was taking my lunch break from the conference I was attending in town. I was delighted to have the opportunity to participate in this conference held by one of my favorite performing arts marketing firms. It was full of the top marketing staff from arts organizations I admired worldwide, sharing incredible content and insights I could take back home.

Questioning Depression

The problem was I couldn’t stop thinking about death.

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Linea Johnson
Speaking Bipolar

Linea is a freelancer writer, speaker, and author of Perfect Chaos: A Daughter’s Journey to Survive Bipolar, A Mother’s Struggle to Save Her. lineajohnson.com