Highlighting Human Stories: A Conversation with Benita Chick
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🚀 Plug in your earbuds and get ready to embark on an audio adventure with us on the latest episode of the ‘Have You Eaten’ podcast! 🍚🎧 The upcoming series of episodes will be focused around the central theme of Human Stories, where we spotlight the stories of real, resilient humans with inspiring stories to tell. In this episode, Steph speaks with Benita Chick. Having had extensive academic and work experience in research, psychology, education, and experiential learning, Benita has a diverse range of interests and works both professionally and personally to advocate for social causes. Her broad experience in community outreach and environmental education in diverse settings led her to found Encompass HK in 2018, a social enterprise that offers training and consultancy services to educate and support organizations to be more diversified and inclusive, with the mission of helping alleviate inequalities that exist in Hong Kong and in Asia. In this episode, she shares how aspects of her personal and professional life have intersected to form the determined and driven advocate that she is today. Connect with Benita: LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benitachick/ Encompass HK: http://encompasshk.com/ Resources mentioned in this episode: “Gracefully Insane” (by Alex Beam): https://www.anobii.com/books/Gracefully_Insane/9781586481612/017ed9b6520cf16590 “Exuberance: The Passion for Life” (by Kay Redfield Jamison): https://tinyurl.com/y7e2z7wk Counseling hotlines and links: https://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/cdc/counselling/hotlines-and-links ——- This podcast is powered by @Neurum Health. It’s named after the local way we ask each other “how are you?”. We will be covering all things #mentalhealth and #wellness with you in credible, conversational, and real talks. ✅ Love our podcast? Support our work by giving us a ⭐️ 5 star rating and review! 💡 Have thoughts to share? Chat with us at [email protected]!