‘Champagne problems’ is a phrase I hear a lot in my line of work and I get it, as a professional musician, it’s very tough to look at what I do for a living and think that it’s fair to complain. The schedule is gruelling, the rest-periods are few and far between and the chances of ever becoming (and staying) successful are slim at best

In August, I moved to London to start teaching in a one form entry primary school in Paddington. This year has subsequently overtaken the last one as the most stressful of my life – by far. It’s amazing how quickly people can rally around you when you ask for help.

Looking back, I presented as a typical picture of a woman having gone through several months, or years in my case, of peri-menopausal symptoms struggling to cope with the fluctuations in hormone levels. Despite being a Nutritional Therapist and a former nurse, I didn’t connect my physical and emotional ill-health to the menopause.

Trying to balance all my different lanes of work was a big struggle when I started Latch. My heart was fully in songwriting and production, but I knew I was developing something exciting on the industry side. It was mentally draining to get pulled in so many directions.

I think it’s fair to say that most will, judge a short, young woman who is coming to speak to them about why it’s vital to introduce AI and machine learning to their security stack - even if merely subconsciously.

I think the lack of validation was challenging - the constant fear that I wasn’t good enough or I’d never write a better song and so on. It can be quite lonely as an independent artist, and alone time is often when I find myself seeing others’ success

I started a poets club for example, it has freed all of us mentally in ways that we didn't know we needed to be freed. Just by having a safe space to create and express ourselves, getting better and better at doing this one thing each week.

I was 24 when I started my first job at a London-based city law firm. I had previously worked at a US firm – a corporate setting which had not yet awoken to the mental health issues young lawyers were falling victim to…

My struggles with mental health started when I was around the age of 15 and in secondary school. I would get anxious feelings and struggle to deal with emotions. But in recent years, whilst studying at uni, my mental health really hit rock bottom.