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The Hidden Side Of Farming | Mental Health Talk
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- Let's talk about mental health. Farming is a beautiful way of life but it's certainly not always easy. If you're struggling, don't hesitate to reach out and talk to someone about it.
Parlons de la santé mentale. L'agriculture est un beau mode de vie, mais ce n'est certainement pas toujours facile. Si vous avez des difficultés, n'hésitez pas à en parler à quelqu'un.
Mental Health Resources / Ressources en Santé Mentale:
Québec
Ordre des psychologues du Québec, trouvez un conseiller professionnel dans votre région
Ligne téléphonique de prévention du suicide : 1-866-277-3553
Canada
Association canadienne pour la santé mentale
Prévention du suicide au Canada
Do More Agriculture Foundation - organisme à but non lucratif axé sur la santé mentale en milieu agricole au Canada (en Anglais seulement)
Stigma Free Society - Rural Mental Health Toolkit (en anglais seulement)
Young Agrarians Resources for Mental Health and Wellness (s'applique également aux États-Unis).
États-Unis
Better Help, accès en ligne à des conseillers professionnels
Une liste de 60 ressources sur la santé mentale
Real Farmer Care - Fondé par Clara Coleman, Real Farmer Care a pour mission de répondre aux besoins des agriculteurs en matière de soins personnels, en particulier les agriculteurs noirs, indigènes et de couleur, et d'allouer les fonds donnés directement aux agriculteurs.
Quebec
Ordre des psychologues du Québec, find a professional counselors in your area
Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-866-277-3553
Canada
Canadian Mental Health Association
Canada Suicide Prevention
Do More Agriculture Foundation - a not-for-profit organization focusing on mental health in agriculture across Canada.
Stigma Free Society - Rural Mental Health Toolkit
Young Agrarians Resources for Mental Health and Wellness (applies to U.S. too).
USA
Better Help, Online access to professional counsellors
A list of 60 ressources around mental heatlth
Real Farmer Care - Founded by Clara Coleman, Real Farmer Care’s founding mission is to support farmer’s self-care needs, especially BIPOC farmers (Black, Indigenous, People Of Color), and allocate donated funds directly to farmers.
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“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.” -Alan Watts
So True...sometimes you have to stop and live in the moment.
I have to respectfully disagree with Mr. Watts. I didn't think just existing is an accurate depiction of life's purpose. I do (edit) agree with the first comment that we should slow down from time to time to assess the moment, and even rest. Never stop completely though. Purposeless people create problems for others and meaninglessness for self.
@@ARYNBOYD i think hes just over simplifying our human nature to self preserve just like most animals in this planet.
"sounds like some commie gobblygook." Norm McDonald
@@ARYNBOYD what Alan Watts puts across there is Zen. Simply living in harmony with nature and engaging in unconditional reciprocity with everything and everyone around you is to be of service - to simply serve the purpose of life. If your purpose is to be materially successful, then you may have missed the point a long time ago. And even there, there is a big difference between contentment and complacency.
The hustle culture isn't doing us any favors. We put our farm in homestead mode at the start of the pandemic and it's been so great, even when we go back into production for sale, I'm going to approach it with the same balanced mindset. Thank you for sharing JM. We should all hold ourselves to high standards but not unreasonable ones. Our sustainability goals must include ourselves as well.
Amen ✌
It takes a lot of courage to be transparent and honest like that. Thank you.
Thank you. Mental health/ mental illness is such a taboo topic here in the United States. You can have a heart attack and people will care and try to help never questioning about medication. You can have cancer and you get the same results. People find out you or your loved one has mental illness, simply a chemical imbalance in the brain, and suddenly you are treated as if you have something that is contagious. Your loved one is stable on medication and yet people still avoid them. This should never be so! How is it we lose our compassion on people who need it most? Isn't it enough to have mental issues already without being ostracized by the people who are supposed to love you? Before you judge people get to know their story and think how difficult it would be to be on their shoes. Maybe we all would be more compassionate. Thank you for admitting that you, JM, had rehearsed what you are going to say and you are trying not to cry. You never need to apologize for being human and having those human emotions. We are bad about putting people on a pedestal and thinking they have it made. We aspire to be like them when really we should be grateful for being where we are in life. Not everyone woke up this morning. You have made me even more impressed with you than before JM.
So brave of you to open this often overlooked discussion. Talking is the first step to recovery, always reach out. Don't suffer in silence, friends, relatives and professionals cannot read your mind but will want to help.
Now that is holistic farming!!! I had an ephiphany this season whilst wheelbarrowing cabbage, loosely translated... on the field you can find all the colours of love.. in other words red beets of passion, orange humour and friendship of carrots, green cabbage of physical and mental health. And each colour is like a doorway to love, a perception that we can experiance love through, whilst love itself is .. its like suttlety, like when you whisper love its not there anymore, an enlightement. An ideal that we can live by and towards which we can all go but our tool of experiance are our bodies,and bodies need sustance, as well as they need to sometimes just go to sleep. Thanks for sharing. What you do is awesome.
Here about a year later, this message is still relevant for all of us way too involved and those of us on the cusp of embarking on any level of farming. Thank you for your transparency and encouragement. Well said and done. The spirit is willing but the darn flesh just can't keep up sometimes. Glad you came to terms and had the time to heal and help others with your journey.
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I am so grateful for your post JM - powerful stuff!!! I love your message.
The same has happened to me this year. Thanks so much for sharing
I feel so many emotions watching this video. I ran a market garden the last three summers by myself. I’m passionate about it but I was left so depleted physically, mentally and emotionally that I decided to not promise a next season. In order to earn enough money from the farm, I would need to double my subscribers but in order to manage that many, I would need staff and so on. At 80 subscriptions this past summer, I was already tapped out. We had a 2 month drought and so many other issues, I just felt like I was always failing. I thought, what’s wrong with me that I can’t do this!?! And you’re absolutely right JM, it was MY expectations that were the toughest, not my subscribers expectations. Thank you for talking about this. I feel less alone and broken/that I’ve done something wrong. I’m taking the winter to rest (as much as I can working full time and running a homestead) and decide on the direction of the farm.
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I too have a similar situation going on. Not the travel and teaching part, but the feeling of trying to produce and keep busy. And not feel useless. It’s hard. I think it’s about being a leader in my household and being an example, so working my ass off whether it be at my job or at our home. I really have an issue with sitting around and relaxing. I just can’t keep still. It sucks. My kids and wife keep teelling me to just watch a movie with them. I really try, but find myself out in the garden finding something to do. The thing is, I don’t even realize I get up and end up outside.🤦🏽♂️ It’s kinda nuts. In my mind, there is always something to tend to. Whether it’s washing some clothes, scrubbing toilets, vacuuming, yard work,etc. Not sure if it’s a problem but to me it’s just being productive and responsible. Dunno. But then I’ve been noticing that my body started changing the past 5 or so years. Lost some weight unintentionally, blood pressure a bit high, joint issues, back pains, etc. Been in n out of doctors and all say that they don’t see anything alarming. I except a bit high on the BP. Then I started thinking about how I feel “pressured” to do stuff. No one is pressuring me except myself. Maybe it’s all in my head? Really don’t know, but something needs to change. And I’m sure it’s me. Thanks for this. When someone else starts talking about something that feels like the same thing that I’m going through it truly helps. Much love and Aloha 🤙🏼🙏🏼
Thanks for being so candid JM. You are a true blessing. You duh man!!! Florida USA
Modern life is stressful, all of what you say is so so true. It’s a mental bind. Over 20 years back I took a breath & meditation course offered by the Art of Living … & now with my leant daily practice I have a valve which I can use to release the pressure.
This was so moving. Honest and so so real. Bravo.
Professional exhaustion is an issue for high achievers, which is a common trait in farmers. I am not a farmer, but some of my friends are. And speaking from personal experience in a different profession, when you reach the breaking point, you no longer function in a normal way, and you feel like something inside is broken, that cannot be repaired. It can take years to recover, and it involves learning to lower standards to a little less than perfect, and to let go of things you cannot control. And I agree that being in nature really helps. But mostly, open up and seek help. And surround yourself with people who are supportive. I hope that you are starting this 2023 growing season with a clear mind and allowing yourself some R&R on a regular basis.
You get far more sympathy from most people with a broken leg than something like depression, in my experience. It’s not easy to speak about but is far important to not hide it from everyone, including yourself. Suicide is even more common than you realize, especially now. Good message and thanks for bringing mental health to the fore.
I needed this today, thank you JM. I made the call to shut down the farm for the first time in 5 years and it hurt to do but it needed it. Me and the land needed some rest as farming year round has taken its toll. Till next season! Always persist and strive!
Rest well Stephen 😊
YHVH gave us the Sabbath weekly for rest, he also gave us a seven yr. Sabbath to rest the land....rest is prescribed by God, his manual for humankind is the Holy Bible....it does a body good!
Nature is never wrong, Nature is perfect, wise words…
Great Mental Health Message. I am a Veteran and Gardening always makes me feel great and relieve the tension I feel sometimes. Ty vm for your honesty!
Started chopping wood again 3 weeks ago. Such a great stress relief. Splitting is such a great way to get dozens of little wins while using your whole body. Take care of your mental health everyone!
Thanks for this JM. This episode was so necessary. I think we all need to address this, talking about It. Yes we have new amazing hand tools for better farming, but maybe now is the time for start creating new tools for us as persons. Why burn out is so common in our field? As you said, we all want to be high performance people, but we often forget that without mental health, with high stress, our achievments could be meaningless. Thanks again for starting this conversation. I remember that you made a webinar talking about your recipe for avoiding burn out. Very usefull too. Lets Talk more about this things, they can be so usefull. Kind regards from Madrid
Yeah going into Nature is a great and effective way to regain strenght and flexibility. Crying in nature happened to me and lots of laughing too when looking up at the trees. Just get in the flow of walking through Nature and work your stuff out. Other people in Nature haven't bothered me while crying or laughing! Thanks for sharing JM
Yes this does help. Your words and message had been a thread in the tapestry of life. Thank you. It’s healing.
Une belle leçon pour tout le monde, dans tout les domaines d'activités !
Glad you're getting better man! Went a little covid crazy myself. Time to heal!
Thank you for sharing. Appreciate the heartfelt delivery on a subject that isn't always easy to talk about and so many are dealing with too.
JM I really appreciate you sharing your experiences in this video. I personally have had my own struggles over the last couple years. As someone that follows your work it hits home for me. Best wishes to you and yours from central Ohio.
Thank you for being a vulnerable man. Thank you for showing your emotions. It is inspiring to see. Much love!
❤️JM melts my ❤️blessings my friends 💐🙌🏻
Respect and just respect to you JMF, and respect only. 🌻🌻🦋🦋
Its fundamental for any society to keep away as much possible, growers- farmers-peasants from any extra psychological stress, a bit more than anyone else. My warm empathy.🦋🦋🌻🌻
JMF - please remember that you are a giver and you are changing the World of organic farming - a true pioneer! Your accomplishments are great and your methods are practiced by thousands of market gardeners and hobby gardeners, like myself. Most people don't realize how hard farming is, much less organic farming. There is constant physical and mental pressure to produce and create a sustainable livelihood. Thankfully it's nearing the end of the primary growing season and you deserve break! Do something for yourself - something you enjoy - something completely different than farming or running your businesses. Nourish and be nourished.
Thanks so much 😊
Thanks for sharing. Your not alone and your not a hero and don't have to be. Humor, herbs and mushrooms have been a big help for me.🙄
Great leadership JM 💕💖❤️. All the very best to you and your family.
Thank you jm. I read your book to get started as a chef/ farmer. I dont know many if any that are doing both. This work is not easy, but honesty and hard work is what guides me. Thanks again
Great video, that took guts. Best wishes for your continued health, from one dad to another. You've got to be there for your children.
Thank JM. You’re right. I’ll give myself the time to get well so I can be the best dad I can be. I am not a market gardener but love my garden.
I agree 100% that chopping and being in nature is where it’s at. My best medicine. It’s my happy time/place.
Thank you J - your honesty and willingness to share is very important for many of us, and is deeply appreciated.
Well said JM! In an insane world the most sane thing we can do is default back to nature to recharge. Stay strong brother, greetings from New Zealand
Thank you for this generous share. It makes a difference. Thank you.
Thanks JM. That’s about as real as it gets. For what it’s worth, you’ve been an inspiration to so many of us. Hope that helps to lift your spirits.
These are the conversations that we all need to hear! Super relatable jm, thank you
I liked that you were chopping firewood at the start of a video about depression/anxiety as firewood chopping has always been something that makes me feel better .
100% ❤️
You rock, JM. Keep taking care of yourself. Thank you for sharing this. We don’t talk about it, and we should.
I love that you shared this with us, I can very much relate. 🙏🏼♥️✨ It’s nice to know we’re not alone and all have our inner worlds that need tending to as well.
Beautiful. Thank-you for the transparency and openness.
Thanks JM! This was a great share that hit home with me. I am shifting to market gardening because of being stressed out by 'modern' careers... I want to get back to the land and produce the most worthwhile products for humans!
Such a great video. Thanks for being vulnerable. I know that took a lot to do. I know so many farmers are burnout. Everyone needs a rest to recoup. Our bodies are not meant to only work but sometimes it feels like we have to to get the job done and feed the family.
Thank YOU so much for sharing! I needed to hear this. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this video! I can definitely relate and emphasize. Thank you for sharing
Thank you for sharing your vulnerability with us. Thank you helping us. You have an amazing heart. Thank you!
Thanks for being real brother . This hit home,hard.
Thank yo for talking about this issue and opening up your vulnerability to us. You have been doing such an amazing work to help farmers all around the world. You are a great source of inspiration.
Thank you so much!
Thanks JM. Your vulnerability is appreciated. All to often we are called to "hold together" and keep pushing forward for various external reasons but it's extremely important to take care of ourselves. Whatever that may mean or look like. The past 18 months has been rough on everyone. Some more than others but we have ALL been affected by it.
Thank you JM, I think we all needed this ( TED talk), you are such a blessing. We have learned so much from you. Take care friends and many blessings.
Your passion and knowledge has helped a lot of people. I'm sure many appreciate that. Stay genuinely good--to others and to yourself.
I really appreciate that, thank you so much 😊
I needed this today too. What a great message and well said... Thankyou JM!!
Getting help with our mental health is not really different than getting help for that harvest season. There's a point where you can't do it all yourself. It's helpful to recognize some things, like our self-image *"I'm an achiever"), that produce liabilities along with the benefits. Thank you for speaking to this issue. It's important for us all to recognize that mental health isn't some kind of taboo topic and that we can talk about it and recognize and admit it to ourselves.
This is the quote I live by. ♥️♥️♥️
JM, you are a complete human....thank you! and good luck for the future m8 !!! I'm starting a small scale farm in a few months...enough thinking about it ... and thanks for making the first step much smaller!!
Thanks JM for the courage that you've shown. So you are sure to help others cope. Very relevant.
Farming/Covid has caused me so much anxiety this year that I got back on Anxiety meds again. Not feeling valued as a farmer, constantly worried about the future and the farm has taken its toll on me this year. I'm glad the season is almost over, I need to decompress!!
Thanks for sharing friend. I hope you have a nice off-season to decompress this year🙂
Thank you for your honesty and message of self care.
This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing .
So much love for you brother! I'm dealing with the same issues myself, especially in relation to being a good dad for my two children. So glad to see you open up about this side of your journey man! I hope all continues to move forward for you in a positive direction. Thank you so much for sharing this side of your life man! Sending lots of love & hope to you and your family!💚💚💚💚
Can't wait to see what creative work you achieve now that you re-grounded to your original mission. Sometimes taking one step back will help you take that next step forward. This lifestyle of market farming is exhausting. Some years have been really hard on my family too. But we reached out for help and told our community that we were struggling. We are still looking for balance and get better every year. Covid was also good for us but harder to reach customers... blah blah blah.... 🥕🥕🥕 Grow Organic For Life.
I’m a partime body an paint shop owner and baitshop owner here at my home in the Carolina’s I started back working a garden of spring summer and winter now I have 6 old vehicles of my own and it’s just me and my dog and I just turned 58 so I relate to needing a rest but I really just do what I feel able to do each day and rest every couple of hours till a day I can take a break we can’t take nothing with us when we leave the world but keeping busy keeps from worrying too many blessings to you as you relax an prayers for you and your family
It’s that reflective time of year, and especially needful after the stormy seas of the last year or two. Thanks for this. Perfect setting, btw.
JM i think that was your best video yet.
Thanks for sharing
Wow, thank you so much, that really means a lot 😊 We are really enjoying making these
Thank you, JM. Really appreciate this very relevant message and the permission to take a break to look after ourselves. May God bless you and your family.
Wow, Thank you! I needed to hear this right now.
You're such an inspiration my friend. What a great message. Thank you for this. Treat yourself like someone you're responsible for helping. Much love.
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Excellent JBP quote. Thank you.
My first season working on a farm was such an amazing experience. However, for the young family I was living with and helping, the beauty of farming is also shared with the struggles of keeping your head above water. Stoicism only gets you so far. If it ain't working, don't force it. Those struggles of farming should allow you to appreciate the beauty of your work, not hamper it.
Farming is certainly not an "easy" job, but we all know it's one of the most rewarding. Thanks for sharing Ryland!
What a Beautiful share! Thank you for generously sharing what is going on with you.
Wonderful and heartfelt, many thanks
That was a beautiful share, very brave! Best to you
I really needed to hear this... Thank you!
Thank you, J.M. My husband and I hit true burn out this summer. I've never experienced anything like it. Our field is is particularly draining. There are definitely limits to what is possible. I think your influence in this direction is invaluable.
Thank you so much for talking about this. I've struggled with my mental health since I was a teenager and have only really started to understand it better the last few years and do more for it the last year. Again thank.
Thank you for this video JM. I always find that when the daylight shortens and the days get colder, I need to be extra careful with my mind. I am most vulnerable in Autumn, with the ending and closure that is visible all around me. A little extra self-care, a few good heart-to-hearts with friends and perhaps a fresh hobby can usually keep me afloat through this time 👌 Thanks for sharing your experience. This reminder can be a helpful check for many to turn inwards and take action ❤️
Thank you so much. and nice strategy to take care of yourself through these moments 👌
Same. Autumn has similarly negatively impacted my mental health
I'm really glad you are talking about this...we just live in such an overstimulating and overwhelming culture that is unhealthy for all of us. I fell off this train several years ago and almost committed suicide, because my body couldn't handle it anymore. I chose to listen to my body and I've been much better ever since.
Thank you! 🙏 needed to hear this.
Thank you so much, JM!
Thank you for the real Talk :)
so happy to learn that youre doing better JM! maybe catch ya again in Burlington!
Merci Beaucoup. Thanks for sharing so much on a difficult topic.
Thank you for the honesty
The pandemic, whatever your opinion on why it happened and how it played out, has brought lots of issues to the forefront. Life is valuable, health is priceless! We realised we were working so hard to own our tiny homestead we had no time to enjoy it, it became a chore and even a source of arguments between my husband and I. So we decided last year to leave the rat race, moving from expensive and stressful UK to Bulgaria, we will not be mortgage slaves any more, debt free and living almost like peasants in a tiny village with 2 acres of land to be self sufficient. So next year my husband retires and the rest of our lives begin, we finally have quality of life! We will not be “market gardeners” and it seems sad that I never got to feed a community as I always wanted to, but everyone where we will live has a quarter acre of productive gardens and so we will fit right in. Now is the time to face realities, be honest with yourself and look for alternatives, if they haven’t already been forced on you by the situation the world is in right now. Back to basics, slow happy lives and more time to watch JM and be part of this great community ❤️
What an amazing new chapter for you!
hope you are prepared for the time when they will abolish pensions,
Wow, this resonates with me deeply. It's so hard finding support from those who truly understand what you're going through. The expectations tend to be overwhelming at times, putting too much pressure on ourselves. The past year-and-a-half have been mentally and physically draining. Take care. xoxoxo
Glad you've said this! Fall time exhaustion can be a tipping point from feeling good about yourself to feeling some degree of disconnect. Good to get help when it lingers after some good sleep doesn't do its reset function.
Great talk. Thank you very much. D
Thank you for your honesty, JM. This is very important to talk about. Glad you got to rest and heal- mad respect to you... Take care.
Thank you Wendy 😊
Hey JM,
I can feel what you are going through. Now that, your internal pressure is released, relax.
I have learnt keeping myself physically n mentally healthy and happy is an uncompromising act. Everything in life comes next.
Nature is our mother, always available to embrace us with arms open. Take some rest in her lap. Then we can move on with renewed energy.
Thank you ♥
Thanks for the open words. Yes Farming can be a lonly Job as Chef.
That is the best advice. Thanks J M,
Merci de ta franchise, c'est tellement important
Thank you for sharing!
You and Richard Perkins seem to be in the same boat, you both have been going hard for awhile now and you both need a break. I work away and try and market-garden on the side and tend two markets a week. Our one out door market goes to the beginning of December and when you get to this time of year, you can see the end in sight, but I think I focus on that too much and not enjoy the moments at the market, where the people are nice and appreciate us and our produce. My biggest depressing moment, is lack of labor and the weeds getting out of control, when I know I should manage less and have a better beds and crops. What is the definition of insanity....
Looking forward to more Digging Deeper content. Just make sure, as you take on another project, that you remember your own advice 😉. I am not a market gardener but can appreciate the hard work that you all do in this business. I apply many of your ideas to my own 3 season garden here in Eastern ON. Ma femme t’as entendu sur les ondes de Radio Canada et m’a acheter ton livre - une belle découverte voilà quelques années. Thanks for sharing and talking about this important subject.
Thank you!!!! This needed to be said ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Good timing. Unfortunately, in my first year of market farming the monetary restrictions don’t allow me to have breaks or enlist help. I’m really holding out hope that next year I will.
I wish you the best for next season! Winter is a great time to reflect and try to figure out how to avoid the problems we faced in our previous season.
Wow did not expect this from you. I do not farm but love the videos. But this was so impactful...one of your best. Thank you JM
I really appreciate that, thank you so much