19/10/2026
In mining, wellbeing is shaped not only by the work we do, but by the environments we create. As 𝗦𝗔𝗖𝗠𝗔 continues its 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 series, we’re focusing on the voices that help strengthen psychological safety across our industry. These voices remind us that mental health is a critical part of operational excellence, human connection, and safe decision‑making.
Today, we share a message from 𝗗𝗿. 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶 𝗠𝗼𝗸𝘄𝗲𝗻𝗮, 𝗢𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿 at 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗢𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲, whose insights highlight why lived experience, support, and respectful listening matter in every workplace:
“𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟨 𝘪𝘴 ‘𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥: 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦.’
𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩, 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩. 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘗𝘦𝘦𝘳-𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬-𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵; 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦.
𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 (𝘗𝘞𝘓𝘌) 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘤𝘰-𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘳-𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦.”
Creating space for real voices strengthens trust, accountability, and the culture we build underground and above. 𝗦𝗔𝗖𝗠𝗔 will continue amplifying these perspectives throughout October as we work toward workplaces where psychological safety is understood, supported, and actively protected.
