Jennifer Kempson “I was learning how to get out of that debt as quickly as possible. I was then learning about investing and saving, building side hustles, and all things to do with money that I had never been exposed to when I was growing up. “I wanted to share that journey because if I needed information then there might well have been someone else out there who would like to know this information as well. I picked up a camera and have been creating content to help people ever since. “It really was out of necessity a little bit - wanting to share a journey with other people, and in some way, I have been in IT sales all my life as well. I’ve had to talk to customers and get over a message and I really like helping people and teaching people.
The Canadian Press, with files from staff
Canadian working mothers are reporting increased mental-health concerns one year into the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey by The Prosperity Project and CIBC.
The survey found more than half of working mothers felt stressed, while 47 per cent felt anxious and 43 per cent felt depressed. Working mothers worried about their children’s safety and helping them with schoolwork and felt guilty about not spending enough time with them, according to the survey. And during the pandemic’s second wave, women were more likely to consider quitting their job, asking for reduced working hours or taking a position with different working conditions.
Winnipeg Free Press Anxious, stressed and depressed.
Those are just some of the words Canada’s working women are using to describe their deteriorating mental health, as COVID-19 continues to persist.
A new cross-country tracking poll by the Prosperity Project and CIBC found women are much more likely than men to feel the mental toll of the pandemic’s second wave compared to the first, while also bearing the brunt of their household finances and worrying about repaying debts.
These feelings are even higher among working mothers, who reported experiencing higher levels of stress (at 52 per cent), anxiety (47 per cent) and depression (43 per cent), compared to working women without children (at 36, 38 and 29 per cent, respectively). In working fathers, stress levels were at 37 per cent, anxiety at 40 per cent and depression at 27 per cent.