10 Ways Restaurant Staff Can Protect Their Mental Health Through the Pandemic

It’s time to talk more candidly about Covid coping

Lauren Paylor co-founded Focus on Health to support hospitality workers dealing with depression. Photo: Shannon Sturgis

When Lauren Paylor, a mixologist at the Silver Lyan in Washington, D.C., was laid off at the end of March, she began feeling lost, aimless, and untethered.