by Kerry Seymour | Nov 4, 2020 | For employees
What does a bucket have to do with stress? Over recent years, the conversation around stress awareness and particularly work-related stress has become more open as many of us are becoming more aware of the detrimental effect prolonged and/or excessive stress can have...
by Kerry Seymour | May 12, 2020 | For employees
In our blog post A Powerful Dose for Enhanced Resilience we talk about needing to keep ourselves dosed up on Happy Hormones in order to build our emotional and psychological resilience and enhance our mental wellbeing. Many situations can trigger these hormones...
by Kerry Seymour | Feb 11, 2020 | For employers
Whilst there are a number of specific things that can be done to address mental health in the workplace when it becomes a problem, fundamentally improving mental health in the workplace starts with culture. Why culture? This is because whilst solutions like...
by Kerry Seymour | Jan 19, 2020 | For employees, For employers
For the last 15 years the third Monday in January has become known as “Blue Monday” and it’s said to be the most depressing day of the year. But is this actually true? The short answer is – no. According to various online sources, Blue Monday was originally...
by Kerry Seymour | Dec 9, 2019 | For employees, For employers
Our short Mental Health at Work quiz highlights the six areas of ‘work design’ that, according to the HSE, are the primary sources of stress at work (demands, control, support, relationships, role and change). When they are not managed well, these areas of work design...
