Mental Health In The Workplace Blog
Returning to the workplace post Covid-19
Returning to the workplace, post Covid-19. As many organisations work towards reopening and/or reintegrating employees back into the workplace, there is much to consider from a safety perspective, including risk assessments, infection control procedures and allowances...
Signposting Support for Compromised Mental Health
Signposting support for compromised mental health. As we shared recently, we have increasingly heard from managers over the past few months, who have noticed an increase in the number of people in their team experiencing compromised mental health. It’s not surprising...
Mental Health Conversations for Managers
Mental health conversations for managers. The impact on our lives and work of the Covid-19 situation has been significant. We’ve all had to adapt to a new rhythm of life, unfamiliar methods of working and different ways of keeping in touch with people and because,...
Emptying the Stress Bucket
If you've attended any of our training workshops, heard any of our keynotes or followed any of our social media posts, you'll know that we often talk about anxiety in the context of a metaphorical stress bucket, and have heard the phrase 'emptying the stress...
Why we sleep
In the last month, we have released our newest Mental Health workshop which focuses specifically on why we sleep, the impact of SLEEP on both our physical and mental wellbeing and how we can improve it to enhance our resilience and performance.When was the last...
Primary Advice for Managers
Our primary advice for managers might surprise you: Put your own oxygen mask on first! Over the last several months, we have increasingly heard from managers who have noticed an increase in the number of people in their team who are struggling. It’s not surprising...
The Covid Effect
What is the Covid effect when it come's to our mental wellbeing? We've been running refresher workshops for managers around how they can best support their people during what is a uniquely challenging period. For the most part, we are revisiting our core mental...
The impact of movement on mental health
The many reasons that movement is good for the body are well documented and understood, but did you know that movement also has a beneficial impact on our brain and mental health too?Like with most things, the reason lies with our human ancestors. Whilst we can’t...
Is Mental Health First Aid The Answer
As a provider of Mental Health in the workplace training, we receive a lot of enquiries for Mental health First Aid (MHFA) training, but is Mental Health First Aid the answer? This two day course is a hugely valuable and comprehensive course which equips people within...
Maintaining Wellbeing During Lockdown
As we enter a second lockdown here in the UK, many of us are more aware than before of the importance of maintaining a level of positive wellbeing (both physical and mental), if we are to get through it and come out the other side without the detrimental effect...
What does a bucket have to do with stress?
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...
Covid Lockdown Working From Home Survey Results
Covid Lockdown Working From Home Survey Results Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental wellbeing of employees forced to work from home during lockdown.In March 2020, in response to the governments lockdown decision, we all had to adapt quickly to...
An Interview with an LV Employee
Examples of Good Practice - an Interview with an LV Employee We often share that statistic that 1 in 4 people in the UK will be suffering with a mental health issue of some sort at any one time. This used to be a shock to people but it’s now become widely known and...
Practising the three principles of positivity for enhanced resilience
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...
A powerful DOSE for enhanced resilience
With the restrictions of Covid-19, many of us are missing the availability of the regular leisure and social activities that enable us to keep in positive mental health. Equally, we have all had to adapt quickly to a new rhythm of life (new way of living, working and...
Intentional Relaxation
We are all having to adapt quickly to a new rhythm of life, new ways of working and a different way of keeping in touch with the people who matter to us. Because our brain interprets all change initially as a threat, many of us will be experiencing higher levels of...