World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is an awareness day observed on 10 September every year, in order to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides, with various activities around the world. What’s the campaign? The campaign is a joint collaboration between the World Health Organisation, the World Federation for Mental Health and the International […]
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What is your To-Do List looking like today? According to a recent study commissioned by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) you are likely to have an average 33 tasks to complete each week. Is this manageable? According to the survey, about 60% feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of tasks. Sorting finances feature quite strongly […]
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A new report carried out by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) was released today, just in time for Mental Health Awareness Month. The statistics are shocking. People Working While Ill Has Tripled Since 2010 The Health and Wellbeing at Work Survey was carried out at the beginning of 2018. Respondents to the […]
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Wellbeing in the workplace is a hot topic at the moment, but do you really understand how to look after your own wellbeing when you work in a high-stress environment? Any role that is customer facing is stressful. The Service Desk Institute realise how difficult it can be for Service Desk staff to know how to […]
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Wellbeing in the workplace is a hot topic at the moment, but do we really understand what it is all about. In a work environment, it is called Wellbeing. On the news, they are talking about Mental Health. So what does it mean and is there a difference? Any role that is customer facing is […]
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Do you Find Speaking in Public Stressful? Do you need to step up and speak in front of audiences to promote your business and showcase your expertise? Or perhaps you are seeking promotion of have been recently promoted and now need to talk confidently in front of an audience. Do you feel confident or do […]
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Helps Build Emotional Wellbeing Did you know that volunteering has considerable benefits for helping manage you emotional wellbeing and good mental health. It can also help give direction and meaning when perhaps it might be lacking. You can utilise skills you have already to help others learn, develop and grow. For example our Soroptimist Club […]
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In the UK we have a whole month focussed on Mental Health. There have been a multitude of programmes, articles and blogs. One thing that has really shocked me this month were the articles about how much youngsters are suffering with mental health issues, even really young children as young as 5. According to research […]
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In the UK we have a whole month focussed on Mental Health, but last week was specifically in the focus of Mental Health Awareness week. There have been a multitude of programmes, articles and blogs. Why do we focus on Mental Health? Well that is because, like physical health, we can have good health or […]
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In the UK we have a whole month focussed on Mental Health, but last week was specifically in the focus of Mental Health Awareness week. There have been a multitude of programmes, articles and blogs. Theresa May also announced her ‘sweeping´ reforms to mental health policy.This is definitely needed as a lot has changed since the […]
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A key component of mental wellbeing is physical wellbeing and nutrition plays a key role. Keeping yourself and your staff healthy is a vital element of a healthy and productive business. Just how much of a part does nutrition play though? What I noticed in my own body is that nutrition and exercise have a […]
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A key component of mental wellbeing is physical wellbeing and nutrition plays a key role. Keeping yourself and your staff healthy is a vital element of a healthy and productive business. Just how much of a part does nutrition play though? What I noticed in my own body is that nutrition and exercise have a […]
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A key component of mental wellbeing is physical wellbeing and nutrition plays a key role. Keeping yourself and your staff healthy is a vital element of a healthy and productive business. Just how much of a part does nutrition play though? What I noticed in my own body is that nutrition and exercise have a […]
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A key component of mental wellbeing is physical wellbeing and nutrition plays a key role. Keeping yourself and your staff healthy is a vital element of a healthy and productive business. Just how much of a part does nutrition play though? What I noticed in my own body is that nutrition and exercise have a […]
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A key component of mental wellbeing is physical wellbeing and nutrition plays a key role. Keeping yourself and your staff healthy is a vital element of a healthy and productive business. Just how much of a part does nutrition play though? What I noticed in my own body is that nutrition and exercise have a […]
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I felt really strange the point at which big ben struck midnight and the fireworks started. Especially poignant as they were in front of the office that has been such a huge part of my career for the last 16 years. It was at that precise moment I embarked on a new direction. I want […]
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Last time I talked about resilience in the moment and how to calm down. This time I want to cover more on building resilience for the longer term. If there is one thing that I could honestly say has made a major difference in my life, more than anything else, when it comes to managing […]
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Let me shine a light on resilience. What is resilience exactly and why is it important? It is defined in the dictionary as “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties“. This makes sense to me. Being resilient won’t stop the changes in life, the stressful times or the sad ones, but it will help you […]
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I ran a workshop for Shell last week called Personal Development in a Changing World and I felt inspired to write about the three main themes that seem to me to be very relevant to anyone in business, large or small, at the moment. The world around us is constantly changing. In business, the demands […]
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For those of you working in areas that are still very male dominated, engineering, science and Information Technology for example to name just a few areas, is this ever a question you ever ask yourself? I recently attended a workshop run by “Women in Technology” and listened to a diverse group of women, both in […]
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New Year Resolutions, How to Attract Success How many of us, at this time of year, are focusing on setting goals? Of course at this time of year we call them New Year Resolutions. Here are some ideas about how to set goals in a way that will make them tangible and achievable. Firstly lets […]
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