Mental Health and Well-Being Training

Do you worry about saying the wrong thing to someone going through a difficult time? Are you a leader, manager, well-being champion, work in Occupational Health or HR and/or come into contact with those who may need help with their mental health or well-being? Would you like to give yourself or your workforce more confidenceContinueContinue reading “Mental Health and Well-Being Training”

3 Tips for Starting a Conversation about Mental Health

Sometimes we might get a sense that someone is not ok. It’s in these moments we might want to check how they are, but not know where to start, or worry they may disclose something we can’t deal with. There are lots of ways to approach a conversation about mental health and empathy is important.ContinueContinue reading “3 Tips for Starting a Conversation about Mental Health”

3 Ways to Respond With Empathy When Someone’s Not Ok

Someone discloses they’re having a rough time or they’ve had some bad news. How do some people normally respond? “You’ll get over it”. “It could be worse” “That happened to me” Maybe we’ve all done that at some point. But is that really the best way to help? Sometimes we shy away from difficult conversations,ContinueContinue reading “3 Ways to Respond With Empathy When Someone’s Not Ok”

Monday Mojo – Believe In You

Have you ever heard the phrase “fake it until you make it”? It famously became popular from a TED talk by Amy Cuddy, where she describes how our body language doesn’t just influence how other people receive us, but how we feel about ourselves.   Cuddy identified that things like adopting a power pose (think Wonder Woman)ContinueContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Believe In You”

Mind Your Language – Changing the Conversation on Mental Health

⚠️ Content Warning: briefly discusses suicide Mental Health Awareness days are a time when the focus of our attention is drawn towards opening a dialogue about how we think and feel. This is seen by some as arbitrary – we should be comfortable having conversations around mental health every day. However, the reality is thatContinueContinue reading “Mind Your Language – Changing the Conversation on Mental Health”