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10 simple but powerful daily habits to bring balance into your life
Life can feel so fraught and difficult sometimes. There don’t seem to be enough hours in the day to get everything done, and it feels like you’re ‘firefighting’ rather than living. Living like this could eventually lead to stress and burnout, leaving you mentally and...
Ten ways investing in employee wellbeing could boost your business
Workplace wellbeing is a hot topic these days isn’t it? With stress levels rising, and stress related absence costing the economy billions, it is hardly surprising. Ill health in the workplace has a cost not only to the employee, but to the employer as well, as I am...
Stressful Day in the Office? Try these 10 stress busting tips for stressed out professionals
If you work full time, then you probably spend roughly a quarter of your week at work most weeks. It might be reasonable to hope that something you spend a quarter of your life doing would be happy and enjoyable. But often this is not the case. Most recent statistics...
What is First Aid for Mental Health?
Statistics on the rise and impact of poor mental health at work make for alarming reading. Research from The Mental Health Foundation tells us that 14.7% of UK workers experience poor mental health in the workplace. That is a lot of people needing support from their...
HR Managers -Can you Afford not to Invest In Wellbeing in the Workplace?
Stress in the workplace is big news. The recent announcement by the World Health Organisation to include 'burnout' in the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) highlights that workplace stress has, indeed, reached a worrying level...
10 ways stress in the workplace could harm your business
As someone who employs staff, and evaluates their work, I am sure I don’t need to tell you that stress in the workplace is a rising problem. Stress related absence costs UK business billions each year. As stress in society rises, this cost looks set to rise. A person...