Flattening the Curve: Supporting our Workforce towards a Healthier Trajectory post Covid-19, By Jane McNeice
It’s been quite a few months since the Mind Matters team connected with delegates who attended the Health & Wellbeing at Work Conference 2020 in Birmingham. The Conference now seems worlds away in terms of time, change, learning to adapt, and images such as that of Dame Carol Black’s keynote featured in this post – a congregation of people which would now risk our health and incur a hefty fine! Some of our contacts we’ve met at previous Health & Wellbeing at...
Read MoreMind Matters is delighted to announce a new partnership with the charity PTSD at Work. Set up by Nathan Bowen after his own traumatic experience of assault in 2017 and the impact this had on his career and working life, the charity aims to support employers in supporting employees who are experiencing trauma related symptoms or who may have a diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Key to the charity’s support will be training for workplaces in PTSD and other mental health difficulties....
Read MoreHealth & Wellbeing at Work Conference 2020: Dame Carol Black ‘Healthier Tomorrow – There Yet?’
This year’s Health & Wellbeing at Work Conference was another successful event, despite the intentions of a certain virus out to ruin the proceedings. Understandably Coronavirus did impact event numbers which were lower than in previous years on both days, however delegates were still in good spirits and the CPD lectures were really interesting and a great source of knowledge as always. Dame Carol Black’s address was a typical full house where she picked up on last year’s theme ‘Healthier...
Read MoreSuicide is Not a Dirty Word, By Vicki Foulds-Duncan
Suicide. There. I said it. Yet, despite the fact that more than 6000 people across the UK and ROI die by suicide every year, so many of us don’t. This morning, as I sat with a cup of tea reading the local news, I came across sadly familiar phrases in a news article: “fallen from a railway bridge”; “no suspicious circumstances”; “if you are affected by the issues in this story, call Samaritans on 116 123”. I initially felt incredibly sad for the gentleman who died, his family and friends, the...
Read MoreManaging Wellness, By Jane McNeice
Some of my followers will be aware that I have life long experience of managing Generalised Anxiety Disorder, of the high functioning type. It’s a significant part of my frame of reference and something I’ve shared openly in my blog and training courses. My family tree has a significant pattern of mixed anxiety and depression and of varying degrees in severity, so as to causes I suspect these relate to genetic pre-disposition, personality type, and environmental factors – biopsychosocial...
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