At Home with Covid-19

Use this time to reflect, refocus and keep you and your family healthy and well  These are clearly unprecedented times of significant change and uncertainty affecting us all from a financial, mental, emotional and physical perspective.  It is a time of pulling together to help where we can and support those most vulnerable and in …

Wellness at Work

I’ll just send one more email before I leave; phone another customer before they finish for the day; I must remember to pick up a birthday cake for my son’s birthday on the way home; text my partner to remind them to switch the oven on; think about what I’m going to wear to that …

Looking after your mental health – Prevention is better than cure

10 keys to positive mental health If you were asked to define mental health, you might use words and phrases such as ‘it’s what’s going on in my head’, ‘it’s how I think and feel about things’, ‘being happy and able to cope with the pressures of life’ and so on. The World Health Organisation …

Mental Health – A 21st Century Epidemic

Mental health is a growing concern with an estimated 70 million working days lost every year because of mental ill health, costing Britain between £70bn and £100bn¹.  According to the NHS one in three of the ‘sick notes’ handed out by GPs are for mental health issues.  The Department of Work and Pensions also reveal …