The Loneliness Epidemic Is Quietly Reshaping Our Workplaces
Unlike stress or burnout, loneliness doesn’t usually make a dramatic entrance. It creeps in quietly. But its impact can be just as heavy — less energy, less collaboration, less purpose.
Mental Health and Wellbeing
How ‘Mental Wealth’ Can Reduce Absenteeism and Boost Productivity
A lot of us already know about the importance of mental health at work. We’ve heard the stats. We’ve seen the campaigns. Maybe you’ve even taken part in some activities for Mental Health Month – a webinar, a team meditation, a wellness challenge.
Creating a Trauma-Informed Workplace: A Comprehensive Guide
Recent data from the World Health Organization shows that for every $1 invested in mental health support, organizations see a $4 return through increased productivity and reduced absenteeism. That’s not just good ethics – it’s smart business. What Makes a Workplace Truly Trauma-Informed?
Is Social Media Fuelling a Youth Mental Health Crisis?
The recent lawsuits against social media platforms are groundbreaking, urging us to seriously consider the influence these platforms have on young people’s mental health.
Unveiling Narcissism: Understanding the Personality Disorder that can Destroy Your Relationships
People with narcissistic personality disorder often have trouble forming strong connections with others and might engage in harmful behaviors to keep their sense of superiority over others. We’ll talk about what narcissism is, how it affects relationships, and how to spot narcissistic traits in people.
7 Easy Mental Health Tips Anyone Can Apply
A lot of people often neglect their mental health and wellbeing and develop mental health conditions like anxiety, stress, and depression as a result. You can maintain and enhance your mental health by following these 7 easy tips anyone can apply
Find & Unleash Your Voice
Freedom of expression is the right to express those opinions, beliefs, and values without fear of reprisal, oppression, and censorship. However, the challenge for an employer is to balance an employee’s individual right to expression with the organization’s values, rules, and expectations.
How to Stop Being Fake and Start Living Your Authentic Self
Being authentic is actually one of the crucial aspects needed for healthy relationships that are impactful and meaningful. How can anyone love you for who you are, if you are not being yourself to begin with?
Looking after your Social Connection
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs suggests that once our basic physiological and safety needs are met, we then seek to fulfil our need for love and belonging. And there it is, we need connection not just for physical survival but for our psychological survival and wellbeing.
10 Essential Elements of a Workplace Wellness Strategy – Get People Moving
When you take care of your employees mental health, businesses perform better. In short, a happy employee is a productive employee. Good environments with good habits set up the stage for individual and collective happiness. Which brings me to element number two – Get People Moving.
4 Steps to navigate grief and loss amidst COVID-19
As COVID-19 has become a household word across the world over the last month, many of us find ourselves in uncertain territory. We are grieving the familiar bedrock of our lives like office time, schedules, in-person meetings, and social activities. With children home from school, self-quarantines in place in much of the world, and restricted travel we are all navigating a new normal.
Mental Health Month Activities for the Workplace
Discover impactful mental health month activities for your workplace. Practical strategies to engage employees and build lasting wellbeing.
On R U OK Day: How Managers Can Make It Easier For Staff To Say, “I’m Not OK”
On R U OK? Day we’re reminded that leaders play an important role in safeguarding and supporting the mental health of their teams. Asking after the mental health of a team member is the first step, and a very important one, in creating a more mentally healthy workplace.
Mental Stigma And Stress In The Workplace: Employers Need To Pay Attention To Workplace Stress Factors
Employees undergoing mental distress affect most, if not all, organizations. This trend explains why people often take a day or two off work. To make matters worse, many individuals often experience anxiety when faced with the thought of confronting and…
The Rise Of The Robots
If you are at all up to date about what’s happening in the world of technology, you know AI (that’s Artificial Intelligence) is here and about to take over a large proportion of jobs that to date, only humans have been…
What Are The Legal Risks Of Choosing A ‘Humane’ Path When Managing Performance Of Someone With A Mental Health Problem?
I recently presented as a speaker at an ‘Employment Law for HR Managers’ Masterclass, held in Sydney. It was quite an interesting experience. First, because the focus was on employment law, whereas my specialty as a psychologist is in mental health, and also because I was engaged as a panelist, alongside three lawyers.
Why do many managers shy away from mental health at work?
It’s hard being a manager. Often, it can feel like you’re the meat in the sandwich, between the needs of the employees and the needs of the Senior Directors or Board. But when it comes to mental health, taking action can have a positive effect for both parties. And it’s great for business! So…
If you are asking ‘R U OK?, you are a little late
Here in Australia, we recently celebrated RUOK day. Its an annual reminder to check in with friends and colleagues on their mental health. I think it’s a great initiative, bringing much needed awareness to mental health issues, in an attempt to reduce
What Can YOU Do About Stress at Work?
When it comes to workplace stress, and what to do about it, most people, most managers, will start to think about things in the workplace environment. Things that I would call ‘external factors’ like workload, overtime hours, the physical environment, etc. And these are all good considerations.
Is Mental Health Really Getting Worse or Are We Just Talking About it More?
Across the ages, people have always experienced mental health issues. Whether it was overwhelming anxiety, depression, or even ‘psychotic’ episodes, which in past times would more likely have been explained in a spiritual reference…