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Racial Trauma – Why Race Matters In Mental Health?

The Road Towards Race EqualityLast week was Race Equality Week for 2021 and the events of the past year, including the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement and the disproportionate effect of Covid-19 makes issues surrounding race inequality, still more relevant than ever.Workplaces reconsidered their policies around diversity and...

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Increasing Financial Health To Improve Wellbeing

How Does Money Effect Mental Health?   Since the pandemic mental health has been top of mind for most leaders in the workplace and has extended beyond the usual fruit baskets, gym memberships and relaxation offers. Financial wellbeing and supporting employees to improve their financial health has been one of...

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Episode 68 – Women’s Mental Health 2

Part 2 - Tackling The Menopause Taboo Menopause is a serious subject and a big change for all women. Yet, it still is rarely a topic of open discussion. Is it time to accept that menopause is not just a female issue but we all need to take this seriously?...

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5 Ways To Sustain Working From Home Successfully

Companies need to understand that the current working from home situation and remote working are not the same thing. Remote working is often planned or a chosen life decision. What we have been currently thrown into due to the pandemic is not the same thing. When you add into the mix...

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Episode 60 – Belonging & Emotional Resilience

Thriving Leadership Series Part 4 Geoff McDonald has over 25 years experience in leadership & talent development with a career at Unilever. Geoff is a now a Mental Health Campaigner & Co-Founder of the Charity ‘Minds@Work’, exploring belonging & building emotional resilience.   0.48 - Fostering a ‘Culture Of Wellbeing’...

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9 Simple Strategies To Manage The Symptoms Of Stress

Boundaries help us to feel safe and routines help us to experience safety. Setting a routine and having boundaries are key to managing our stress. Here are 9 simple strategies to manage the symptoms of stress; 1. Find a distraction. Stop yourself from being ‘in your head’ too much. Watch a...

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World Sleep Day – 4 Hows To Improve Your Sleep

Sleep - The best, but often ignored, medicine   You may be familiar with the adage that “sleep is the best medicine”: there’s a great deal of truth to this – sleep is the best, if not the only, remedy to a whole host of potential health issues, from maintaining...

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Orthorexia – The New Eating Disorders Narrative

What Are Eating Disorders?   An eating disorder is a mental disorder, defined by abnormal eating habits ,that negatively affect a person's physical or mental health and has some of the highest mortality rates, across all mental illness.   Eating disorders have been documented back to the 12th Century. Before...

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Episode 48- World Cancer Day

Welcome To Our Podcast Marking 20 Years Of World Cancer Day. The Bravest Thing We Can Do About Cancer In The Workplace?   20 years ago today Six Cancer Experts got together in a room in Paris to develop a charter to change how we think about cancer.   We...

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Episode 47 – Company Culture & Lego Serious Play

Welcome To Today’s Series On Company Culture. This Is Our Monthly Focus On The Workplace   We are exploring good company culture and how to build something that lasts, utilising Lego Serious Play methodology, to increase emotional intelligence and wellbeing in the workplace.   Mads Babs Author, Associate Professor &...

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