Workplace Mental Health | Engagement | Performance
Stress: good, bad, or ugly?
2/3 people believe that workplace stress contributes to their low levels of mental health
This is definitely an issue that needs
addressing. What can we, as employers, do to make sure that people are feeling properly supported, and are working in a environment that actively encourages them to be open?
Stress doesn't have to be stressful: often our perception of stress is what causes it to have a positive of negative affect on our mental health - check out my article on making stress a healthy solution
The business case evidence to make changes within our cultures and structures is there: the UK Government's Thriving at Work report (2017) lays it all out for us. The great news is that it doesn't have to be hard, costly, or take a lot of time to make things
easier for our people. A splash of neuroscience, a dash of psychology, and we can very quickly shift mindsets and behaviours and foster a culture where people thrive.
Making stress a healthy solution by Maria Paviour "Is stress going to kill you or cure you? In this blog I talk about how stress could be the personal and business solution you have been looking for..." read on.
University Mental Health Day: 7th March by Time to Change
"This year’s University Mental Health day is all about the power of using your voice. We all have mental health, we all have stories to share and we can all use our voices to shape the future of student mental health. Join us on Thursday 7th of March 2019 as we inspire conversations, take action and create change!" Read more.
The Care and Resilience Index (CARI) tracks and trends the wellbeing and mental health of your organisation - and provides every person with a personal wellbeing report, and support. Read more
Loving Stress| Kelly McGonigal
In her TEDTalk ‘How to Make Stress Your Friend,Kelly McGonigalurges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction...
Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case.
"What really makes people glad to be alive? What are the inner experiences that make life worthwhile? For more than two decades Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi studied those states in which people report feelings of concentration and deep enjoyment. His studies revealed that what makes experience genuinely satisfying is 'flow' - a state of concentration so focused that it amounts to complete absorption in an activity and results in the achievement of an ideal state of happiness. Flow has become the classic work on happiness and a major contribution to contemporary psychology. It examines such timeless issues as the challenge of lifelong learning; family relationships; art, sport and sex as 'flow'; the pain of loneliness; optimal use of free time and how to make lives meaningful."
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