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Mental Fitness App for your Staff

Life & Progress is delighted to present MyMindPal, a proven mental-fitness App that delivers real results.  The App is full of simple exercises, tools and techniques to help everyday working people, reduce their stress levels and enjoy life more.  It provides emotional wellbeing for everyone, using the latest technology, arts and science MyMindPal ensures a … Read more

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Winter for many is the most wonderful time of the year.  However, for many others Winter represents dreary weather, dull days and grey skies. Winter can be a difficult and somewhat depressing time for people, and this is attributed to a number of factors: Short days, and the cold weather Anti-climax following Christmas celebrations New … Read more

New Year, New Me.

Every year, people make New Year’s resolutions, most of which do not tend to last longer than a couple of months. With the year 2020 not being the year we expected this year we need to focus on ourselves. While many people are able to make resolutions and stick to them, for lots of us … Read more

Eight tips for achieving wellbeing on a budget

With the country in the second lockdown of the year we need to find ways to feel better about ourselves in body, mind and spirit and it doesn’t have to involve extensive workout at the gym, an expensive spa day or a long haul holiday to the Maldives.   Here are a few simple steps … Read more

Bullying in the Workplace

It is estimated that over half the population has experienced or witnessed bullying at one time or another. Bullying can happen to anyone, at any level of an organisation, and from any walk of life. In the workplace it occurs most frequently between a person in authority and a subordinate, but it can also occur … Read more

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Top tips on managing stress

Developing a coping mechanism for stress can be challenging. However, dealing with stress over a long period of time can actually have an impact on your immune system causing you long term health problems. During the Christmas period, we want to make sure you are aware of ways to reduce stress levels by making simple … Read more

6 ways to get more value from your EAP service

Now more than ever, there is a strong business need to have an engaged Employee Assistance Programme partner to proactively address new workplace issues. Here are 6 ways to get more value from your EAP service. Together we can make EAP great again. Promote your EAP effectively Often, employee simply aren’t aware their employer had … Read more

World Mental Health Day

We want to continue the conversation following this years World Mental Health Day as it comes at a time when our daily lives have changed considerably as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The past months have brought many challenges: for health-care workers, providing care in difficult circumstances, going to work fearful of bringing COVID-19 … Read more

Citizen Housing – Testimonial

Tenant Support and Wellbeing Service The first product we launched after becoming Citizen was our Tenant Support and Wellbeing Service delivered by Life & Progress. The service is a free, independent service which gives our tenants 24/7 access to confidential telephone counselling, advice and support. Through the service our tenants can get help with: Mental … Read more

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