Our Mental Health Responsive (MHR) workshops aim to equip managers and team leaders with the skills and tools needed to recognise signs of mental health problems within the respective teams, provide support to those experiencing difficulties, referring people to the organisation’s EAP service, and how to foster a mentally healthy environment within the workplace. Here … Read more
It’s important that employees have somewhere to turn to for in-the-moment support. To make sure that your employees can get the right help when they need it, we recommend offering an Employee Assistance Programme, or EAP. If you’re asking yourself questions like “What is an EAP?” or “How can an EAP help my organisation?” then … Read more
Imposter syndrome is a common psychological phenomenon where individuals doubt their achievements, feelings of inadequacy and incompetence, and a fear of being exposed as a fraud. People that experience imposter syndrome often believe that they don’t deserve their success, doubting their skills, talents, and accomplishments. If you’re experiencing imposter syndrome, here are some strategies to … Read more
Beat Procrastination Although some people procrastinate more than others most of us are guilty of it at times. An estimated 20% of the population are chronic procrastinators. It is the act of putting off tasks until later. Most often we put off tasks when we perceive them to be unpleasant, difficult or risky but we … Read more
Food and Mood It is estimated that at any given time at least one in four of us is on a diet to lose weight. We are surrounded by abundant advice about dieting for weight loss and pressure to have perfect bodies yet less has been said about eating for our mental wellbeing. Scientific attention … Read more
Depression Most people have down days and feel a bit flat from time to time. Usually, these feelings can be managed but if they interfere with your life and don’t go away after a couple of weeks, or keep coming back, it can be a sign of depression in the medical sense. In its mildest … Read more
It’s important to take the pressure off ! We tend to be the hardest on ourselves and be our own worst critic. Over time, this can cause you to form a negative opinion of yourself that can be hard to shake off. To stop this, you’ll need to be mindful of the voice in your … Read more
There are many signs that you are suffering from stress; feeling unusually irritated, having difficulty sleeping, feeling isolated and lonely, drinking or smoking more than usual or struggling with commitments. These are just come common symptoms of stress. The Mental Health Foundation previously published results from a survey run by YouGov, in which 74% of … Read more
Reaching Retirement Age Retirement is a major event in everyone’s life and brings about a range of mixed emotions related to change. It may even be stressful. It will be normal to experience a level of apprehension as you enter a new stage in your life. This is normal and most people will experience it … Read more
When an employee calls into the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) service via the EAP Freephone number, they will speak with a qualified EAP Counsellor. Indeed, all in-bound calls into the Life & Progress – EAP service are received by counsellors as opposed to generalist call-handlers. The EAP Counsellor will provide ‘In the Moment Support’ to … Read more
