Employee well-being improves Productivity & Retention At a recent comprehensive look at the well-being of employees at a Fortune 100 company, scientists found that overall well-being is a predictor of a number of business outcomes related to productivity and retention i.e. Absenteeism, job performance, presenteeism. Company Wellness Programs Many companies see the benefit in running [...]
Do you need better boundaries around your time? Healthy Boundaries reduce Stress Be Proactive, not Reactive What causes Stress? Stress symptoms arise to alert us to the imbalance in our lives and needs responding to. If we choose not to respond, the stress symptoms escalate. Therefore, we need to view the stress symptom as our [...]
What is Stress? Stress is a feeling of being overwhelmed with too many demands and too few supports to deal with what we are encountering. People are experiencing more stress than ever before – resulting in sleeplessness, feeling anxious or nervous about what is ahead and unsure what to do. Stress symptoms constitute one of [...]
Manage Stress or it will manage you! Tackling Stress There can be many sources of stress whether at work or at home. Learning to cope better with stress is vital or physical symptoms can escalate. Many of us know what we need to do to keep stress away - the question is 'Why am I [...]
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it? Building Resilience Attitude is everything so becoming more aware of negative thinking patterns helps. Change your thinking, change your life People who handle stress well all do: […]
Are you a perfectionist? How do you feel about failure? If failure is a problem, you may be a perfectionist. However you were not born a perfectionist. Perfectionism Perfectionism was a defense you adopted to keep you safe from someone else's defenses whose focus was not on you, but on your performance. Maybe, you knew [...]
The time to relax is when you don't have any time for it How is it you struggle to take care of yourself? "I find that so difficult" you may say. Yet, even though you find it difficult, the importance of you being there for yourself is the greatest gift you can give not only [...]
Practical tips health and wellness Healthy Eating – to feel good & have more energy Limit foods from top shelf of food pyramid (Choc/biscuits/crisps/cake/fizzy drinks) high in fat, sugar, salt Prepare & cook using fresh ingredients (ready meals/takeaways are high in fat & sugar) Eat 5 or more of different coloured fruit/veg a day, include [...]
Do you need a couple tips for better time management? Time Management means we stay in wellbeing Time management means we have a balance between our work and our home life. It is essential in keeping us well and able to manage all that we have to manage at work and at home. Top Tips: The [...]
Do you need strengthen your boundaries? Healthy Boundaries reduce Conflict Be Proactive, not Reactive What causes Conflict? Having healthy boundaries ensures you respond to another's defensive behaviour by taking an action for self, instead of taking an action against them. You will feel empowered and good about yourself We need boundaries to ensure we keep [...]