Blogs
Joy to the World: Tips for a joyful festive season
Traditionally Christmas is a time of peace and goodwill. And despite the restrictions and challenges we are currently facing, it’s arrival remains an opportunity to boost your own and others’ wellbeing. In this blog we focus on how we can bring some joy to the world...
Surviving Change: The Change Curve
As the second period of lockdown gradually lifts, the picture of ongoing disruption and upheaval continues. So many uncertainties still remain. Covid-19 has not gone away. And whilst we are better informed about how to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe, many of...
How to recognise and manage trauma
As our health services struggle to manage our physical health need, a new and significant threat to our mental health is taking hold. Whether you have been affected by Covid or some other traumatic experience, here we talk about how to recognise and manage trauma. For...
How to Recognise and Overcome Depression
As we face new challenges and change it can be all too easy to soldier on whilst not feeling at our best. But if this continues we can become vulnerable to mental health problems. It is important to take action early to notice the spiral down, look after ourselves and...
How to Manage Anxiety
It can be easy take our mental health and wellbeing for granted. But with the added pressures and challenges of Covid, more people are struggling with anxiety than ever before. Here we discuss the signs and symptoms to look out for and how to manage anxiety if it...
How to Use Assertiveness to Build Resilience
Learning to be clear about your capacity and needs can help in setting reasonable boundaries and managing work demands. Here we discuss how to use assertiveness to build resilience. Many of the people we meet through our training and coaching describe overworking to...
How to Recognise and Let Go of Unhelpful Coping
Over many years of delivering resilience and wellbeing services, we have helped thousands of people to learn new ways of coping. The skills and strategies that we teach give people the tools they need to survive, recover and thrive, even in the most challenging...
When Loneliness Strikes
As fundamentally social beings, humans have a basic need for contact and connection with other people, to access and offer support. The impact of being unable to see or help family members and friends is therefore huge. With restrictions on our freedom tightening and...
How to Prevent Burnout During the Second Wave
Just when we are still reeling from the first wave of the pandemic, it’s coming at us again. Things were starting to return to normal, but now it feels like the rug has been pulled from under our feet. So, if you already feel like you’re running on empty, we discuss...
Why is Resilience Important in a Pandemic?
Resilience is at the core of the World Health Organisation's European policy framework for health and wellbeing. We have been teaching people the skills to be resilient for many years. And we have seen first-hand the benefits of successfully navigating challenge and...