Blogs

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

When we talk about the effects of stress we often focus on one set of threat emotions associated with anxiety, feelings of overwhelm or even panic. But another common reaction to stress, pressure and demands is anger. Here we provide some useful tips on channelling...

With so many new challenges and threats over recent months we all have a story to tell. Of course, it’s no different for us. The challenges we have faced over this period have forced us to change and adapt. We too have had to recover, dust ourselves off and find new...