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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...

Over recent months many of our conversations with businesses and organisations have focused on the mental health impact of Covid. There is now clear evidence of the rise in depression and anxiety as a result of the recent pandemic. And employers are wanting to know...

Few of us will have escaped the challenges of recent months. Their impact has been huge, leaving us feeling so emotionally and physically drained, that we can feel like we’re running on empty. This makes adjusting to the new normal and all its challenges even harder....

With anxiety running high, supporting mental health in schools will be essential this autumn. The resilience of schools, their staff and their students are inextricably intwined. Here we discuss how to boost staff and students' mental health as they move back into the...

As we move into the next set of Covid-related challenges we show you how to measure your resilience. The regular barrage of new challenges and changes to work and home life that we have all faced over recent months has at times seemed relentless. It is sometimes hard...

Sparkling events boost wellbeing. In this blog we look at those extraordinary moments in our lives that challenge our status quo and enable us to see things in a different light. We call these sparkling events or unique outcomes. And they play an important role in...