It goes without saying that a crucial part of your workplace environment is your team, and more widely, your colleagues.
When it comes to mental health, they too have an important role to play. How can they impact how you feel for better or worse?
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Self Help Techniques
Continuing on the series related to mental health, another topic suggested was “techniques for self help”. It’s a difficult one because there are so many different ways this could be looked at, but for today I will pick my top 5. Read on! This blog post has moved! It has gone to “That’s mental, aContinue reading “Self Help Techniques”
How to stay motivated?
Still on the topic of mental health and wellbeing, one of the topics suggested was “How to stay motivated”? I almost put this off to a time when I was more motivated, how ironic! But then it occurred to me I have experiences I can draw on to try to answer this question. This blogContinue reading “How to stay motivated?”
Mental health – what to say… or not
As you may know, anxiety, and more broadly mental health are topics of importance to me. In particular when it comes to mental health in the workplace, I feel that the subjects are as yet not discussed enough, whilst seeing an increasing number of articles and studies on how many people are be burning out.Continue reading “Mental health – what to say… or not”
Living with Anxiety – Part 2
With the recent publication of the « Thriving at work » study, it felt like an appropriate time to write the sequel to my first post, which I’d been planning for a while. In case you’ve not heard of the report, it was commissioned by Theresa May and highlighted the fact that around 300’000 people with aContinue reading “Living with Anxiety – Part 2”
5 tips for finding the work-life balance
Finding the work life balance is a tough one. Where does work end and play start, particularly if work is your life for example? Starting a new job after nearly a year and a half of unemployment, suddenly made it hard for me to find a healthy balance between the two. I was catapulted from 100%Continue reading “5 tips for finding the work-life balance”
Self confidence is key!
Or the key is self confidence… Self confidence or self esteem, I’m not sure if they are the same but they are definitely both key to success. Blogging about careers and trying to share what could be considered “career advice” is something that matters to me. Not only after having listened to many friends shareContinue reading “Self confidence is key!”
6 Tips for keeping your self-confidence at work
After years of sharing stories about work with friends, it’s only finally started to dawn on me that self-confidence at work is one of the key factors for success and happiness. Self-confidence at work is about trusting your decisions and being happy with the work you are delivering. It’s about believing in your opinions andContinue reading “6 Tips for keeping your self-confidence at work”
5 questions to ask yourself when in a difficult job
Over the years, a good number of my friends have been in difficult job situations which have made them unhappy. Difficult can be anything from being overworked, to having a problem with a co-worker, having a bad manager or even being harassed. Sadly, this is a reality and one that many more people are facedContinue reading “5 questions to ask yourself when in a difficult job”
5 resources for the contemporary worker
The contemporary worker: working hard in a non-stop world, always connected and most likely distracted too. Here is a list of resources I like to rely on to help me professionally and also personally. I hope these help you too. 1. The Daily Muse Absolutely love this website! It’s the best place for offering careerContinue reading “5 resources for the contemporary worker”
Emma Brooks 