Category: Work life balance | Your Employee Wellbeing

Men Can Live Longer!

Written on 11th June 2021. Posted in Blogs, Career, Family, Men's health, Parenting, Work life balance, Working Dad.

Men can live longer! There are a now neighbourhoods in the UK where men can expect to live to about 90 years on average. These areas are, perhaps unsurprisingly, very affluent as well as few and far between. But they prove something very significant: Too many men still die early One big problem is that men generally take too many risks with...

How an effective wellbeing strategy can reduce absence and turnover

Written on 8th June 2021. Posted in Blogs, Wellbeing, Work life balance, Work Life Integration.

Written by Camille BrouardAbsence and turnover can be two of the biggest costs to an organisation, as well as two of the most difficult issues to manage. Staff absence and turnover can also indicate the effectiveness of an organisation when it comes to wellbeing – if employee wellbeing is low, absence from work and staff leaving their jobs commonly...

Let the half-term fun begin!

Written on 28th May 2021. Posted in Blogs, Children, Family, Holidays, Parenting, Wellbeing, Work life balance, Working Families.

Since the government’s easing of lockdown restrictions since May 17th, hugs and holidays are back – with many UK attractions welcoming visitors back through their doors. The easing of restrictions opens more opportunities for activities and days out this May half term with your children. The rule of six- or two-house household restrictions...

Nature and wellbeing

Written on 14th May 2021. Posted in Blogs, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Work life balance.

During the first lockdown being allowed to go outside once a day became an essential part of getting through the day for me. ONS data reported that 52% also found that exercising outside helped them cope in the lockdown. But it is not just exercising that brings benefits. Nature has a significant impact on health. Studies have...

Mental health, financial wellbeing and the last taboo

Written on 11th May 2021. Posted in Blogs, Wellbeing, Work life balance.

In 2014, Barclays published a research paper entitled ‘Financial wellbeing: the last taboo in the workplace’. The report called for employers to tackle the taboo of talking about finances in the workplace and urged them to consider how they can help their staff develop their financially literacy skills and become better equipped to manage their...

Ecotherapy

Written on 11th May 2021. Posted in Blogs, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Work life balance.

Reflexology, hypnotherapy, aromatherapy -all alternative treatments that we have heard of, if not tried. But there is another type of therapy that you may have dipped your toe into without even realising. Ecotherapy aims to improve your health through engaging in outdoor activities in nature. There are a multitude of ways that this can take...

Mental Health After Covid

Written on 11th May 2021. Posted in Blogs, Flexible Working, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Work life balance, Work Life Integration, Working Dad, Working Families, Working from home, Working Mum, Working Parents.

For Mental Health Awareness Week, Polly Collingridge, our international wellbeing resource associate has looked at employee mental health after covid. The mental health of the nation – of all nations – has suffered during the pandemic. At the same time, we have experienced a global paradigm shift in our ways of working. As lockdown eases...

5 Ways To Stay Present

Written on 11th May 2021. Posted in Blogs, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Work life balance.

Pay attention to your thoughts: Feed all your senses: Use all five of your senses to bring you back to the present, instead of allowing yourself to be governed by your thoughts. Doing this stops any unhelpful rumination and reminds you that what matters most is what’s happening right in front of you, in the moment. Try the 54321 Technique: Close...

How to be more present…

Written on 27th April 2021. Posted in Blogs, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Work life balance, Work Life Integration.

My mind is like my web browser. 19 tabs are open, 3 are frozen, and I have no idea where the music is coming from… Has the last year simply flown by, time seems to be slipping through your fingers? Don’t worry, it’s not just you! Many people have experienced it too. Time is where you focus your attention and, perhaps not surprisingly,...

How Nature Positively Affects Our Mental Health

Written on 27th April 2021. Posted in Blogs, Men's health, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Work life balance, Work Life Integration, Working from home.

Connecting with Nature is the theme for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week on 10-16 May 2021 – with the aim to inspire more people to connect with nature and notice the impact that this connection can have for their mental health. During lockdown, millions of us turned to nature for our daily exercise. According to The Mental Health...