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Stress in your workplace?

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Right now, 1 in 6 workers is experiencing depression, anxiety or stress and costing the UK economy £26 billion each year. What does the elephant in the room cost your business? For me, I think stress is the process and … Continue reading

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Oh no, Friday the 13th

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I quite like the number 13 – and hearing on the media various tales and pieces of research about the unluckyness – or luckyness – of 13, I was wondering what other unhelpful or out of date beliefs cloud our … Continue reading

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Varifocal our lives – alternative views on emotional well-being

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The cost to our economy of mental illness is £26 billion a year (www.time-to-change.org.uk). The cost to us as individuals – priceless. So how does this effect me, you may ask – I don’t have mental illness or have issues … Continue reading

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Work Place Bullying – really!

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For most of us, when we hear about work-place bullying we think about the behaviour of our colleagues or bosses. I wonder whether there is corporate bullying – for example using the Bradford Factor in tracking sick absence? Business might … Continue reading

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Time & Perspective

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Seeing the Pharaoh exhibition last night in Dorchester Museum – items 3000 years old that looked brand-new – has put a different perspective on current events.The pain we might feel and that seems has been around for ever, is – … Continue reading

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