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Mental Health is as big a global issue as climate change
"Mental Health is as big a global issue as climate change. So says Bernard Looney the Chief Executive of BP. He wants to end the stigma around...
Owning our Labels: The Relief of Accepting our Flaws
On the face of it, I am a fairly well-rounded person. I have managed to run my own business for a few years (so far!) I am raising my two children...
What Our Attendees think…
From Lamorna Curtis, HR Manager at Phoneta Having attended Mental Health First Aid courses in the past, I went into this course as we all would,...
Optimism: The Engine of Resilience
Resilience is an interesting word. There are hundreds of definitions and yet it is very hard to define. A bit like confidence or self-awareness, we...
Why I Left My Jobs
I have been part-time self-employed since 2018 and took the leap into full-time self-employment in 2020. Up until that point I had what some...
The Power of Honesty – Practising What I Preach
The bread of butter of my job is supporting staff within various organisations. And one question I get asked a lot, particularly by managers is:...
Getting ‘strong’ all wrong – we need to re-evaluate our relationship with strength.
I was reading an old classic the other day – ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck. It follows the tale of George and Lennie and their quest to find...
Calling All Businesses
This year some of our courses have been attended by members of a single company. The attendees have included Directors, middle management and people...
Marching to the Gate – Why Being Resilient is Getting Harder
Lockdown sucks. And it seems to suck even more than the first one. The weather no doubt has a huge part to play in that – the sun was shining for...
The Importance of Experience in the Midst of Qualifications.
The best bit of parenting advice I ever got was from a builder. It was early in 2014 when I found out I was pregnant with our daughter. Before that...
Priorities
I work with lots of people – hundreds at this point I can say with some confidence. And many, many of my conversations with them go something like...
Boundaries: It is Not About the Easy Ones
Over the course of my career, I have sat in many hours of training on boundaries, and even delivered training on the subject. Working frontline with...