Christmas time can be really special for some, really tough for others and many other dynamics in between. At Umbrella, we know from our wellbeing assessments with New Zealand organisations that family and personal relationships can be associated with a significant amount of stress for many individuals. Due to [...]
2020 has been a year of unexpected challenges. No matter your circumstances, this year will have brought uncertainty and complexity to at least some parts of your life. When facing uncertainty, an extra amount of our mental energy is taken up as our brains naturally look to predict and [...]
Big wins are great, but they’re rare and can take a long time to achieve. They might be even rarer in a year like 2020, which has forced many people to rethink what success looks like. In her TED talk, Mehrnaz Bassiri suggests our technological advancements are at least [...]
Numerous headlines have suggested that people’s wellbeing has reduced since COVID-19 hit our shores, with others speculating that our workplaces have changed forever. But there have been few studies showing data-driven insights into how the world of work has changed due to COVID. We have been running our Umbrella [...]