Anga ora ahuareka (organisational wellness celebrations) As clinical psychologists, our ears tingle when mental health services are in the news. In the last few months they’ve been in the media for all the wrong reasons. With mental health services in crisis and a rising incidence of anxiety and depression in [...]
Simply put, thriving is feeling good and functioning well. We often use the terms “flourishing” and “thriving” interchangeably, and many people use “wellbeing” to mean the same thing – a sustained sense that life is good, meaningful and worthwhile. Thriving also means to live and work “within an optimal range of human [...]
There’s a fabulous Gary Larson cartoon titled “Midway through the exam Allen pulls out a bigger brain”. It’s one of my favourites and I often think of it when my brain is tired and I have no ideas left. Wouldn’t it be handy if we could reach in and pull [...]
http://www.hrdive.com/news/study-burnout-is-a-major-threat-to-employee-engagement/433822/ While this headline is accurate, and it’s good to see burnout recognised as a serious workplace concern, it feels important to acknowledge that burnout is so much more than a threat to employee engagement. Burnout disrupts job performance and engagement, but also people’s lives. Burnout can wreak havoc [...]