Emotional agility is one of our core resilience skills. It encompasses the ability to experience emotions fully, to respond to them appropriately, and to use positive emotion to broaden and build our coping repertoire, as well as our “bounce back” when life is hard. The concept of agility is important. [...]
An exciting new study published recently in the journal Neuron has shown more specifically how the brain creates and breaks habits. Using a mouse model, the researchers demonstrated that there is a competition for control between the brain’s circuits for habitual (automatic) behaviour vs. goal directed action (deliberate decision making). [...]
The new Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 commenced in April 2016 and it requires employers to recognise employees’ mental health when creating safe workplaces. The increased emphasis on mental health alongside physical health and safety is an important step in ensuring better awareness of, and support for, [...]
We know we are more likely to keep healthy habits going when they are straightforward and we repeat them often. A British think-tank - the New Economics Foundation (NEF) - has published a paper which recommends we build five simple actions into our day-to-day lives to improve our well-being. These [...]