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When caring comes at a cost I Empathy
Understanding the feelings of another - empathy - can be a super-power. It can promote social connection and allow us to help others even when we don’t have all the answers. The catch is, [...]
Why assess employee resilience and wellbeing?
by Dr Felicity Baker | Ultimate Resilience, UK I Organisational resilience With the pandemic continuing to bring high levels of stress and challenge, employee mental health and wellbeing are at risk. So, what can [...]
Life away from work – maximising the benefits of leisure time for health and wellbeing
Work demands in the 21st century can be all-consuming. First there was the rise of “always-on” devices that allowed work to follow us home (has anyone seen my PalmPilot???). Then, just as we mastered [...]
Support your team to make a great start to the work year
Settling back into work immediately after returning from holiday is a process that can be challenging for many of us – the return-to-work blues are real! In this article, our team at Umbrella shares [...]
Moving towards flourishing — no matter your pandemic mental state
For many, the pandemic has taken mental health out of the four walls of the psychologist’s office and brought it into the everyday – into dinner table conversations and workplace video-calls. We are more comfortable [...]
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