Thinking
We pride ourselves on providing our clients with new knowledge from research. We use our articles, media coverage and newsletters to lead the wellbeing conversation in New Zealand.
Taking care of our minds right now
Over the past four weeks I’ve found myself regularly engaging in conversations with family, friends and clients around worries and concerns about what our future may hold. It makes sense. We are thinking beings [...]
Top tips for fighting fatigue
Feeling fatigued? You’re not the only one. Our work and home routines have been transformed by various stages of lockdown and upheaval. It might seem paradoxical that, for those of us who are objectively [...]
Expectations are premeditated disappointments: Five ways to maintain a flexible mindset in an uncertain world
The human mind is unique, and can do things that no other animal can do. It can construct futures and reconstruct the past. This ability to construct expectations of the future, along with the [...]
Stay home and go outside
Two days ago, I found myself slumped on the couch at 5pm, equally unenthused by the thought of working, cooking dinner, scrolling my phone, or doing any of the other rotating house-bound activities that [...]
Parenting in lockdown: Four favourite tools
Our team at Umbrella have years of collective parenting experience from babies to teens, and now grandchildren. We’ve put our heads together to share some of the best tips for parenting in lockdown, although [...]
KEEP INFORMED
Put it into practice
Umbrella can help your organisation put the theory into practice and improve workplace health and wellbeing. Whether you are looking for workplace mental health or resilience training, coaching, consulting, psychological services or an in-depth wellness assessment and wellbeing program, we can help. Find out more about what we do.