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.
Our Top 10 Resilience Tips
Going into the last hectic weeks of 2016 keep these resilience tips in mind: Sleep well – important cognitive neural pathways are strengthened and repair work occurs. Use relaxation exercises, baths, herbal teas and light [...]
When habits go bad
In last month’s newsletter, we featured some of our ideas for Hardwiring healthy habits. We hope you have had some success strengthening habits you want to have. What about unhealthy habits, habits that have gone [...]
Hardwiring healthy habits
This month is mental health awareness month. October is also the time of year when end of year fatigue is starting to creep in, with the consequence that paying attention to health may drop. This [...]
Effective conversations
Difficult conversations, challenging conversations, tricky communications—however you frame them, they are an important part of leadership. Successfully managing these conversations can be both time consuming and energy depleting. We have developed and refined a [...]
Strengthening Relationships
“Who we are and who we become depends, in part, on whom we love.” – Thomas Lewis, A General Theory of Love. Feeling connected to others is an absolute human need. Social psychologists call [...]
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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.