Is Mental Health important in the workplace? Tom explores all things related to workplace mental health, including mental health in school workplaces, in this insightful video. Tom helps employers figure out mental health at work. He reviews workplaces, trains managers and writes plans.
Airmic is committed to encouraging its members to improve their mental and physical health. These resources should allow you to work feeling refreshed and invigorated.
Wellness
Here in the U.S., mental health conditions affect as many as one in five people - around 47 million of us. As devastating as COVID 19 has been, current case numbers are sitting at half that amount. The issue is that the pandemic's mental health effects may be far longer lasting than the disease itself. COVID 19 has also caused disruptions to our mental health indirectly. The measures are taken to slow the spread of the virus have affected our physical activity levels, eating behaviors, sleep patterns, and our relationship with addictive substances, including social media.
It’s important to take care of yourself and get the most from life. The Mental Health Foundation have 10 practical ways to look after your mental health. Making simple changes to how you live doesn’t need to cost a fortune or take up loads of time. Anyone can follow this advice. Why not start today?
1. Talk about your feelings
Talking about your feelings can help you stay in good mental health and deal with times when you feel troubled.
Good mental health has a positive impact on business performance, enabling employees to be healthy, engaged and productive. With poor mental health costing employers up to £45bn each year in absenteeism, staff turnover and lost productivity1, it makes good business sense to invest in supporting the mental health of your workforce.
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Queen Alexandra College (QAC) is a national residential college and charity for young people aged 16-25 with disabilities. Their mission is to offer challenging learning opportunities to help young people realise their full potential, and to live and work as independently as possible.
Employers could see increases in burnout and decreases in mental wellbeing due to employees’ working from home habits during lockdown, research by QBE revealed.
A short video into Mindfulness practice. Mindfulness is the practice of purposely bringing one's attention in the present moment without judgment, a skill one develops through meditation or other training.
A handy resource from Lloyd's
At Lloyd’s we believe in creating a healthy working environment and culture that enables positive wellbeing across the market.
Healthy workplaces help to:
Working in tandem with Lorna Feeney of Marsh's short mindfulness presentation this 15 minute video discusses mindfulness and the benefits it brings. Mindfulness is the practice of purposely bringing one's attention in the present moment without judgment, a skill one develops through meditation or other training.
Letitia Rowlin, Risk Partner, Health and Wellbeing, Willis Towers Watson, discusses what you should you be aware of as risk managers to help reduce the risk to your organisations’ employees and business.