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Integrated Solutions Boost Employee Wellbeing

Employee wellbeing programs usually involve 3 key areas, Occupational Health and Safety, Health promotion, and HR Oversight. With care and a clear understanding of what you want out of your wellbeing program, it is possible to increase participation in your programs, and have a lasting impact on the health and wellbeing of your staff.

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Wellbeing Programs in the Workplace: Creating a Healthier and Happier Workforce

Wellbeing programs are often well-intentioned, but can fall flat without the right planning and support. By understanding the challenges related to workplace culture, behaviour change, and the challenges with gaining buy-in, organisations can create successful programs that improve people’s lives and also boost workforce productivity. Mindfulness plays a key role, both within the leadership team, and the workforce, as mindful self awareness can impact decision-making and positive choices.

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How to Create an Authentic Team Culture - and why it matters.

How to create an authentic and connected team, and why it is important. This article discusses some of the ways the workplace has been changing in the last few years, and why it is important for leaders to embrace the change and start providing opportunities for team members to share, open up vulnerability and honesty, and how this strengthen teams. We take a look at the works of Dr Brene Brown and also Jerry Colonna who have both been working extensively on vulnerability, leadership and courage in this new age of work.

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Celebrating friendships for better health

The International Day of Friendship - benefits for your health and well-being. Creating friendships and enhancing bonds with others can be good for your health and your well-being by reducing loneliness and improving social connection and happiness.

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Sleep as a Workplace Support

In this article we talk about how sleep can impact you mentally and physically with some tips on how to get yourself to sleep and stay asleep, with interesting new tips to try if you have trouble getting to sleep at night. This content is taken from the ‘Let’s Talk About Sleep’ workplace well-being workshop where we go in-depth, sharing new research on sleep, and how to improve your chances of getting it.

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The Power of Rest

The incredible power of rest. It might seem counter-intuitive to slow down, but there’s plenty of research to say that it is one of the best things you can do for your health and wellbeing.

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Brush your teeth - healthy habits and the pandemic

How to keep a healthy routine, even during a pandemic lockdown or any other major life change, like surgery or a new baby. A specialised look at behaviour change, motivation and exercise routines and why some people exercise more when they're in a lockdown.

Even if you have lost your health routine, it is still possible to get it back and even start a new habit that will improve your life.

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High Expectations and Mindful Living

Do you have high expectations, either of yourself or of other people?

How often do you fall short of your own expectations?

How often do you find yourself frustrated with someone else for not meeting your expectations?

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COVID-19 - Are you scared?

Are you scared? Panic and overwhelm are very natural human reactions to what is an unknown and unfathomable situation. Strong reactions are driven by strong emotions, like fear. But how we choose to respond to that fear will make all the difference in the weeks and months ahead.

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Let us eat cake - healthy behaviour change

Human beings are fundamentally irrational. We are not driven to make decisions based entirely on knowledge and reason. Our decisions are largely governed by our emotions (and sometimes how hungry we are in the moment!). So how can we succeed in having healthy behaviour change?

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