Burnout
Burnout is a ‘physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or stress’. It affects people, employees, teams, companies and profits. It affects the person and all those around them at home, in their communities and…
Financial wellbeing
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery. Charles Dickens, David Copperfield. Financial distress is not a new story. It…
Stress less, achieve more
Stress is the epidemic of our time. The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work recently reported that 22% of employees in Ireland experience stress at work “always” or “most of the time”. This is…
Mindfulness in schools
At a time when many are questioning what the British Government are thinking (with Brexit and everything else that is going on), it is encouraging to see them make the intelligent decision of trialling mindfulness…
The benefits of meditation
Meditation has so many benefits for mind, body and spirit – much more than stress relief. You can do it almost anywhere. It simply involves focusing your awareness on something. A sound, your breath, walking,…
Digital wellbeing
The most important thing to remember about technology is that it is there to improve your life and not take away from it. Your life is at the centre. Technology has transformed all of our…
How to take care of your wellbeing in times of uncertainty?
Uncertainty is in the air. So much of what is happening around us is unclear. Brexit has most of us confused. What happens after Brexit in Ireland, Britain and the EU? The nurses strike and…
The wellbeing wheel
Our wellbeing works likes a wheel with different areas of our life and the various wellbeing pillars acting as the spokes. If any area is out of balance, life won’t flow and we won’t feel…
Bullying at work
Many things can deeply affect our wellbeing, our sense of self, freedom and who we are every day. Bullying is one of those things. It can affect anyone and happen almost anywhere – in the…
Technology and your wellbeing – Help or hindrance
‘A 2018 survey from the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development found that 74% of HR professionals see the positives of technology because of the flexibility it provides staff. However, 87% said that this technology…