Explore These Seven Free Resources For Suicide Awareness Education
Sadly, suicide is all too common in today’s world. According to the World Health Organization, more than 8 million people take their own lives every year.
The surprising benefits of reducing screen time for your health
In today’s digital age, it’s hard to imagine life without screens. From smartphones to laptops and tablets, we are constantly surrounded by screens. While technology has made our lives easier in many ways, excessive screen time can have negative ...
3 Ways to help yourself or a colleague avoid burnout
Burnout is on the rise, causing exhaustion, negative feelings about work, and reduced work performance and productivity.
6 Ways you can manage chronic stress
Surveys show that 79% of people feel frequently stressed at work, which puts them at risk of chronic stress.This alarming statistic raises many questions. What is chronic stress exactly? How can you identify the physical and psychological symptoms? ...
How to prevent burnout and grow a work-life balance
National Work Life Week is an annual campaign to highlight the importance of flexible and family-friendly practices in the workplace. The campaign is run by Working Families, a national charity with working parents at its heart.
How to promote empathy in your workplace
World Suicide Prevention Day is a time for you as an employer to reflect on the mental health support provided by your workplace, and to highlight the importance of being empathetic to people coping with mental health issues. While there's been a ...
Stop! Are you heading for burnout?
By Health Coach and founder ofPeppermint Wellness, Suzy Glaskie.
The funny thing about burnout is that we’re familiar with the word…but we don’t tend to recognise it when it applies to us. And yet so many of us are well on our way to burning out, ...
The truth about our lockdown challenges
Our mini-podcast series covers a range of topics from anxiety, home-schooling, screen time and pregnancy during a pandemic. Health Shield staff volunteered to take part in the following videos and share their personal experiences and views on life ...
Primary foods
By wellness business coach, yoga teacher and health coach, Victoria Adams.
The four primary foods are Relationships, Exercise, Career and Spirituality. When one (or all) of these categories are not met (or “fed”), we turn to secondary foods instead ...
Is your energy bank balance in the red?
By Health Coach and founder ofPeppermint Wellness, Suzy Glaskie.
We’re all familiar with the concept of a bank account. We know that if we spend more than is in our bank account, we run into problems. We also know that if we attempt to drive across ...
