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Time to prioritise mental health in the workplace
Workplace stress is leaving people depleted and unable to cope. In the run up to World Mental Health Day on 10 October 2024, Kate Webb explains how mindfulness can help. Are you stressed, distracted and on the point of burnout at work? Do you feel overwhelmed by the volume of information coming your way, and find it hard to switch off at the end of the day? You’re not alone; many people who join our mindfulness tasters are facing similar experiences. We know that senior managers and CEO’s are so concerned about this issue that many are putting wellbeing interventions…
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Can mindfulness save employees from digital burnout?
In the increasingly stressful world of work where we are ever more online and available, a new study has shown that mindfulness can help. Lara Alvarez Torres summarises the findings.
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“How mindfulness helps me” by Robert Marx
Quite often we promote mindfulness as a way of feeling less stressed, less depressed, less anxious, less self-punishing. We gather ourselves around the breath, pause and let our parasympathetic nervous system activate, returning to being the self that we like being, the one that can be more grounded, calmer, kinder. I can breathe into that gnarly little knot I have become in that moment of aggravation and open to a bigger space – and feel better. But actually, I also appreciate the practice for opening up a space that lets me feel worse. In my haze of avoidance and reactivity,…