How to Prevent Stress From Keeping You From Work There was a reported 145% increase in the amount of stress-related absences in 2019. With such an increase pre-Covid-19, businesses can only imagine the amount of stress their workers feel through the pandemic. Employees across the UK face worries over working from home, losing their jobs,…
Finding Sunlight: The Importance of Sun for Our Mental Health Sunlight is essential for boosting Vitamin D in the body, keeping our body clock in check and preventing the onset of depressive disorders like SAD. Without getting enough sunlight, our body can respond negatively, allowing depressive thoughts and feelings to plague our mind. In winter,…
How to Handle Education in Lockdown One study found that three quarters (73%) of students were suffering from declining mental health during lockdown. As we enter our third national lockdown, there’s no surprise that these numbers are rising and students are still suffering from mental health issues like anxiety and depression. And with thousands of…
Covid-19: Preparing for Another Tough Year Despite two vaccines being approved for use in the UK, there are still tough months ahead for the millions of people waiting for their injections. Lockdowns, fearmongering, changing news and opposing views affect people’s mental health and stability during this pandemic. Our anxiety can spiral out of control, making…
New Year, New Me: The True Harm of This Trend Studies have shown that around 80% of people fail at their New Year’s resolutions. Often this can be from lack of motivation, change in circumstance, or even setting your goals too high. When we want to be a ‘New Me’ in the New Year, we…
Preparing Your Mental Health for a New Year Here it comes – a new year. Many of us are happy that 2021 is only around the corner. In fact, we’ve probably been counting down the days to the big night we get to say goodbye to 2020 forever! 2021 brings us much hope; vaccines are…
Looking Back at 2020: How to Use the Past as Motivation 2020 has been difficult for everyone. Covid-19 has touched all corners of the earth, and everyone, to some extent, has felt hardships as a result. Looking to 2021 with positivity and determination for a better year can be challenging, despite good news of vaccines.…
The Reality of Festive Stresses: How Christmas Can Be Anything But Jolly Christmas is meant to be merry and bright, but with a number of things preventing the festive cheer, there’s no surprise than thousands of us look to this holiday with fear and stress. A Mind survey found that almost a third of people…
Are You More At Risk of Suffering SAD this Winter? You may have heard of the phrase ‘winter blues’ before. People often use this to refer to depression over winter. However, this phrase waters-down the harsh reality SAD is for the 1 in 3 people suffer from SAD annually. The true term for this shift…
Preparing for a ‘New Normal’ Christmas As we head further into the cold months and start ticking off our Christmas shopping list, we have to consider how this happy holiday will be impacted by Covid-19 and lockdown restrictions. We can’t expect everything to be as normal as last year, but is there some hope for…