Resilience & Wellbeing

Dear you ​ Welcome to Evenhood.  If you're here to find a way of getting support for your own mental health or wellbeing, you'll find the help you need. And ...

Manage your mental health in the coming weeks and know how to support others. We may head into uncharted territory over the coming weeks in our working envir...

I've had a great day supporting mental health awareness week. My packed week of talks about how to have mentally healthy conversations kicked off, appropriat...

As a student, when you're ill, you need support. With physical health, you normally get what you need. But it doesn't always work for mental health. Here's...

Those with mental illness have some amazing talents and can perform & be effective despite their challenges, if only society could learn how to provide Suppo...

When we're ill, we need support. With physical health, we normally get what we need. But not for mental health. Here's how to have a mentally healthy conve...

If you discovered that certain foods make you unwell, you'd not only avoid them, you'd find something healthier to eat. It's the same with mental health. Don...

I've written separately about how to identify your resilient resources. There's another important step on the read to managing your Wellbeing. That is anch...

Mental health conversations often don't go well - at work, university, school and often at home. Here's why these conversations often go wrong and produce s...

Articles about mental wellbeing often start with a "trigger warning" intended to help steer people away if the content of the article might have a negative i...

Working in a toxic environment is grim; but there are strategies that you can adopt to maintain your resilience and get through it. Here are some ideas abou...

Here’s a great article by Kylie de Klerk over on Medium about the state of mental wellbeing support in the workplace, and what we can do to improve support, ...

Here’s a great article over on Medium for anyone wanting to explore bipolar disorder and the practical things that you can do to give or get support. https:/...

Exploring what we all can do to fill the void that exists for those with mental health challenges between limited medical support and the inadequacies of sel...

I’m often asked about the sort of processes that I think organisations should have in place to support good mental wellbeing. My response is that this isn’t ...

Have you seen The Fisher King? A great film. In my view it provides the solution to a worldwide problem for schools, universities and workplaces. This is not...

Here’s an inspiring story about a group of teenagers in Cumbria who, frustrated my mental health waiting lists, set up their own mutual support groups. This ...

I've been neglecting posts for a while now. But for good reason. I've spent the last several months putting finger to keyboard and writing "The Art of the ...

I'm looking for people who are happy to provide anonymous case studies for a book which is currently in advanced draft. The book is focused on how we can im...

Here’s an interesting campaign to require all organisations to have a mental health first aider, just as they have to have a physical health first aider. The...

Some key tips from Fatmata Kamara of BUPA UK on how to start conversations with your employees; with advice to regularly check in with your team, talk openly...

How to Have a Mentally Healthy Conversation: Video

📷 14th May marks the start of Mental Health Awareness Week. Innumerable initiatives during this time will highlight the benefit of providing appropriate sup...

A great article here from Emma Mamo, Head of Workplace Wellbeing at Mind. Here Emma promotes the concept of using the concept of “Wellness Action Plans” – in...