HSE counts 964,000 workers with work-related stress every year. Its data on what causes it averages 2009 to 2012. We measure the damage, not the cause.

In this episode of Inside Out: Mental Health at Work and in Life, I'm joined by Michael Alexander, CEO of JAANUU, a fashionable yet functional medical apparel company founded in 2013 by a female paediatrician. Michael's core belief is simple: a CEO'...

New clients often ask for training built around their sector. Construction says it loudest. But knowing your industry was never the missing piece.

In this episode of Inside Out: Mental Health at Work and in Life, I'm joined by Jodie Marshall, Founder and Managing Director of social enterprise A Mind Apart, and founder and owner of her consultancy and coaching company Mantleco Ltd. We start wit...

A Message from the Editor,Sonia Last 📝Everything is flourishing - the gardens, allotments and wild places. If only we were satisfied with so little. A shower of rain, a cool breeze and the warm afternoon sunshine does wonders for the flora and...

Richard Murphy names the contradiction in UK employment policy: suppress jobs, then blame the people who can't find them. I've lived both ends of this one.

In this episode of Inside Out: Mental Health at Work and in Life, I'm joined by Tracey Secker, founder of Voices Social Enterprise, a non-profit raising awareness of domestic abuse, trauma and other forms of abuse, supporting both employees and emplo...

In this episode of Inside Out: Mental Health at Work and in Life, I'm joined by Steven Pink, who is the CEO of Verve Healthcare, a SELDOC Group company. Steven has worked in retail, banking, aviation, the NHS and private healthcare. You will hear in...

Friendships matter, especially to those who are single, divorced, widowed or struggling for any reason. Those who are ensconced in healthy partnerships or families and have someone to fall back on emotionally, social...

Richard Murphy says loneliness is internalised neoliberalism. The workplace is where that lesson gets taught most clearly, and 'enough' is the fix nobody calls simple.

A Message from the Editor,Sonia Last 📝 Well summer has rolled out her green carpet in spectacular style and threatens to overwhelm our senses with exuberance and joie de vivre. How lucky we are to experience these exhilarating days, which...

Four in five UK workers use AI. Fewer than one in twenty use it well. That gap isn't your people, it's the training, rules and permission nobody gave them.

A Message from the Editor,Sonia Last 📝Tradition dictates that we wash our face in the morning dew on May 1st to ensure good health and beauty. If this didn't appeal, throughout May you could light a bonfire, dance around a maypole or leave an o...

Good morningLet's talk about what really makes workplaces mentally healthy.✗ It's not a ping pong table.✗ It's not a wellness app.✗ It's not a single awareness day.It's culture. It's psychological safety. It's leaders who actually listen. It's system...

A Message from the Editor,Sonia Last 📝Hibernation is a mysterious phenomenon that I’ve come to appreciate since moving back to Scotland. The alternative is migration but without wings, fins or a healthy nest egg, the art of torpor is my only al...