This week, two of our team, Angela Rook and Sonia Last, sit down with our partner Claire Mackenzie from Venturing Out for a relaxed, 23-minute chat about the future of employee wellbeing. Wellbeing is no longer a ‘nice to have’ but a business-critic...
A Message from the Editor,Sonia Last 📝If you haven’t taken or booked a break or holiday yet and it’s starting to seem unlikely, find a tree to lie under for a long, luxurious spell of peace.We’ve known the joys of ‘forest bathing’ since childho...
A tribunal ruling on a manager’s repeated sighs might sound trivial, until you look closer. In this episode, we unpack what a “sigh” really communicates in power-imbalanced settings, and why it matters for neurodivergent people at work. We explore ho...
What if underperformance isn't a failure of the person, but a signal that something in the system isn't working? In this episode, we step back from the blame game and explore a more compassionate, human-centred approach to performance, support and le...
Good morning,There’s just one week to go!Next Thursday, 22nd May, from 12:00-13:30pm, we’re hosting our FREE Online Mental Health & Wellbeing in the Workplace Networking Event - and you’re invited!Why should you join us?✅ Inspiring conversations...
As we mark Mental Health Awareness Week, it's the perfect time to reflect on one of the most powerful tools we have for supporting wellbeing – community. At MHScot, we’ve seen first-hand how meaningful connections an...
Mental Health Awareness Week shines a spotlight on community, but what about the other 51 weeks of the year? In this episode, we unpack why real mental health support requires more than awareness campaigns and ask what community really means in the m...
A Message from the Editor,Sonia Last 📝Mental health champions know that whether mental, emotional, physical or spiritual, the threats to our health and happiness are many. That’s why having real conversations and developing awareness are so imp...
What does it really mean to thrive, not just survive, in today’s working world? In this follow-up to our deep dive into Gallup’s 2025 State of the Global Workplace report, we explore why so many people are feeling emotionally flat and disconnected -...
In this episode, we dive into the findings of Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace report. As global engagement drops and emotional burdens rise, especially in the UK, we explore why so many workers are struggling, what traditional management gets...
You’ve invested in Mental Health First Aid training for your team – great start. But now what?One of the biggest challenges we hear from organisations is this: "Our Mental Health First Aiders were really enthusiastic after their trai...
In a time defined by uncertainty and overwhelm, how do we create work cultures where people feel safe, valued, and heard? This episode explores the essential role of psychological safety, the courage it takes to lead differently, and why rethinking t...
Some of us have a propensity to dislike change, be comfortable with the status quo and resort to rigid thinking. This narrow attitude shows up in every corner of our civic and business landscape. Creative and innovative thinking, which...
A Message from the Editor,Sonia Last 📝Supporting mental health in the workplace isn’t just about reacting to crises—it’s about preventing them.A core aim of mental health training is ‘prevention and early intervention’. How we practice these wi...
A Message from the Editor,Sonia Last 📝We hope the first quarter of 2025 has set you on a positive trajectory. If not, there are three more quarters in which to turn things around.It helps to remember the ‘one-in-60-rule’ navigators use when cha...
