Good morningWe’re just one month away from our FREE Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace Networking Event — happening on Thursday 28th August from 12:00 to 1:30pm — and we’d love for you to join us.As we prepare for this important conversatio...
In today’s workplace, gender-neutral policies are often hailed as progressive. But here’s the problem: when you apply the same rules to everyone in unequal circumstances, you don’t create fairness - you deepen inequality....
Every day across the UK, millions of people quietly juggle the demands of work while providing unpaid care for a loved one. It might be a parent supporting a child with additional needs, a partner caring for someone with a lo...
A Message from the Editor,Sonia Last 📝Wandering along the seashore, tootling up a hill or along a forest path while absorbing the surroundings through your senses can be wonderfully rejuvenating. Whether you choose a country stroll or gritty ur...
Good morningAre you looking for a flexible, supportive way to learn Mental Health First Aid?We’ve had interest from a few people already who would like to learn as part of a bigger group — and we’d love to open this option up to others who want pract...
Asking the Tough Questions This World Wellbeing Month 🌍 June is World Wellbeing Month - a time when many organisations proudly promote their wellbeing policies, benefits packages and mental health initiatives. But amidst the social me...
We know that careless working conditions can give rise to or exacerbate poor mental health, but a well-run, humanely managed working environment can do much to promote and protect our sense of wellbeing. We know that psychosocial...
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...
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 -...
