This week is a podcast with Gethin Nadin Director of employee wellbeing at Benefex and writer of HR bestseller A Word of Good: Lessons from Around the World in Improving the Employee Experience.

Gethin’s Book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/World-Good-Improving-Employee-Experience/dp/197393793X

Gethin’s Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-73-gethin-nadin-director-employee-wellbeing/id1360915139?i=1000449148413

To see how we can help your business, and provide mental health support for your employees visit: www.everymindatwork.com

We spoke about:

*The mistakes companies make and how they waste money!

*How Gethin transitioned from animation to mental health work.

*Taking his bosses job!

*A personalised approach to mental health.

*Why money isn’t the answer.

*How to correctly conduct employee surveys.

*Have we learnt from the Covid 19 Pandemic?

*Post pandemic job status and predictions.

*How to “budget” for mental health.

*Identifying how you might be harming your employees.

*Stigmas attached to mental health.

*The benefits of counselling.

Plus more.

Sit back, grab yourself a coffee and enjoy this episode.

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This week we bring you a special webinar hosted by Paul and Zoe from Everymind. They explore the topic of building resilience in the workplace.

This is a great insight into the amazing work that Everymind do. To see how we can help your business, and provide mental health support for your employees visit: www.everymindatwork.com

We spoke about:

*What is resilience?

*Can reliance be taught?

*The role vulnerability plays in resilience.

*Building a support group.

*Why we need to prioritise physical health.

*Your relationship with yourself

*”The Wheel of Life”

*Perspective, growth vs fixed mindset.

*Taking ownership

Plus more.

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Episode 7 is here! In this episode, we talk to Vickie Shanks, author, speaker and mother of 7 children. Vickie is best known for the hit Netflix film “Kingdom of Us”.

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Following the loss of her husband Paul, Vickie’s life took a whole new direction.

We spoke about:

*Staring in a Netflix documentary and how it happened.

*The benefit of being vulnerable.

*The challenges of having seven children.

*The different types of grief.

*Does humour have a place in mental health?

*The benefit of grit and determination.

*How to reframe a “disability”

*Changing perceptions.

*Taking self responsibility.

*How to effectively communicate with employees.

*Maybe social media is NOT to blame.

*The “Crisis Mug”

Plus more.

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Episode 6 is live! In this episode we talk to George Bell, Marketing Manager at Sanctus.

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George battled with his own mental health, masking his true struggles from his friends before a conversation with a family friend changed the direction of his life.

We spoke about:

*Georges personal struggle with mental health.

*Expensive therapists.

*The masks we put on to hide our struggle.

*How a family friend surprised George and gave him light at the end of the tunnel.

*Becoming “that guy”.

*The mental health exhaustion.

*What is Sanctus and their vision.

*How to proactively manage your mental health.

*The generation gap in emotional intelligence

Plus more.

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Episode 5 is here! In this episode we talk to Dr Shaun Davis the Global Director for Safety, Health and Wellbeing at Royal Mail.

To see how we can help your business, and provide mental health support for your employees visit: www.everymindatwork.com

Dr Shaun has an incredible passion for educating people around mental health, so much so that he has acquired his doctorate in coaching, wellbeing and organisational culture.

We spoke about:

*Growing up as a steelworkers son and how the "stiff upper lip" was the norm.

*Stretching yourself and how anxiety can be a tool for growth.

*Why men in particular do not open up and an alternative to self medication.

*How mental health is a continuum not a destination.

*Why it is important to focus on other areas of your life to improve your mental clarity.

*Dr Shaun's "Triangle within a circle" theory.

*His top tips on where to get ideas from and how best to communicate them to your staff.

*How we can utilise cultural differences to spread our message.

*Going slow to go fast.

Plus more.

Book references -

Susan Jeffers - Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway: How to Turn Your Fear and Indecision into Confidence and Action https://www.amazon.co.uk/Feel-Fear-Anyway-Indecision-Confidence/dp/0091907071

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For Episode 4 of the Everymind Podcast, we sat down and spoke to Zoe Sinclair to discuss the future of mental health in the workplace.

To see how we can help your business, and provide mental health support for your employees visit: www.everymindatwork.com

Zoe has been working in this space for a while, founding her company Employees Matter that delivers workshops and webinars surrounding mental wellbeing into organisations. She also is the Co-Founder of the event This Can Happen, that focuses on bringing companies together to discuss mental health in the workplace.

Zoe is someone we admire here at Everymind at Work, and her drive to challenge stigma surrounding mental health is clear to see.

We spoke about:

* The importance of kindness, and how every employee (no matter how senior their role is) can play a part if breaking down mental health stigma in the workplace.

* Why companies need to focus on staff retention, and how improving mental health can help achieve that.

* How she personally manages work and life, being a Mum, a wife and running multiple businesses...

* Her thoughts on the future of mental health within the workplace, and the progress she's seen since starting Employees Matter.

Plus more.

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On this episode, we sat down with the amazing Michelle Flynn to hear her story about stress, burnout and how it impacted her personally. Now, she's a health coach working alongside many businesses and she gave some practical tips to dealing with stress and burnout in and outside of the workplace.

We spoke about:

• Her personal journey and how stress started to shut down her body.
• What she's done to overcome the burnout, and how she's transformed her life and health.
• Her role in helping businesses prevent employee sickness and increase productivity.
• The difference in coaching and therapy
• Why getting to the 'root cause' is far better than treating the symptoms
• The power of breathing to deal with stress and anxiety

We're very grateful for Michelle taking her time out and sharing so honestly, do let us know what you think by leaving a rating and review.

To find out more, connect with her on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleflynn/

To find out more about how we can help your business normalise mental health conversations, visit: http://www.everymindatwork.com

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For Episode 2 of the Everymind Podcast, we sat down and spoke to Emily Cooke.

To see how we can help your business, and provide mental health support for your employees visit: www.everymindatwork.com

With recent research into the construction industry, and the mental health statistics that surround it we wanted to speak with Emily about the work she's been doing and her findings.

The work Emily does day to day involves helping companies to devise, implement and review their mental health and wellbeing strategies. She also delivers on site training and workshops centred around mental health awareness, resilience and leadership.

We spoke about:

* Why the suicide rate amongst construction workers is so high.

* What the construction industry can do to improve mental health.

* What interventions proved effective

* Is MHFA the 'solution' to better mental health at work?

* The differences between Australia and the UK in how we treat employees

Plus more.

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We were honoured to have Carl Garner in recently to share his expert opinions on emotional intelligence, and dealing with stress.

Carl shared his personal story, but also introduced the very unique 'EIM' (Emotional Intelligence Mapping) and how it can translate into the workplace. He spoke about what causes stress, alongside showing ways to manage it more effectively.

For more, visit www.everymindatwork.com

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