Mental Health Help Yourself

It simply hadn’t registered - whatsoever!

🗨 'We're constantly hearing how to identify Mental Health issues in others, but not learning how to help ourselves!'.

...was feedback after speaking at the CIMA CPD Academy about Mental Fitness: A two-hour interactive session of simple strategies for better brain (and body) function; a medley of Neuroscience, Psychology, Physiology and soft skills with bits of laughter at human quirks.

The oxygen mask analogy (the safety demo on a plane to put yours on before helping someone else) is one of my favourites. It applies.

But it's not being applied..... Apparently! 😦

I had no idea.

Yes, we want to help others.

🌱 But setting the example by helping ourselves - and then passing on principles and techniques (where intervention of a Mental Health/similar professional isn't necessary) cascades, and demonstrates care, quickly.

What Mental Health help should we offer at work?

👉 When people quickly realise how many tactics are applications of normal nuggets they know or know about already, then they apply them, share them and spread them. FAST!

👉 It's Neuroscience not rocket science, a bit of Biology-101, plus some common sense.

👉 It's not even note-taking - mostly just memorable 'try-and-go' tricks, lowering Cortisol (the stress hormone) and lifting brain and body-boosting neurotransmitters!

Other feedback: 🗨 'Businesses and employees would benefit!'

So, if you’re asking ‘What Mental Health help should we offer at work?’ - get in touch and let's spread more oxygen mask info!

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