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How to support your staff: world mental health day.

October 9, 2018

addiction, alcohcol, corporate, goals, professional development, resilience, Stress management, suicide, women

World mental health day. World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health. https://bit.ly/1otLQ67 How do we raise awareness? First of all we talk about it! We make it as normal as discussion around how often you go to the gym. As normal as discussing healthy eating. It is vital that we normalise our health in…

How authentic are you in the online world?

September 26, 2018

susiefj

addiction, alcohcol, authenticity, bereavement is a corporate business, coaching, corporate, corporate people development, goals, personal consultancy, resilience, Stress management, suicide, wholeheartedness

It has been with interest that I have examined the statistics from my latest blogs. All about mental health in the workplace, these blogs may have challenged the reader with regard to an authentic response. So I have checked out how many have commented or liked them against the number of people who have read them. The question is what does it tell us? As an executive coach I spend many hours with senior leaders, business owners, managers and entrepreneurs. They…

Love Island- the latest craze

July 26, 2018

susiefj

addiction, alcohcol, coaching, corporate, goals, personal consultancy, wholeheartedness

To be honest I had no idea what it was about as I had only caught snippets, I had heard people slate it and others admit that they were hooked. I had also been told that people go on the show with the expressed aim of becoming famous. So, it was with these thoughts in mind that checked it out. I have now watched the first episode and also today’s episode and was gratified to see some familiar faces from…

World cup mania

July 10, 2018

susiefj

alcohcol, women

‘It’s coming home, it’s coming home.’ The chants continue to ring out ahead the Semi-finals when we face Croatia. I am totally loving it and find myself suddenly the expert as my voice rings out. ‘What was that?’ ‘Nooo!’ ‘Come on England you can do it!’ My passion for this is something that only appears during the world cup. But what about those who faithfully watch it every week, who are the true experts and may have spent savings or…

Building mental resilience in the work-place.

June 1, 2017

susiefj

alcohcol, coaching, corporate people development, resilience

We all need to regularly check ourselves for physical signs of dis-ease, don’t we? You know the sort of thing, Body Mass Index, lumps and bumps in various places, moles and marks on our skin. What do we do when we discover any of the above? The best practice is to take a trip to the GP. Why? To chat it through, to find out if there is anything to worry about. Then, if further investigation is needed we are…

Alcohol: a depressant to lighten and soothe…?

February 16, 2016

susiefj

addiction, alcohcol, corporate, corporate people development, Uncategorized

It is one of the hardest drugs to kick once you are hooked. It is a depressant. However it is advertised as something that will give you an edge; it makes you sexy, strong and brave. It makes you feel alive and that nothing is impossible. It is highly addictive to some, and it is legal. The sound of ice tumbling into a glass and liquid pouring down and over it can trip up the most resolute of character. So…