World Mental Health Day is celebrated on 10th October and this year’s theme is – “Make mentalhealth & wellbeing for all a global priority”. The World Health Organization explained, “Growing social and economic inequalities, protractedconflicts, violence and public health emergencies affect whole populations, threatening progresstowards improved well-being; a staggering 84 million people worldwide were forcibly displacedduring 2021”.  […]

by Stress Matters HQ
10 October 2022

Fact: Building a better, kinder more supportive workplace community takes more than putting on a string of social events.  That doesn’t mean to say that having a lively social calendar doesn’t help. On the contrary. Events and get togethers are a surefire way of engaging team members and showing your appreciation.  Change Recruitment Group agrees, […]

by Laura Capell-Abra
29 June 2022

One benefit that a lot of people found to working from home in the past years has been the flexibility to go on a daily walk. I am sure we are now all familiar with the benefits of going on a daily walk; it improves your overall fitness, decreases stress and it lowers your blood […]

by Amy Hitchcock
15 May 2022

Most people don’t realise that they naturally act in a hopeful way and how much positivity hope plays in their day to day lives. When our mental health is good, we take this for granted. Looking forward to that holiday or seeing some friends. Being ok with investing time and effort into work because we […]

by James Capell-Abra
14 May 2022

Before I left my role as Managing Director at a well-established marketing events agency back in 2016, I undertook a period of self-discovery.  I learnt and articulated what my values were. My only experience prior to this was around company values and I’d been involved in them a lot over the years but I had […]

by Laura Capell-Abra
13 May 2022

Sounds cliche doesn’t it? You’ve probably got a picture in your mind of someone laying out on a chaise longue talking about their childhood to a psychiatrist who’s taking the odd note accompanied with the occasional reassuring head nod. The truth is though, our childhoods shape our lives far more than we realise and many […]

by James Capell-Abra
12 May 2022