The staggering costs of personal financial stress at work
The staggering costs of personal financial stress at work. For a while we’ve known that financial stress has an impact on our productivity at work. But how much worse financially sick staff fare compared to their financially healthy colleagues will come as a shock. It’s clear absenteeism and presenteeism is rife amongst employees feeling financially […]
Employees want help with their financial stress
Employees want help with their financial stress. Does it strike you as strange that the biggest stressor we face isn’t talked about in plans offered to help with our stress? In recent years employers have recognised the personal stresses experienced by staff can affect productivity and the bottom line, due partly to the sheer amount […]
Mindfulness could complement CBT interventions for depression
Mindfulness could complement CBT interventions for depression. Anyone who has been truly depressed understands how vast the difference is between knowing it’s helpful to talk to people and regularly being able to connect with others. Depression, and its nagging stablemate, anxiety, often render a person so exhausted and full of self-doubt that it feels impossible to […]
Send yourself a valuable gift: get mindful
Send yourself a valuable gift: get mindful. Why do we spend money to feel good now, even if it’s clearly going to have negative consequences later? And why do we seem to make better decisions if they are planned and not impulsive? The answers are complex, but just so you really get the idea, first imagine […]
Why isn’t mindfulness working for me
Why isn’t mindfulness working for me. Mindfulness, in theory, sounds great. The deal seems to be roughly this: if I sit still and listen to my breathing for 10 minutes each day I will be calmer, certainly cooler, possibly richer and definitely an all-round better person. So how come it’s not working, you might ask, […]
How mindfulness helped a bunch of chronically anxious worriers
How mindfulness helped a bunch of chronically anxious worriers. Time magazine recently ran an article with the headline ‘how mindfulness helps you handle stress better’. So what you ask? Sounds like every second story spruiking mindfulness as a wonder cure these days, right? Except that the article is about research done by someone who wanted […]
Good mental health a much bigger factor in happiness than money
Good mental health a much bigger factor in happiness than money. Earlier this week Norway was named the happiest nation on earth, by the United Nations researchers, just ahead of Denmark. Northern European countries dominated, with Iceland, Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden also in the top 10; perhaps there really is something to the saying […]
The Power of apps for improving mental health
The Power of apps for improving mental health. The idea that an app could replace face-to-face doctor’s appointments or be recommended over prescribed treatments for mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety is abhorrent to most of us.
When mindfulness might not work
When mindfulness might not work. Unless you’ve been living under a rock you will know the word ‘mindfulness’ has quite a buzz about it. CEOs are into it, so are talk show hosts, pop stars, famous actors, sports stars and lately it’s being rolled out in corporate wellness programs for thousands of stressed-out employees. There […]
Proven: the power of mindfulness over bad financial decisions
Proven: the power of mindfulness over bad financial decisions. If you’ve ever persisted with a disastrous job or relationship or PhD in the hope it will somehow get better, or ‘chased your losses’ by placing risky bets in a game of cards, you might want to pay attention.