Mental Wellness Blog & News

Often our problems consume our time and (mental) health. By the definition of Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary problem is a "thing that is difficult to deal with or to understand." So, by definition of a problem, it isn't the real problem. Your difficulty is the one aspect of the problem. When you would know how to deal with it, it would no longer be ex...

We all love to be smart because it enables us to get things done efficiently. When we use our inner mental functions purposefully, we can get impeccable work results. Strangely, the currently dominating approach to keeping our minds well is mostly failing to be proactive – focused on how to stay fit and well. Instead, our approach to mental health in workplaces and society is domi...

Proactively maintaining our internal health or mental fitness is the new effective pattern and it starts from letting go of our old inner automatic reactions. Our society and the nature of our work have changed over the last year more than during the first 19 years of this century. The restrictions that we all face due to lockdowns have made us notice that most of today’s office work isn&...

Stress Awareness Day every year on the first Wednesday in November aims to point out the importance of stress relief and offer solutions on how to reduce the stress levels in your life and work situations efficiently. Stress Awareness Day was established by the International Stress Management Association (ISMA) to provide information on stress and strategies on how to address it for both work...

Offering a proactive workplace wellness program for employees is now a must if you want to see personal initiative and personal responsibility. Without those two qualities, people fail to perform efficiently. Including, when they work remotely and take long Zoom or Teams calls and need to keep their focus on the tasks at hand. The Global Wellness Institute stated back in 2015 that only 9% of th...

Living with technology at our desks and in our pockets has caused us to think that we are capable of running multiple ‘apps’ in the background as our computers do. Sadly, this isn't the case with the human mind. Therefore, multitasking has had an adverse effect on all working environments. Working from our homes and remotely has proved that multitasking effectively is a mis...

The old concept of work-life balance is now totally outdated. Working from home, remotely, or as a contract worker is now the new norm. The technology that we carry with us almost 24/7 means there is no longer a clear distinction between work and life. What was left of it became history with the global lockdown. So, how do we adapt? How do we find efficient ways for our work-life integratio...

The stress, anxiousness, and burnout risk that comes from the isolation and uncertainty of the pandemic, as well as the current problematic economic situation, leaves many workplaces and employees paralyzed. Instead of taking action, people wait. The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing us to notice the shortcomings of our own mental health — especially when it comes to dealing with inner pressur...

The world has been experiencing a workplace mental health crisis for years as stress and burnout levels are sky-high and anxiety and depression are among the top causes of all illnesses. Now, the global coronavirus pandemic is taking an added toll on mental health, those who have suffered from anxiousness, stress, or are on the path to burnout feel now even more alone. This is the mental wel...

"Stress is the adverse inner reaction that people experience when they come into contact with excessive pressures that they fail to handle." – Dr. Helena Lass When there are too many outside triggers or stressors, like amid the COVID-19 pandemic and unfolding economic crisis, then our own inadequate automatic inner reactions can easily cause us emotional and mental overload that...

Today, Dr. Helena Lass launches a new short video on how to avoid stress and burnout in the workplace. This is for you, your friends, family or colleagues! It is time to stop the suffering. It is time to learn intrapersonal skills and secure stress-free life! It is time to start enjoying your life and work. The overall costs of poor mental health in workplaces have increased accord...

The overall costs of poor mental health at work have again increased in the UK, according to a new report by Deloitte. In 2017, Deloitte UK published research that explored the benefits to employers of providing help for employees with their mental health in the workplace. Now Deloitte has updated its initial analysis to look again at the overall costs of poor mental health to UK empl...

The common problem related to mental health at work such as stress, burnout, or even mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression are the result of lacking good mental wellness. Somehow people hope that they can just have mental well-being without doing anything for their own inner wellness. This hope is false as in 2018/19 stress, depression or anxiety accounted for 44% of all work-rel...

While some of us love the festive season, others fear the time off. Why? First, there are those stressful moments and deadlines before the festivities and then there is the time where you need to perform well in front of your family and friends. But this might be difficult if your mind is a mess and you can't let go of work-related thoughts.  Even if you have a stressful job or fe...

The proactive mental wellness approach at work is new and supports good work results for your team. The fact is, we all have mental health. We have it when we feel well and when we feel ill. FACT: We all have to consider workplace mental health Promoting a proactive mental health approach at work enables employers to support good working practices and brings measurable results. In ca...