Welcome to our new mental wellbeing toolkit! Here you can access free guidance, information and resources on how to maintain and manage your mental wellbeing. Our aim is to help you look after your mental health so you are able to manage the complex challenges we are all facing during this unprecedented time.

 

Please also visit our physical wellbeing and financial wellbeing toolkits for insights and guidance on these areas.

 

 

Looking after your mental wellbeing

The extreme measures put in place to limit the spread of coronavirus have impacted on every element of our lives. Whether you’re struggling to juggle work while looking after young children, anxious about your finances or simply feeling the effects of the lockdown, it’s all too easy to feel overwhelmed at times.

 

Fortunately there are many things we can do to proactively manage our mental health, from boosting our emotional resilience to learning how to manage financial anxiety to finding the time to use the ‘happiness tool’s that have been proven to boost our emotional wellbeing.

 

Prioritising your emotional and mental health has never been more important. So this toolkit contains practical insights and guidance on how you can look after your emotional wellbeing to stay positive at this challenging time.

Mental wellbeing resources

Seven reasons to use your Employee Assistance Programme

Whether you’re struggling with your emotions or need support with a practical issue causing you concern, your Employee Assistance Programme can provide valuable support.

Four ways to boost your emotional resilience

With the coronavirus crisis putting everyone under additional strain, here are four ways to boost your emotional resilience and ability to cope with pressure.

How to cope with financial anxiety

Whether your income has been already affected, or you’re scared of what the future might hold financially, here are some ways to cope with the resulting feelings of anxiety.

Three ways to help you adapt to homeworking

As we continue to adapt to working from home, extroverts, who thrive on social interaction with others, are likely to find the transition the most challenging.

Ten happiness tools you can use to lift your mood

Even during the current crisis, there are ten happiness tools we all have at our disposal that we can use to boost our emotional wellbeing.

How to recover from a traumatic experience

Feeling traumatised is a normal response to an abnormally distressing situation, but there are things you can do to help yourself recover.

Managing mental health during COVID-19

A best practice guide to protecting the mental health of the workforce during these times of uncertainty

Webinar: Mental health and COVID-19

Listen back to our recent webinar on managing mental health during times of uncertainty

10 ways employers can support employees through loneliness

Life isn't easy for anyone during a crisis but it may be particularly difficult for those facing this alone. Here are 10 ways employers can help their people avoid loneliness during COVID-19.

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