Performance and Wellbeing Training for Everyone

What Is Psychological Wellbeing and How to Gain It

Psychological wellbeing is the sum of our thoughts of; how our life’s going, our daily feelings, and whether we’re living a life well lived.

If we have it, we flourish, and can; make the most of our abilities, cope with normal life stresses, work productively and effectively, and contribute to our communities.

Workshop Outcomes: For everyone to:

• Understand the main components of psychological wellbeing.
• Understand how psychological wellbeing positively effects their health, performance and lives.
• Start building their awareness of how to take control and improve their psychological wellbeing.

Available as: A 1 hour education session with Q&As or as a half or full day workshop.

What Is Health?

Health means different things to different people depending on their personal demands.

This interactive session explores the World Health Organisation’s definition of health to encourage everyone to think how it applies to them.

Workshop Outcomes: For everyone to:

• Have thought about their own definition of health that they can relate to and achieve.
• Be aware of how small changes can help them get closer to ‘their’ health.

Available as: A 1 hour education session with Q&As or a half day workshop.

Being Healthy: The Secret to Successful Behaviour Change

Perfect for the New Year…

Research shows that healthier habits not only improve health, fitness, mood and body satisfaction, but also work performance and life satisfaction. Despite these benefits, 80% of health-related New Year’s Resolutions, e.g., to get fit, lose weight, quit smoking, fail within four weeks of starting.

In this interactive session, we discuss the science behind successful behaviour change and explore practical ways to apply this science to real life.

Workshop Outcomes: For everyone to understand:

• How to initiate change.
• How to overcome barriers.
• How to stay motivated to improve their health into the long term.

This session is also a good introduction to our other health-related workshops.

Available as: A 1 hour education session with Q&As or a half day workshop.

Self-Care and Mindful Practices for Mental Health

In this interactive session, we explore lifestyle activities that are proven to have a significant, positive effect on mental health.

This includes mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and creative activities like art, singing and photography.

Workshop Outcomes: For everyone to have reflected on:

• How they spend their time and how these choices affect their health.
• How much time they invest in themselves and their mental and physical health.
• The activities that they enjoy and find good for their mental health.
• How they could regularly include these activities in their lives.

Available as: A 1 hour education session with Q&As or a half day workshop.

Sleep: Why It’s Important and How to Improve It

In the UK, 1 in 3 suffers from poor sleep. This has a negative effect on their work performance and life. But more worryingly, it increases the risk of serious medical conditions, including obesity, heart disease and diabetes: It also shortens life expectancy.

Conversely, sleep has many positive health benefits, including stress management, weight loss, exercise and improved mood. It’s also essential for memory, concentration and performance in cognitive tasks.

This interactive session gives an overview of the physiology of sleep, and discusses research that links sleep quality and quantity with ill-health and poorer performance. We then discuss practical strategies for improving sleep.

Workshop Outcomes: For everyone to:

• Understand the importance of sleep for achieving daily goals, enjoying life, and staying healthy.
• Have reflected on how they currently combat tiredness and their current sleep/bed time routine.
• Have considered strategies they can use to improve their sleep.

Available as: A 1 hour education session with Q&As or a half day workshop.

Rest and Breaks: Why You Need Them. How To Get Them

Many of us feel that our busy work and personal lives stop us from taking the rest and breaks that we need to recharge and refocus. But research is now clear that finding the opportunity to have proper rest is vital for our health and performance.

Workshop Outcomes: This interactive session will help everyone to:

• Understand the importance of frequent rest and breaks for improved physical and psychological health.
• Have considered practical ways to introduce effective breaks into their daily lives.

Available as: A 1 hour education session with Q&As or a half day workshop.

Exercise for Stress Management and Positive Mental Health

Exercise is often used to counteract a stressful day. However, there’s evidence to suggest that certain forms of exercise are more beneficial than others when it comes to reducing stress.

This interactive presentation provides an overview of the physiology of stress. It also discusses how to develop exercise programmes that improve mental health, but avoid the burnout or injury that can arise when we add exercise to a busy work and personal life.

Workshop Outcomes: For everyone to:

• Understand how exercise can help or hinder our ability to combat stress.
• Know how to exercise more safely when life gets stressful.

Available as: A 1 hour education session with Q&As.

Social Support for Stress Management and Positive Mental Health

Research often shows that other’s support is the most important factor for helping people to buffer against, and cope with, many of life’s difficult situations.

Now the latest research also shows that, in both difficult and normal times, other’s support is important for helping us pursue opportunities to develop, grow and thrive.

But few use social support well.

Workshop Outcomes: For everyone to:

• Understand the types of support required to cope with difficult times and to thrive.
• Become more confident and strategic in their use of social support.
• Consider how to build an effective support network.

Available as: A 1 hour education session with Q&As or a half day workshop.

Nutrients for Stress Management and Positive Mental Health

The link between nutrition and stress, and gut health and mental health is increasingly recognised.

This interactive presentation outlines the physiology behind this. It will also discuss practical ways to make small, but significant changes to nutrient intake to improve stress responsiveness, mood, and cognitive performance.

Workshop Outcomes: For everyone to:

• Understand that nutrition effects stress and mental health.
• Reflect on how their own diet might help or hinder their mood and stress levels.

Available as: A 1 hour education session with Q&As.

Coffee: Friend and Foe!

How many cups have you had today? How many cups have been drunk across your organisation?

Coffee is seen as much more than a drink. It wakes us up, keeps us going. It’s a social force: It creates conversation, it unites us. But what is the impact of drinking coffee on your health and daily performance?

This novel workshop gets coffee drinkers’ talking, but helps them to ‘use’ coffee more wisely.

Workshop Outcomes: For everyone to understand:

• How coffee affects our health.
• How their coffee ‘use’ routine affects their performance throughout the day.
• How to ‘use’ it for best benefit.

Available as: A 1 hour education session with Q&As.