In light of the latest news, we know that many people might be feeling anxious and overwhelmed right now – we feel it too.
We want to do what we can to help and support our network and friends, so remember our inboxes our open if you ever need to talk. We’ve also pulled together some wellbeing resources below, which may help you, or those around you to navigate the days and weeks ahead.
Someone to talk to
If you feel you might need further help or support, here are the numbers for some UK helplines:
The Samaritans: 116 123
Anxiety UK: 03444 775 774
Mind: 0300 123 3393
Calm: 0800 58 58 58
Crisis text line (text): 85258
Child-line: 0800 11 11
National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 247
Building resilience
Resilience is our superpower and it’s so important for our wellbeing. In this video recorded during the first lockdown, we look at what we can do to help build resilience. We share some immediate recovery strategies, and talk about how to develop and build mastery too.
You can also watch the other videos from our wellbeing lunches via YouTube here.
Our Wellbeing Toolkit
Last year we created an 8-week programme to help you work on your wellbeing – Our Wellbeing Toolkit. You can still access this toolkit for free here. Or to make things even easier for you, we’ve outlined the contents from each week below, so if there are any elements you would like to receive sooner, email us at info@peoplelab.co.uk and we’ll send them over to you straight away.
Week One – Resilience
- Video from Wellbeing Lunch on resilience
- Three overarching strategies to help you become more resilient
- A free eBook around everyday resilience
- Information about meditation and links to try it
- Links to mental health support
Week Two – Emotional Intelligence
- Video from Wellbeing Lunch on emotional intelligence
- About emotional intelligence – what it is and the four attributes you need
- The common characteristic of high and low ‘EQ’
- A quiz to test your own EQ
- The traits of EQ – worksheet
- Developing your EQ – what you can do
Week Three – Achievement
- Introducing the PERMA model
- Video from Wellbeing Lunch on achievement
- Examples of people with a Growth Mindset
- Developing a Growth Mindset
- Link to Carol Dwecks Ted Talk
- Downloadable fact sheet on Growth Mindset
- About ability vs effort praise
Week Four – Relationships
- Video from Wellbeing Lunch on Relationships
- Why healthy relationships are so important and how to develop healthy relationships
- Fact sheet – tips to building relationships
- Your positive energy network
- Link to Kim Cameron’s Ted Talk
- Video from ’The Reset Show’ on managing energy
Week Five – Engagement or ‘Flow’
- Video from Wellbeing Lunch on Engagement
- What is flow?
- Link to Mihaly Csikszentmihaly’s Ted Talk
- Model – Emotions in flow
- The art of disengagement
- Link to eBook – Managing energy, not time
Week Six – Positive Emotions
- Video from Wellbeing Lunch on Positive Emotions
- Link to Barbara Fredrickson’s Ted Talk
- Introduction to Broaden and Build theory and model
- Positive emotions at work
- Rewiring your brain for happiness
Week Seven – Meaning
- Video from Wellbeing Lunch on Meaning
- Victor Frankl’s exploration of ‘meaning’
- Link to meaning in life questionnaire
- How to find meaning
- Finding meaning at work
- Introducing Ikigai (model and video)
Week Eight – Overview
- A reminder of the health footprint of the pandemic and impact on mental health
- Finding the positives from this opportunity to ‘Reset’
- Link to ’The Reset Show’
- How we can help you
- Link to mental health support
We really hope you’ll find these resources helpful, but please do get in touch if you want to talk – you are not alone.
