About a month ago I felt we all needed to check ourselves. I started to see stress levels rise and staff getting more and more tired due to the time of year, on top of it being such a big year. I felt that I needed to offer my staff a wellness session that was topical that they would learn and gain something from.

We brought in the Wellbeing Workshop who ran an exceptional interactive workshop on rewiring for wellness. Over the 90-minutes we learnt so many relatable and changeable techniques to implement to become more balance within ourselves and move from just coping to flourishing.

One of the very obvious causes of stress is the painful cell-phone that sticks to us 24/7. We have all been told to try and manage the usage better, be aware of this addictive behaviour and the negative effect the blue light can have on our wellbeing.  

When we heard that the teen suicide rate sky-rocketed the year that the Apple iPhone came out and when Instagram became a big part of the teenage world, questions really started happening within the group.

It was a robust session. Not only were we educated to understand the mechanics of stress and science-based strategies to rewire our brains for calm we were also inspired to make some changes at work that needed to happen.

So, from this we have set up tech free areas in the office, no eating at desks policy, actively encouraging colleagues to take 10-minute walks when needed and becoming more aware of how we feel internally and why.  The strategies we have learnt will help us to work out what our stress triggers are, when this is likely to happen and how to manage it. 

A day later we’re all still talking about it! Most of us have started to create new habits in our day to day lives and are commitment to check in regularly with each other to ensure we keep on this path.

For me, not only did I learn a great deal about myself but also, I loved that fact the team got a great deal out of this workshop and we “as a team” want to make these changes, not only for ourselves but the benefit of each other.

Blog by Kate Ross