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Five symptoms of Anxiety

Anxiety has many different symptoms. This article aims to help the reader to understand it a little better by breaking down and explaining five common symptoms of anxiety.   Be aware that these are merely five symptoms that someone dealing with anxiety may experience. Everyone is different, however, so any of the below may be…

Stress Awareness Day – Signs of stress and how to combat it

We can all feel overwhelmed with life at times, particularly as we are living in an age of ever-escalating prices, worldwide political instability and intermittent fuel and energy uncertainties heading into the winter months.   As today is Stress Awareness Day, we wish to focus not on the problems, but in tackling the stress these…

Top 10 causes of stress at work

As with any aspect of life, some kind of stress is guaranteed. A certain amount of it is necessary to get things done, but there is a point when it become detrimental to your health.   A great deal of our time is spent at work, so naturally, stress experienced there is likely to be…

Bullying in the workplace – What is bullying and how do I deal with it?

The problem many people have with bullying at work is that it can be difficult to determine when a line is being crossed in the early stages, leaving such issues to be dealt with once they have started to escalate or have had time to negatively impact the target of the behaviour.   This article…

Workplace bullying – A public health Issue?

Should workplace bullying be classed as a public health issue?   This is the question we asked after reading this article from Canadian news outlet The Conversation. In the article, the writer breaks workplace bullying down by two forms of impact, which we shall also do in the following paragraphs. *Please note that we discuss…

Office bullying, and how it has become a playground to prey on the vulnerable

The Scenario – Your colleague has just shouted at you in front of your whole team, humiliating you yet again after months of similar conduct by them.   Despite your repeated complaints to your line manager about the bullying and its impact on your mental health, the conduct has continued and nothing has been done…

Global campaigns to secure protections for LGBTQI+ people

Global campaigns to secure protections for LGBTQI+ people have made excellent progress over recent years.   But we cannot take the foot off the gas now, many people are still facing prejudice and violence on a daily basis. Sexual orientation and gender identity are hugely integral aspects of ourselves and should never lead to discrimination…

The Autism Show

I attended the Autism Show in Manchester at the weekend with my 13 year old (who has autism and ADHD) and his Nanny.   I wanted to share our experience as a follow up to the Autism Week articles and Instagram takeover from a few weeks ago. Not having attended an event like this before,…

Destressing after a long day at work

Had a long day at work and you don’t know how to destress from it? Managing workplace stress can be difficult sometimes on many different levels.   People may find it hard to wind down from a difficult day at work. Problems at work could range from squeezing in assignments with short notice, to overstaying…

Can I make a claim for stress at work?

You may have heard about claiming for stress at work, but what does this mean and how do you know if you can claim?   Each of us experience symptoms of stress at work at some time or another, no workplace is free of stress completely but where there is a prolonged exposure to an…