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Flourish Your Mental Wellbeing

Looking after our mental wellbeing has become more of a challenge in recent years. But, from understanding the value of social connections to exploring meaning and purpose, our expert panel can help share their top tips and useful information to help you better nurture your mental health.

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Line Manager Support

Manager guide to suicide prevention

Though it’s important to remember that you cannot replace the role of a trained professional, you can learn how to more readily identify signs and give support to a colleague or friend who is struggling.

Supporting your team and avoiding burnout

Fatigue and risk of burnout is common. Home working creates its own set of challenges. So how can you rise to the challenge and ensure your team are getting the balance right and minimising burnout?

How to support someone you’re worried about

Many people worry that reaching out will be intrusive or make things worse. The Samaritan’s advise you’ll soon be able to tell if the person you’re speaking to isn’t comfortable or doesn’t want to have that kind of conversation. If they don’t want to open up, you can still let them know you’re there for them.

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Alcohol and substance misuse

Dealing with alcohol or substance misuse at work is challenging. From recognising the signs to taking the right action for employee and the business, our guide is designed to take you through the steps you need to take.

Managing mental wellbeing

As managers, you may be the first point of contact for an employee who is experiencing a mental health condition. This learning series will help you better understand how to respond in such circumstances.

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Children and young people’s mental health

If a child, or a young person that one of your employees is caring for, is experiencing mental health problems, it can be hard to know what to do and how best to help them.

Dr Joshua Harwood, Child Clinical Psychologist, has written a series of five articles for AXA Health on some of the most common mental health conditions, aimed to support parents and carers with a child waiting for support.

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Workforce Support

Men and suicide

Help seeking needs encouragement and instruction, and first men need to recognise and accept the need for support. Eugene Farrell, Mental Health Lead at AXA Health explores the topic on men and suicide.

How to deal with feeling isolated

If you're feeling isolated here are some ideas that could help you shake off that feeling and feel more connected. You are not alone.

Overcome feelings of failure

Feeling that you have failed can affect every part of your life.The good news is that you can take steps to tackle them before they get out of hand.

Supporting those not coping

If you’re worried about someone else, this helpful guide from the Samaritans shares what to do if you know someone isn’t coping and may be having suicidal thoughts.