What’s in your Mental Health First Aid kit? You will have heard of a first aid kit or box. It contains items such as plasters, scissors, creams, bandages, etc. It’s there to support colleagues who have a physical injury, but what about a Mental Health First Aid kit? What should this contain? But surely that […]
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Spotting Signs of Poor Mental Health when Working Remotely
Use this quick reference guide to help you spot the signs of poor mental health in yourself and others especially when working remotely.
‘At your BEST’ Programme
The ‘At your BEST’ development programme has been designed to help participants unlock their potential so they can be healthier, happier and achieve their personal and work ambitions. There is a real focus on building self-confidence as well as lots of tips and techniques to help adopt a positive mindset and become more resilient. The […]
Mental Health Activities Toolkit
We’ve created a FREE toolkit to help MHFAiders, Wellbeing Champions or any colleague wanted to raise more awareness of mental health in their organisations. Feel free to download it now: We provide learning, talks and support to organisations to help them increase awareness, reduce stigma and be more confident in mental health. If you want […]
Happiness Hacks
A series of short, practical tips and techniques to help you increase happiness, confidence and resilience. We’d love to hear about your own Happiness Hacks or if you have any suggestions for further video topics. Let us know in the comments. Thanks for watching!
Introduction to Optimise Video
Watch this short introductory video about lee, his vision for optimise and how he might be different to others working in the wellbeing and mental health L&D space. If you’d like to arrange a meeting with Lee to discuss any of your employee wellbeing, mental health training or personal development requirements (with no hard sell!), […]
Why Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)?
A big part of my vision at Optimise, is to support workplace wellbeing by training and developing new and existing mental health first aiders. I often get asked questions about the qualification, so here are a few answers. 1. What is the Mental Health First Aid qualification? Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a training […]
Using Heart Rate Variability (HRV) to support Workplace Wellbeing
Anyone who has seen my recent posts in LinkedIn will know that I support my wellbeing and mental health training offers with a lifestyle assessment product where participants wear a Heart Rate Monitor (HRM). I find that this complements the workshop-based facilitation and one-to-one coaching that I provide.