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We invite you to explore the library of articles below. We have compiled these resources to support your journey towards sustainable Mental Fitness.
EVP for Healthier Business Success
Let’s define what an EVP is! 👉 Essentially, an Employee Value Proposition (EVP) is an organization’s promise to its employees—what they can expect in return
Assessing Psychosocial Risks: A Guide for Small to Medium Business
In today’s fast-paced work environment, effectively managing psychosocial risks is crucial for the safety and performance of employees. This is especially important for small to
Identifying Workplace Psychosocial Hazards
Why it pays to Identify Psychosocial Hazards in your Workplace? In the modern Australian landscape of organisational management, addressing workplace safety now extends to include
Mental wellbeing tools for ‘The Festive Season’
Survive the impending holiday hustle In recent years there’s been non-stop talk about stress management, workplace wellbeing, mental health, and work-life balance. However, as we
Do Employee Assistance Program’s Work?
Opinions vary on Employee Assistance Programs Over the years we’ve had many conversations with corporate leaderships, and HR/People & Culture and WHS managers, about the
Mental Health Week 2023 Tool Kit
Get Involved in QMHW 2023 Let us help you support the mental wellbeing of those you care for. Everyone’s busy, so we thought we’d put
The Importance of Taking Breaks
If you’ve ever had the opportunity to observe your pet’s mastery of taking a break you’ve probably noticed that they’re really good at it. They
Self-Leadership: Your Ultimate Foundation
“You lead the way, I’m following you closely.” Leadership is the process of guiding or influencing others. Piece of cake really!! No? In reality, if
How we make decisions but why people can’t
What’s at Play Whether at home, work, or somewhere in-between there are constantly decisions to deal with or make. Ultimately, our decisions, or other people’s decisions,
4 ways to Influence Employee Motivation
Our workplace landscape For anyone managing people in the workplace, in the past couple of years, they’ve experienced unprecedented challenges. As we navigate the new
3 powerful reasons to reflect, and how to do it
Time to take a moment It’s fast approaching the festive season and like most people you’re diligently head down focussed on putting your pressing workload to
3 tools to Improve Your Emotional Control
Why emotional control? Let’s face it, we all have moments, every day (good or bad), where we could handle or react to situations better. It
Preventing burnout – it starts with an audit
Burnout in short Burnout is defined as an ‘occupational phenomenon’ which occurs when we don’t manage external and internal stress factors successfully. Burnout leaves you
3 Daily Mental Fitness Tools for Leaders
The Current Leadership Dilemma Organizational leadership has never been more important or complex. While employees like leaders who put the needs of their teams first,
Designing psychologically safe work
Getting Healthy work design right Be confident, get it right and a psychologically safe workplace benefits everyone. Yes, good work design really does protect workers
How high job demands can threaten your business
Why are high job demands costly? As an organisational psychology company we are very familiar with the huge toll that psychosocial hazards can potentially have
This R U OK Day, who will you be checking in on?
Today is R U OK? Day A day dedicated to harm prevention that encourages people to stay connected and have conversations that can help others
Wellness at Work Report
The Current Workplace Landscape As you know, 2022 continues to provide unique challenges to organisations and employee wellbeing. Employment Hero (Australian SaaS company helping SMB’s)
Create a mentally healthy workplace
Keen to get it right? Recent political and social events have certainly applied the blow torch to the issue of mental health in Australian workplaces.
Workplace Psychological Safety – what you need to know
A debate piece published in BMJ Psychiatry in 2014 stated that “Mental health problems are common in the working population, and represent a growing concern, with potential
The foundations of mental fitness
What is mental fitness? Mental fitness isn’t a unicorn state that only highly successful people can achieve. In fact, the great news is that anyone
Keep the holiday feelings at work
Why that holiday feeling? Have you noticed, when you go on an extended holiday, the first few days last forever, time seems to be elongated?
I really want to achieve my New Year’s resolution
Firstly, cut yourself some slack we’ve got you on this You committed to a very worthwhile New Year’s resolution. You shared this with people close
Why don’t New Year’s resolutions work?
The sobering reality of New Year’s resolutions So…Why don’t New Year’s resolutions work?Firstly, let’s uncover the telling statistics on New Year’s resolutions. Then we can
5 tips for surviving your family at Christmas
The Survival guide to your family christmas As Christmas is fast approaching, how can we best survive Christmas with our family? Official Christmas festivities can
How to stop worrying so much
Worry and how to tame it Firstly, what is worry? Worry is a natural response to anticipated future problems. Worry is usually short term. Worry
Flourishing in a VUCA world
What is this VUCA world? Given the events of recent years, and the impending events facing us in years to come, Warren Bennis and Burt
Benefits of a digital detox
Do Digital Detoxes really work? Health experts are recommending periodic digital detox or an extended period without gadgets. This certainly isn’t surprising considering the restrictive
The building blocks of mental wellbeing
Spotlight on mental wellbeing Some people call it resilience. Some people call it grit. But whatever you call it, improving your mental wellbeing, for better
Why does sleep improve brain health
What do we know about sleep and brain health? Sleep remains one of the most important but least understood aspects of our overall wellbeing. Science
3 strategies to prevent burnout
During our regular working week we’re invariably stretched or fatigued due to work stress, family life, or personal commitments. As a consequent our empathy, creativity,
The health benefits of being quiet
What is your ‘Q’ to getting mentally fit? Is it just me or is silence a rarer commodity these days? Considering the World Health Organization
Post traumatic growth and wellbeing
Fertile ground for positive change We have previously proposed the concept that the Pandemic presented a unique opportunity. We questioned, whether our communities, as a
The 5 myths of happiness
Beware the Happiness trap Is true happiness ever a constant in anyone’s universe? Honestly, if we get to touch it for a little while, we
Why saying no is healthy
Saying no is better than O.K It consists of just two little letters, but the word “no” can have a big impact on your relationships
Mental toughness and student success
The game changer for secondary students The ‘D21: Learning Making Shaping education conference’, held at Dwight School, Seoul Korea explored: What will last to shape
Change your brain with mental imagery
The ultimate line of defence We all have countless opportunities to effectively employ practical mental imagery to calm our nervous system and interrupt negative thought
Gain more life control
Life control = a can-do attitude We all have the power to proactively respond to anything life throws at us. ‘Everything can be taken from
Why acts of kindness make us happier
The Psychology and Science of Kindness It is commonly known that demonstrating kindness positively correlates to our own happiness. If you’ve ever found yourself looking
The benefits of laughter and play
Laughter and Play – mental fitness superfood Let’s explore the great psychological health benefits of incorporating more play and laughter into your professional and personal
Business Leadership Development: Business Basics Grant
Eligible small businesses from across Queensland are able to apply for a $5,000 grant to increase core skills and adopt best practice when the program
Secrets to habit formation
Effective habit formation? You usually have good intentions but you struggle to get new habits to stick? No-one has ever shared the secrets to highly
The 4 happy brain chemicals
Happy Hormones fuel your mental fitness The feeling that is called happiness is produced by the production of four brain chemicals: dopamine, endorphin, oxytocin, and
Benefits of using a gratitude journal
Internalise the positive effects of Gratitude Gratitude is like most desirable traits and qualities. It is usually not enough to simply decide to be grateful—we
Indistractable – make time for traction
Traction draws you towards what you want in life Distraction, it turns out, is not about the distraction itself; rather, it’s about how we respond
Why and how to identify your Top 5 character strengths
Research shows that knowing and using your character strengths can help you: increase happiness and well-being; find meaning and purpose; boost relationships; manage stress and
How to reliably develop mental toughness
What is mental toughness? We are increasingly hearing the term mental toughness referred to. Whether its a sports star overcoming adversity to win, a remarkable
Indistractable – mastering internal triggers
Control the Day or the Day will control you Being capable of achieving what you set out to do takes life control. People with effective
Growth Mindset – Life-Long Learning and Achievement
What is a Growth Mindset? You may be quite familiar with the term ‘growth mindset’. However, what exactly is this frame of mind that enables
Post-COVID19 PTG Can Enhance Mental Fitness
Post-traumatic Growth – profoundly positive for Mental Fitness You may be familiar with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), however are you familiar with Post-traumatic Growth (PTG)?
Personal strengths and powerful outcomes
Rather than just going through the motions… can we employ our unique character strengths to help us thrive? Considering the research, and our direct experience…YES!
Character Strengths and Personal Virtues
We are all truly one of a kind Relevant literature, considering philosophies of human virtues, reveals a surprising amount of similarity across cultures and strongly
Character Strengths: benefits of discovering your TOP 5
Enablers of positive change We all need evidence-based, practical strategies that when employed ensure that we flourish personally and professionally. The VIA Character Strengths Survey
6 Interventions to improve your Mental Toughness
Now that we know the benefits of being mentally tough, as discussed throughout the 8 Factors of Mental Toughness article, let’s look at what we
The 8 Factors of Mental Toughness
What’s the benefit of being mentally tough? Clough, Earle and Sewell stated ‘mentally tough individuals tend to be sociable and outgoing, as they are able
The 4C’s of Mental Toughness
Managing stress, pressure and life challenges No matter your ambitions in life, mental toughness is an extremely valuable quality that can hold massive influence over
Self Awareness and Character Strengths
Firstly, let’s measure your Character Strengths By undertaking the ‘VIA Character Strengths Survey’ you can reliably measure your inherent character strengths. This will enable you
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