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A NEW HORIZON?Retirement is usually at best treated as the end of an employment and a bit of a party. Everyone acting on the assumption that that here comes a well earned extended holiday. A reasonable assumption. Yet, for example, many retirees end up having a heart...

INWARD FACINGOur internal worlds will always govern the way in which we relate. The internal world of the business will reflect the internal world of the leaders. The psychology of these two combined can either liberate or restrict the potential for growth and...

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THREAT The difficulty with the classical business hierarchy is that in creating a rush to the top all that is created is in fact the promotion of mediocrity. Achievement is a primitive instinct: the expression 'top dog' is based on this tribal pack...

DOES YOUR BUSINESS BREATH OR WHEEZE? If I ask the question: which is better for business 'collaborate and liberate' or 'direct and control' business owners will always say well of course it's the former.  Yet in the business management practices of the majority of...

Unusually this punchline comes first: because the science says so.  The term talking therapies to describe and perhaps summarise the clinical work and effect of Counselling is unhelpful.  To a degree so is the term 'Counselling' and I prefer the term 'Psychotherapy'...

This is the first in a series about the application of positive psychology in and to the workplace so that it becomes not only a more enjoyable experience but also a more profitable one. In order to do so we need to take down and re-look at what we mean by traditional...

The problem The October 2017 ‘Thriving at Work’ Government report into mental health in the work place, shows there is a severe problem with people leaving work because of mental health. 300,000 people with long term mental health conditions leave their workplace each...

What is depression? Depression is a condition that does not have an adequate clinical definition but is usually used to cover a number of mental health challenges. It has also become a 'label' but the problem is that a label can become the contents. Depression exists...

- Owner and owned Historically as soon as people enter the workplace rather than equality, development and partnership, it is more 'owner and owned'; I am paying you so you will do my bidding the way I want it to be done. This accepted way in...

As a Counsellor/Psychotherapist I am troubled both by the statistics but also by the words ‘work-related’. This points to inconsiderate uncompassionate employers and as the stats show, unhappy employees. - The impact to your employees But how...

Mental Well-Being at work The latest research confirms the results of previous surveys: a significant proportion of problems at work, 33%, of the UK workforce, this time in professional positions, suffer from anxiety and depression. These phrases appear to...