According to the World Heart Federation, Cardiovascular disease is responsible for over 17 million deaths in the world every single year.
After spending some time researching, I came across an article titled: ‘What we Aren’t Eating is Killing Us’. The study was conducted by Ashkan Afshin, an assistant professor at the institute for Health Metrics at the University of Washington. He wanted to find […]
At 11am today, schools across England will be taking part in half an hour of mindfulness, to manage stress and to kick start Mental Health Awareness Week which takes place from Monday 13th May to Sunday 19th May 2019.
Have you read our previous blog on stress?
We at KMA think this is a fantastic practice for students in managing anxiety and stress. As […]
Stress affects us all. In moderation it can help us to achieve new heights, but in excess it can take over our life. We’ve put together our top tips to help you reduce the stress in your life by making small achievable adjustments.
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Avoiding or at least […]
Anxiety is an emotion I’m sure we are all familiar with. It’s an emotion we feel for both positive and negative reasons. For example: getting anxious before starting a new job or worrying on the day of your driving test is completely normal and to be expected! But when the anxiety begins to take over our life, when we feel anxious all the time or for […]
I remember earlier in the year that former England rugby player Jonny Wilkinson was quoted as saying that raising awareness about mental health is “everyone’s responsibility”.
He believes it’s right to talk about the anxiety he experienced in the past so as to help others who have to deal with it. I’ve long been a big fan of Jonny, even before he scored that amazing winning […]
Mental Health First Aid England is the only licenced provider of Mental Health First Aid in England. Their mission is simple: to train 1 in 10 of the population in England. Their vision is to normalise society’s attitudes and behaviours around mental health, by developing the skills we need to look after our own and others wellbeing.
Their website states: “Mental […]
I recently came across these post-event notes for attendees of a keynote talk I gave last year so I thought I’d share them here.
“Thank your for inviting me to talk on Optimising Occupational Performance at your conference. I hope it gave you the opportunity to consider your own occupational performance and to think about any barriers or potential barriers that may stand in […]
You may have heard of the word ‘presenteeism’, yes? It’s a hot topic right now and an issue that’s costing UK employers more than £61 billion annually.
Presenteeism is when employees are present, but their productivity is down. Have you ever come into work when you are poorly?
You aren’t alone, but this is also a form of presenteeism.
Presenteeism is a serious issue, […]
I see that business leaders and unions have called for mental health to be given the same weight as physical first aid in workplace legislation. An open letter asking Theresa May to prioritise manifesto pledges to act on mental health has been signed by some of Britain’s biggest employers, including Royal Mail, WH Smith, Mace, Channel 4 and […]
‘In 2014 I went to the GP after suddenly getting panic attacks, which wasn’t very ‘me’. I began to show symptoms of anxiety, but I assumed this was down to me putting a lot of pressure on myself as after the summer I was going into my GCSE year at school. In that summer, I witnessed a suicide, something that haunted me, but that I […]
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