Author: Paula Power
19 Feb Looking out for others during COVid
Do you know what signs to look out for when someone in your workplace is struggling with their mental health? Over the last nine months, loneliness has more than doubled and those who say they’re coping well with stress has fallen from 73% to 62%. How many...
13 Jan Ruby Wax with Action for Happiness
We are supporting a couple of charities this year that resonate with My White Dog philosophy; mental health awareness, self care, building resilience for adults in business and in education and communities, and it feels so relevant too right now. So wanted to shout out about...
18 Nov Just keep swimming
Someone asked me recently “what does hope mean to me” my first thought was “just keep swimming” from the optimism of Dora’s in “Finding Nemo”. But where does that come from?.. when I was growing up and heard ‘suck it up’ or ‘stop crying’ it was...
02 Jul Building resilience
So how do you build resilience (the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties);? Well, the good news is that it is definitely something that can be learnt, and as Anton Checkov says; (well almost says), ‘knowledge is of great value and even more so when it’s...
19 Jun Useful resources during COVid-19
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01 Jun Impact of mental health awareness in the workplace
Supporting colleagues and their mental health testimonial...
23 May Post Traumatic Growth
I came across this book by Miriam Akhtar recently "Whats post-traumatic growth" a great perspective for hope. I think as a society we have a tendency to focus on what's wrong rather than what's good and rarely explore the positive outcomes of trauma/grief or crisis....
15 May Benefits of mental health first aid – conversation with Nick Elston
Paula Power from My White Dog in conversation with Nick Elston....
20 Mar Supporting furloughed employees online
In line with Mental Health First Aid England and government guidelines, issued on 29th March 2020, we will be running on-line half day mental health aware courses for furloughed workers. Empowering employees to feel confident to look after their own mental health and wellbeing and develop the...