The Workplace Wellbeing Support Programme, delivered by local training providers including My White Dog on behalf of Wiltshire Mind, is aimed at business owners and employees who want to create a mentally Healthy Workplace.The training sessions, funded by Wiltshire Council through the UK Shared Prosperity...
Funded by Wiltshire Council through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, Wiltshire Mind has launched a Workplace Wellbeing Support Programme for individuals working in small businesses and sole traders in our county. My White Dog is a training provider for Wiltshire MIND so we are really excited...
Bringing up a teenager isn’t easy, and it can be even more complex if you have a teenager with anxiety. Imagine you are about to do something outside of your comfort zone, perhaps a presentation to a group of people you know. You might immediately notice a...
Great to catch up with Rick Towers from 5 Values on ‘Time to Talk’ day, check out the video link....
No Quick Fixes Some of the benefits to employees as a result of training indicate improved confidence of spotting the signs, but also how some of this knowledge and early intervention has the potential to cascade throughout the organisation, Soma Pemmireddy at London Stansted Airport states: “My...
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...
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...
Supporting colleagues and their mental health testimonial...
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....
Paula Power from My White Dog in conversation with Nick Elston....