A key message in the movember campaign is encouraging men to open up about their feelings and talk to someone if they are struggling with their mental health. There are sobering statistics to underline the importance of this messaging.
Hannah Hesford
Say What We Mean
Considering that the primary purpose of language is for humans to communicate our thoughts, feelings, intentions and needs with one another, why is it so difficult for us to say what we mean?
Dyspraxia Week
This Dyspraxia week we have the chance to consider our friends and coworkers who may still struggle with tasks that we take for granted and provide an opportunity for them to share some of their lived experience with us.
Sign Languages Day
One of the primary goals of International Day Of Sign Languages is actually to protect and preserve deaf culture, and part of that effort is to keep the individual sign language dialects alive. But the trouble with preserving any language, spoken or signed, is that languages are living things.
Equal Pay Day
As we approach International Equal Pay Day on September 18th, it’s an opportunity to look at where we’re at, reflect on how far we still have to go, and see if maybe we can lock this thing down before, say, the next ice age.
Pitfalls of Perfectionism
This week’s blog explores a mindset that’s rather close to my heart, the most socially acceptable flaw and thief of all my happiness and time; perfectionism!
Nelson Mandela Day
I knew a little (not enough!) about Nelson Mandela’s legacy as an anti-apartheid revolutionary. But beyond his imprisonment and global reputation for peace, there were serious gaps in my knowledge. So, let’s learn together…
Sleep is Your Superpower
For once, I hope that this blog will put you to sleep. We’re talking about sleep as a superpower. Pop those pyjamas on, snuggle down with a warm (caffeine-free) drink of your choice and let’s get proper cosy, ‘cause honestly, this might change your life.
Celebrating Autistic Pride Day
Events like Autistic Pride Day are so vital not just to the autistic community, but also to everyone, because it reminds us to challenge our preconceptions about how we and those around us perceive the world.
World Schizophrenia Day
Imagine hearing voices or seeing things that aren’t actually there. How would you feel if it seemed like people were out to get you and you couldn’t figure out who you could trust? Sadly, there’s so much stigma surrounding schizophrenia that those dealing with the condition can feel pushed to the margins of society, when they are most in need of empathy and support.
EQ the New IQ?
Yes, some of us are incredibly academically smart – sometimes to a fault when it comes to social skills – but others have abilities which can make us just as successful in the workplace because we are able to demonstrate emotional intelligence. Specifically, but not exclusively, we’re talking about perceiving, using, understanding and managing emotions.
Recognising Stress
With Stress Awareness Month nearly over and being in the middle of moving house (widely recognised as one of the top stressful experiences) I wanted to explore ways we can recognise and deal with stress especially when dealing with change or life challenges…
Language Shapes Reality
Does the language we speak shape our reality? The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously proposed that if a lion could speak, we would lack the common experience to understand it. Its perspective would be too far removed from ours for human language to allow the lion to express itself.
Women In History
Women’s stories are all too often left out of history books, which is why, when I was scrolling through our Inclusion Calendar for March, Women’s History Month seemed like the perfect subject to dive into…
Inclusion Calendar Goes Live!
When we started, we naively thought that it was quite a modest undertaking, but it’s become increasingly clear to me that there’s a whole lot I didn’t know about the global village I call home, and the melting pot of culture that’s simmering just under the surface, if you know where to look.