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Essential insights and resources to support your employee’s health and wellbeing.

Maintaining Positive Mental Wellbeing at Work: How to support a workforce working from home. With COVID-19 continuing to change working environments across the UK, many employees will currently be experiencing . . .

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Health and Wellbeing

What is Workplace Health and Wellbeing? Workplace wellbeing can be described as ensuring staff have the best possible mental and physical wellbeing. At OptiMe we focus on the 6 pillars . . .

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OptiMe

We’re nearly ready for lift off! At OptiMe we believe that the workplace should be somewhere to thrive. A place for employees and organisations to reach their full potential! Amidst . . .

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Sleep

Sleep is critical to physical health and an effective immune system. It also promotes emotional wellness and mental health, helping to reduce stress and anxiety. Whether you had sleeping problems . . .

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post COVID-19

A return to regular work is imminent for many employees across the world, as restrictions in place as part of the post COVID-19 response are reviewed. It’s a welcome move . . .

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mental health through COVID-19

My name is Mark Robbins and I’m a Mental Health Public Speaker. I have suffered with chronic depression for 40 years. With three suicide attempts and experiencing an emotional breakdown . . .

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nurses

At this unprecedented time, who has the knowledge to know what the next steps will be for our nurses? Many work around the clock to work on the front line, . . .

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relaxation techniques

We all face stressful situations, ranging from minor annoyances like traffic jams to more serious worries, such as a COVID-19. No matter what the cause, stress floods your body with . . .

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working from home

Over the past few weeks many organisations have implemented working from home policies due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Employees are now tasked with keeping productive away from their normal resources . . .

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healthy this winter

Winter needn’t be the unhealthiest time of year for you. Here are five ways to make sure that, even when your body is telling you to hibernate, you can keep . . .

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wellbeing strategy

We have previously written about resources which can be included within a wellbeing strategy, but what about keeping it going? This can be a struggle organisations face when running a . . .

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good listener

How to be a good listener. ‘Talk To Us’, the Samaritans annual awareness-raising campaign to encourage us to become better listeners. Why should I listen more? Saying less and hearing . . .

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