Entrepreneur Wellbeing

How to build a workplace culture of wellbeing in a new business

How to build a workplace culture of wellbeing in a new business

If you are an entrepreneur and have just started a new business, there are many things to consider, such as establishing your company’s finances and promoting your services. While tending to these matters, it is easy to overlook the importance of wellbeing for both yourself and your staff, even though it is one of the most significant factors that play a role in your business' success.

By ensuring both you and your team are at your best while working, you can maximise productivity, improve work quality, and boost your overall business outcomes. In fact, Elite Business Magazine reported that small businesses who invested more than £1,000 in mental health experienced improved revenue growth and employee retention between 2020 and 2022.

This week, guest writer Megan Lance shares her top tips on how to start building a workplace culture of wellbeing in your new business.

Define your own success to live a happier, healthier life

Define your own success to live a happier, healthier life

How often do you consider what you are really working towards – happiness or success?

In this week’s guest post, Life Coach Simon Tomkins explains why the key to a happy, healthy life lies in questioning and defining what success means to you, and shares his top coaching tips to help you align your values and goals.

Out of Office: 5 Tips for your Mental Wellbeing

Out of Office: 5 Tips for your Mental Wellbeing

One of the main consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic amongst office workers is the shift in working habits. Continuous lockdowns taught us that working from home was not only possible, but often a more convenient and productive way for workers to get the job done.

As a result, vast numbers of people have remained at home instead of returning to the office, and working from home has become a normality for many of us.

This week, guest writer Rosie Buckley shares five tips to support your mental health and wellbeing in this ever-evolving world of flexible working.

A non-work alternative to men’s burnout

A non-work alternative to men’s burnout

Burnout, as we are slowly becoming collectively aware, is a condition typically associated with workplace stress that has become unmanageable. Its common effects - such as cynicism, exhaustion, reduced efficacy - were formally defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) back in 2019, and they are felt by all types of individuals - regardless of age, gender, race, or any other demographic qualifier.

However, burnout’s causes are not the same for everyone. At the most granular level, each individual’s case of burnout is the unique result of their beliefs, life experiences, personality, cultural upbringing, and thousands upon thousands of decisions made over periods of years. Yet, if we look for generalised trends, we can see common causes when it comes to burnout among various groups of people.

In this guest blog post, Jim Young breaks down barriers to open up more meaningful conversations on men’s burnout, and identifies how “expansive intimacy” can help to be an alternative.

The power of gratitude: 5 ways it can improve your mental health

The power of gratitude: 5 ways it can improve your mental health

“Thank you.” Two simple words, with a big impact when shared from the heart. It’s also often among the first words we learn to speak in a different language.

Taking the time to engage in some acts of gratitude can indeed help you live a fulfilled life. Gratitude has a direct impact on our mental health and it can help us become happier in life, and view life in a more meaningful way.

This week’s guest blog features Jessica Robinson, writing her second blog for Calmer to share her perspective on the link between gratitude and our mental health, and five ways we can utilise gratitude to boost our wellbeing.