Mental health and Wellbeing

May 17
0 min

Mental Health Awareness Week - Opinion piece for Kubrick Group

May 9
5 min

Prozac, therapy, and Eurovision: 5 reasons why embracing the song contest is good for you

This year's Eurovision Song Contest's grand final takes place just before the start of Mental Health Awareness Week. Coincidence? Well,...

Jan 23
4 min

Overthinking or thinking it over? Is there a good side to rumination?

Rumination, besides its original meaning related to animal digestion, is traditionally related to depression, and refers to the act of...

Nov 16, 2022
4 min

How to support your LGBTQ+ friends and colleagues during the World Cup (and Why)

An email exchange yesterday, with what started as a passing comment about views and perceptions on the upcoming World Cup made me realise...

Nov 13, 2022
9 min

Experiences of moral conflict in the Defence industry: Interview insights

As part of my recently completed MSc in Organisational Psychology, I conducted a research project, for which I decided to study how...

Sep 29, 2022
6 min

Re-published: National Inclusion Week: What does inclusion mean in late 2022?

Foreword: I initially wrote this article in September 2022 for National Inclusion Week. As is often the case after sharing an article, a...

Aug 14, 2022
6 min

Self-censorship, taboos and corporate discourse: how freely do we really speak?

My current research on the discourse of morality and moral conflicts in the defence industry, alongside other conversations I have had...

Jul 11, 2022
7 min

My career soundtrack: 8 songs which accompanied my working life

We usually associate music, particularly popular music, with leisure time, relaxing, partying, or just escapism. It often stands in...

May 10, 2022
7 min

Morality & Me - Episode 4: On burning out... and rebuilding

On this journey through my career, looking at the ways in which matters of morality have played a part, I have so far shared stories and...

Mar 11, 2022
1 min

Mental Health at Work blog: My mental health journey across the Channel

I am very proud to have been given an opportunity to contribute to the Mental Health at Work website, through writing a blog about my...

Dec 18, 2021
7 min

2021 - The year I grew up

Like many, I like to take a moment towards the end of the year, and look back at what happened during the past 12 months, usually with a...

Nov 4, 2021
10 min

Life on pause : 24 hours of wait, work, and worry...

We all start every working day with the knowledge that we will be balancing the requirements of the job and attention we devote to it...

Oct 10, 2021
7 min

Mental Health in an Unequal World - A privileged perspective

The theme for this year's World Mental Health Day is "Mental health in an unequal world", reflecting the many divisions and inequalities...

Oct 1, 2021
5 min

Break-in at breakfast: instincts, conflicts and forensics

Monday mornings aren't typically the most relaxing time of the week for anyone. On this specific Monday, my daily round of conference...

Sep 10, 2021
5 min

Van Gogh - Beyond the brush strokes

A couple of weeks ago, on a short weekend retreat to central London, we took the opportunity to visit the Van Gogh Alive exhibition in...

Aug 30, 2021
7 min

Mental health: a different kind of coming out

The discussions and interventions in support of people’s mental health have encouragingly gathered pace and importance in the past few...

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