Wellbeing

My name is Holly and I work with Julie here at Mighty Oak Training.     Please find below some links to some interesting Mental Health and Wellbeing reading. Mighty Oak will be communicating with you throughout your apprenticeship, giving updates on specific Mental Health and Well-being awareness topics. 

This month (December) our main focus is on Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) but you will also find content on Christmas and Mental Health, Money, Relaxation and Meditation.

I hope you find these useful. 

Please reach out to us if you have any questions or perhaps want information on specific topic areas to help you, we’d be really happy to hear from you.

Have a great month!

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), also known as seasonal depression, is a type of depressive disorder that can affect people at certain times of the year or during a particular season.

Although it can affect people during any season, it is most common during winter. 

SAD can make people lack energy, have difficulty concentrating, and feel sad/low and anxious.

More information about SAD can be found on the MIND website 

Mindfulness is a type of meditation which can be a useful tool to help deal with negative emotions such as stress and worry. For more information about how mindfulness may be helpful to you, please see more information on the Mind website.  

Free Meditation resources 

https://www.headspace.com/mindfulness 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZToicYcHIOU 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syx3a1_LeFo 

• Christmas & Mental Health
• Money and Mental Health 
• The importance of and tips for relaxation

• Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 
• More on Mental Health Awareness Week 
• Anxiety and panic attack 
• Depression
• What is self-esteem?
• Sleep and mental health
• What is stress?

• 1st-30th Stress Awareness Month #StressAwarenessMonth2023
• 2nd April - World Autism Awareness Day #WorldAutismDay
• 7th April - World Health Day #WorldHealthDay
• Caring for someone else
• Coping with distressing events in the news
• About LGBTQIA+ and mental health
• About loneliness
• Money and mental health

• World Teen Mental Wellness Day - March 2, 2023
• International Day of Happiness - March 20, 2023
• Bipolar Disorder
• Coping with the rising cost of living
• Sleep hygiene
• Active wellbeing

• Time to Talk Day 
• Children's Mental Health Week
• Eating Disorders
• How to support mental health at work

• How to protect your mental health and cope as we head into winter
• Grief and bereavement
• What is seasonal affective disorder (SAD)?
• What are talking therapies and counselling?

• Tips for Christmas
• Christmas and Mental Health
• You and your Mental Health still matter at Christmas 

• Coping with Stress as Lockdown eases
• What it's like to experience Chronic Stress at work 

• National Stress Awareness  (2nd November)
•  World Kindness Day (13th November)

• How I look after Number One
• How to create an Office Space that prioritises Mental Wellbeing

•  World Mental Health Day (10th October)

• We are all responsible for Suicide Prevention
• Looking after your Mental Health as we approach Autumn

• Summer & Anxiety
• Focus on depression
• Workplace: Talking about mental health at work 

There are no awareness day in August (generally a bit quiet because of the summer)

• Work / Life Balance
• Burn Out
• Managing Stress
• Sleep

• Creating a psychologically safe and inclusive space for all
• LGBTQIA+ people's mental health 
• “Too young to be this depressed” – Ramses' story of growing up as a transgender man 

• Feeling lonely while working from home 
• “Sometimes it’s not okay to say you’re okay” 
• Young workers twice as likely to feel lonely at work 
• How does hybrid working offer a more inclusive environment? 
• Integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and mental health into our core values at work 

• National Schizophrenia Awareness Day