Author: Debbie Kleiner

Empathy doesn’t come naturally to all of us. When I teach mental health first aid, I always show this video as Brene Brown explains what empathy is much better than I can. This clip tells you all you need to know about the difference between Sympathy and Empathy. There really is such a difference.

  My job is to encourage openness about mental health and yet I have been keeping quiet about my recent cancer diagnosis. Why? What’s the difference? I have spent a few weeks mulling this over. I used to think it was much easier to open up about physical health than it was mental health. Perhaps […]

What are employees worried about before they return to work? They need to feel psychologically safe and will need to feel supported by their employer.

‘When I’m back in the office and my manager wont let me have a 3 hour lunch break to get my eyebrows done’ – There are alot of memes going around about the office return and you might be wondering how on earth you will now find time to tidy your house. I have loved […]

Wellbeing in work teach employees about stress in many of our workshops and training sessions. Debbie Kleiner talks about stress in this short taster video and how people can identify what stress they are able to cope with and choose helpful coping strategies to feel less stressed. This is a quick taster session of what […]

Employees can plan some time in to fill in their WAP and think about the current pressures they are facing when working in this new way,

Since last year, most of us have been got used to working from home. We are evolving techniques so that it works for us rather than against us.

As an ex health insurance broker and now wellbeing consultant, I’ve been known to have a gripe with employee assistance programmes (EAPs). I’d like to tell you why.

Hear a bit more about what you can expect on the courses that we run at Wellbeing in Work. These are certificated MHFA England course.