Author: Debbie Kleiner

I was listening to a podcast from “The Mid Life Festival” and one of the speakers commented that Generation X women say yes to everything.  It’s a massive stereotype but I felt some resonance in the comment. I have learned to say NO more often! Perhaps you are your family’s/team’s  MVP and if you don’t […]

(Photo courtesy of https://isma.org.uk/) In my experience of working with companies, many Managers are just not up to the job of managing employee stress. In fact, many actually create the stress. Every workplace wellbeing specialist I have heard speak at various events, cite poor line management as being a significant problem for companies. Yet, it […]

You don’t have to be a global brand like DHL to win awards but to be a top employer like them, you have to focus on employee wellbeing. I was fortunate to work with DHL this year on their wellbeing strategy and they are making great strides. Without sharing any top secret information from them […]

This is a question we often discuss on my training courses. It feels like an uncomfortable stereotype. Of course this isn’t the case for everyone. Employees on my courses tell me that they feel women are more comfortable opening up about their mental health which means they are less likely to turn to unhelpful coping […]

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.