Creating a psychologically safe team
- November 19, 2019
- Posted by: cfchadmin
- Categories: Leadership, Mental health, Resilience and wellbeing
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Creating a psychologically safe team isn’t an easy feat, but the benefits are exponentially worth it. The biggest barrier to creating a psychologically safe team where individuals feel they can speak up about their opinion without having the fear of being shut down or criticised, is ego. So just how do you create a team culture where individual’s drop their ego’s and are able to voice their opinions without the fear for being shut down, criticised unfairly or judged if their opinion ends up being wrong?
Vicarious trauma in the newsroom – Landmark ruling
- November 18, 2019
- Posted by: cfchadmin
- Categories: Mental health, Resilience and wellbeing
On February 22 2019, the Victorian County Court awarded a journalist from The Age Newspaper $180,000 for the psychological injury experienced during the decade she worked for the newspaper. This prompts a further look into exactly what the unique psychosocial risk factors for journalists? What is the duty of care for media companies? And what can media companies do to mitigate these psychosocial risk factors?
#2 Competing with your co-workers for a promotion
- November 18, 2019
- Posted by: cfchadmin
- Categories: Change, Resilience and wellbeing
Job promotions are exciting times but can also be daunting as they do not often come around. You need to figure out how to best present yourself, but also need to consider that you might be competing with your colleagues for the same role. So how can you best manage this journey?
The impact of social media on wellbeing
- October 20, 2019
- Posted by: cfchadmin
- Categories: Mental health, Resilience and wellbeing
As humans, our personal health and wellbeing is intrinsically linked to the health of our communities and our interactions with one another. This technological age we live in, fosters social interaction in new modern ways via social media. However, the relationship between our health and wellbeing and our use of social media is complicated and can often be negative. Read on to learn about the negative side of social media, but don’t worry, it is not all bad!
#2 Norepinephrine
- October 10, 2019
- Posted by: cfchadmin
- Categories: Mental health, Neuroscience, Resilience and wellbeing
Thanks to neuroscience we don’t just have to take a stab in the dark anymore about what will help us improve our emotional wellbeing. We can actually pinpoint which neuro transmitters make us feel a certain way and in turn shift our behaviours to top up those ones that are depleted. This article is looking into the neurotransmitter: Norepinephrine.
#1 How to ask your boss, “R U OK?”
- October 2, 2019
- Posted by: cfchadmin
- Category: Mental health
You may be under the impression that it is your boss’ responsibility to look out for you, and it is not your ‘role’ to look out for them. But what happens when they are not travelling well? What can you do? Is there a way that you can check in with them that is appropriate and respectful?
#1 Serotonin
- October 1, 2019
- Posted by: cfchadmin
- Categories: Mental health, Neuroscience, Resilience and wellbeing
With emotional and psychological wellbeing in particular, it can be difficult to pin point exactly what you need to do to shift your mood and patterns of behaviour in a more positive direction. Thanks to neuroscience we don’t just have to take a stab in the dark, we can actually pinpoint which neurotransmitters make us feel a certain way and in turn shift our behaviours to top up those ones that are depleted. This article looks into the neurotransmitter: Serotonin.
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