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You Can't Pour From An Empty Cup a better you better being burnout corporate wellbeing fatigue health risks high performance mental health mindset movement nutrition prevention recovery stress stress management support workplace wellbeing Aug 22, 2022

Recently, I experienced burnout, and it wasn’t pretty.

There was a lot going on, working part time with fast approaching deadlines, in the depths of a fulltime university semester, competitive Rugby training through the week and games on the weekend as well as attempting to...

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Hybrid Working... What's The Right Balance? a better you balance better being corporate corporate education corporate wellbeing hybrid working mental health mental wellbeing mindset movement nutrition recovery wellness programs working from home workplace wellness Jul 18, 2022

Over two years ago, a large portion of Australian’s made the switch from working in an office to working from home. At the time there wasn’t a choice, with the pandemic forcing us to change the way we operated and worked. But now, with restrictions having eased, a new hybrid model of...

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How Effective are Workplace Wellbeing Programs? a better you australian workplaces better being corporate corporate education corporate health corporate wellbeing health education mental health mindset movement nutrition physical health recovery roi on wellbeing wellbeing programs wellness programs workplace wellness Jul 06, 2022

 

The reality of physical and mental wellbeing in Australian workplaces is concerning, with mental illness in the workplace costing the economy over $17.4 billion per year. Employees are burnt out, stressed and finding dissatisfaction in their employment. 90% believe mental health is an...

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Men’s Health Week - The Stats, Facts and Solutions corporate education corporate health corporate wellbeing health education mens health week 2022 mindset movement nutrition recovery Jun 15, 2022
 

"On average, 9 Australian's die every day by suicide. 7 are men."

In 2018, there were 12.4 million males in Australia—just under half (49%) of the country’s population. Overall, there are 98.4 males for every 100 females. 

So, let's picture the typical Australian man....

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Returning to Exercise Post COVID-19 a better you covid-19 exercise mindset movement pandemic recovery resilience Mar 25, 2022

Exercising can be hard at the best of times. Fitting training into a busy schedule is difficult, and this can be made even harder when you experience setbacks.  

You probably know the feeling – you’ve made the commitment and after four weeks of really knuckling down and staying...

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Why Am I So Tired? - Creating Scientifically backed Bedtime Routines #sleephygiene a better you corporate wellness mental wellness mindset recovery resilience Mar 17, 2022

About 60% of Australian adults experience poor quality sleep. Markers of poor-quality sleep includes trouble falling asleep, staying asleep and waking too early and not being able to fall back asleep. These markers of poor sleep quality lead to a reduction in sleep, correlating with decreased...

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Does Your Workplace Support Your Health? a better you corporate wellbeing corporate wellness mental health mindset workplace support Oct 15, 2021

The other week Better Being hosted a lunch for HR Directors about how to create workplaces that promote the mental wellbeing and resilience of employees. We had some of Australia’s leaders in wellness, including Sarah Wilson and Dr Roy Sugarman, who shared their insights in how to create a...

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The Fountain of Youth - What Blue Zone Communities can Teach us about Wellbeing mindset movement nutrition recovery Oct 15, 2021

What is the secret to a long, healthy and happy life? Well Dan Buettner in his book Blue Zones explores this. He looks at communities across the globe that regularly live beyond 100 years old. From Okinawa, Japan to Adventist Colonies in California these communities tend to share common traits...

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Everything About Smoking Is Good For Your Health health mindset resilience smoking stress Oct 15, 2021

I had a very interesting conversation with my uncle the other day who said to me that if it wasn’t for smoking he would have died from work related stress many years ago. I agree with him to some degree. My uncle has been retired for nearly 20 years but was formerly a CFO at a large mining...

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What is Resilience? And How to Achieve it in a Corporate Environment corporate wellness empathy gratitude mindfulness mindset resilience Oct 15, 2021

The other day one of our trainers was telling me about the programs they were running at a national rugby league club he was working at. The NRL are known to have a high number of suicides among young men for a number of reasons. Thankfully they have taken the proactive steps of implementing a...

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Mind Full? Run It Off. mindset movement running Oct 15, 2021

From the physical to psychological, mindfulness is fast becoming the magical solution to all our health and performance problems. Studies have shown that mindfulness can reduce stress, increase focus and improve productivity in the workplace. But mindfulness doesn't have to be all happy clappy,...

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How Do You Measure Up? mindset movement nutrition recovery Oct 15, 2021

As the Mckinsey Maxim goes ‘You can manage what you measure’.

However many people have the perception that if I am thin than I am fit. This has led to us defining our health by the numbers on a set of scales. That skinny somehow means healthy. But research shows this to be untrue.

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