Mental Health Awareness May 2022
IPFA is committed to driving and supporting change with respect to Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) in the infrastructure and energy industries.
Throughout the month of May we will be supporting Mental Health Awareness Month (1-31 May) and Mental Health Awareness Week (9-15 May).
As part of raising awareness for these initiatives, we wanted to share resources, articles and inspiration that we have sourced through partnering with our members. Please take a look through and get in touch if you would like to contribute.
Human Connection in a Lonely World
When? 18 May 2022, 12:30pm – 1:15pm BST
Where? Online webinar
This 45-minute webinar with Ruth & Tara from Team CHAMPS will walk through the current loneliness and isolation research, hints, and tips for managing your own loneliness, how to look out for your colleagues in a hybrid world, and positive psychology interventions to boost connection which are practical and evidenced-based.
Our Voices, Our Stories | Richard Martin, Byrne Dean
Our Voices, Our Stories is a series of conversations with IPFA members and industry leaders, where we hear about their experiences, in their own words.
This conversation was recorded as part of our activities to raise awareness for World Mental Health Day with the theme of ‘Mental Health in an Unequal World’.
In this 23-minute conversation between Mark Richards, BCLP and IPFA Company Secretary, and Richard Martin, Byrne Dean, we hear from Richard about his mental health journey, and what companies can do to encourage more open dialogue.
Mental Wellbeing Resources
Please find a list below of mental wellbeing resources via weblinks:
- Optimising the Performance of the Human Mind: Steve Peters at TEDxYouth@Manchester 2012 – YouTube
- Blue Zones—Live Longer, Better – Blue Zones
- Action for Happiness
- Dr. Vivek Murthy and Brené on Loneliness and Connection – Brené Brown (brenebrown.com)
- Let’s look after ourselves, and each other. — Calm Blog
- The 4 Things Resilient Teams Do (hbr.org)
- Resilience in the Workplace: How to be More Resilient at Work (positivepsychology.com)
- Emotional_Resilience_Tool_ess_in_the_Community.pdf (mentalhealth.org.uk)
- A practice to bring calm and focus (headtalks.com)
- Resilience Is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure (hbr.org)
- Barbara Fredrickson | Pursuit of Happiness | Happiness is understandable, obtainable, and teachable (pursuit-of-happiness.org)
- Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle – Helping People Learn From Experience (mindtools.com)
- Family Conflict Is Normal; It’s the Repair That… (berkeley.edu)
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