Mental Wellness Blog & News

We often think that the person with the most professional skills or technical knowledge will get promoted fastest and achieve the best work results. But is this really the case? When we face work-related pressures or come into contact with possible stress triggers it isn't a lack of professional skills that stop us. What truly stops us is:  Our inner reactions to outside ...

The good news is that employee and entrepreneur burnout is preventable. What is burnout? Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) included employee burnout in its 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) as an occupational phenomenon. Burnout is described in the chapter, "Factors influencing health status or contact with health se...

The current dominating and outdated paradigm is that mental health problems are caused by external factors and those external things and situations that cause stress, burnout, depression, and anxiety, need serious rethought. Most of us consider it totally natural to blame others and outer situations for our mental health issues. By doing so, we neglect our own personal respo...

As you are aware April was Stress Awareness Month in the UK?  What did you change in your life? What did your employees obtain in new skills for preventing stress and burnout? Last year's Health and Safety Executive reported1 that "stress, depression or anxiety accounted for 57% of all working days lost due to ill health" in the United Kingdom. Some oth...

In New Zealand, every year one in five will be diagnosed with a mental illness and many more will struggle without seeking help. Mental disorders are the third leading cause of health loss for New Zealanders. As recently discussed at the World Economic Forum by New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, this problem needs a more preventative approach. Wellness Orbit is pleased to a...

Mental health was a hot topic at the 2019 World Economic Forum’s annual meeting held in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos. For the first time ever, there was a separate Mental Health Panel featuring very high profile speakers such as the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, and Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister of New Zealand. To be honest, such a high-level discussion surprised even ...

“The concept of the work-life balance has always been false and is a long-outdated approach.” In her latest article, 'Balancing act to integrate work and life', published by UK's leading independent HR publication Personnel Today, Dr. Helena Lass explores how intrapersonal skills enable us to stay fully focused on the actual task at han...

While physical fitness has been high on the list for people and employers alike, we still fail to see that we need a similar proactive approach also for our own mental fitness. As keeping the mind fit demands quite a similar proactive training approach to going to the gym, we have carefully designed and developed the world’s first mental wellness gym for teams. The only difference is...

How was your year?  We often measure the results of a good or bad year with external factors, based on what we achieved in the physical world: a new car, a new phone, or a new relationship (be it business/work or personal life related), etc. How often do you stop to reflect on what you achieved in your inner domain? For example: Are you more productive and engage...

An endless amount of things around you can trigger stress. Like technology we use (freezing of computer or app when you are most busy), unfriendly remarks (in social media), problems at work (toxic workplace or colleague), financial problems, external crises, difficult family relations, etc. However, those external triggers around us aren't the real cause of stress. It is foolish to...

Arianna Huffington has said, "Create a wellbeing culture, a healthy workforce is a productive workforce". This insightful perspective underscores the undeniable truth that only healthy minds have the capacity to perform at their best. Prioritizing mental wellbeing within workplace culture is not just a gesture of care but a strategic investment in overall productivity and su...

Back in 2017, CoFounder Magazine published an article by entrepreneur Marc Dillon entitled, ‘Stress Test’, it raised the question of how to effectively deal with stress as an entrepreneur and employer. Work-related stress clearly is the main obstacle that doesn't let you get the best results from the team that you lead. This article inspired Dr. Helena Lass to write a ...

Mental wellness is a proactive approach to mental health – it is the discipline that helps to keep all our inner capabilities in good shape. When people are equipped with effective methods to handle everyday challenges, pressures will not escalate to stress and from there on to burnout and mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, etc. WHY DOES PREVENTING STRESS MATTER? R...

Are you aware that all success stems from the personal initiative? Read on to discover why initiative is important! When people aren't engaged with what they do or feel passive, they lack practical and applicable intrapersonal skills. Such inner skills enable you to lead your own inner processes at ease and thus support taking individual initiative. Intrapersonal skills are vital su...

Good news! Our founder Dr. Helena Lass has her second mental health article published in Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global. This marks her sixth article published in global media. WHY SHOULD I READ THIS MENTAL WELLNESS ARTICLE? Your colleagues and friends could benefit a lot from knowing how to secure mental well-being and a healthy mind, so please take a few minutes of your valu...