The Spring edition of our quarterly e-newsletter includes resilience tips and inclusion resources to help improve worker wellbeing.
As the leaves unfurl on the trees and nature provides us with vibrant spring colours, we’d like to offer a warm welcome to the latest edition of our quarterly e-newsletter.
We hope you will find the ideas, advice and resources it includes as rejuvenating as the Spring sunshine!
With best wishes,
Jan and the In Equilibrium Team
Contents
1. Latest news - Stress Awareness Month 2025 & some new workshops
2. A tip for our resilience toolkits
3. Recent posts added to our blog
4. Some resources relating to worker wellbeing
5. Three external articles of interest
6. A thoughtful quote for Spring
7. A note on realistic optimism
1. Latest News
Stress Awareness Month 2025
For over 30 years, April has marked Stress Awareness Month. This year, the theme has been ‘Lead With Love’. A twofold theme to encourage us to consider how we treat others with kindness, compassion and acceptance as well as how we treat ourselves, regardless of the challenges facing us.
We looked into our back catalogue for some helpful tips and resources:
- Sympathy, empathy and compassion at work – what’s the difference?
- Do you seek or avoid conversations about grief at work?
- Kindness and its role in mental health awareness in the workplace
NEW workshops now available
Neurodiversity Awareness: Short Interactive Workshops
We have introduced a selection of workshops to help increase awareness and understanding of some of the most common types of neurodiversity.
All 4 workshops follow the same outline; an introduction to the type of neurodiversity, its associated challenges and strengths, plus 3 'how to' sections - spotting signs in the workplace, communicating effectively and supporting individuals in the workplace. The workshops are:
- ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) Awareness in the Workplace
- Autism Awareness in the Workplace
- Dyspraxia/DCD (Developmental Coordination Disorder) Awareness in the Workplace
- Dyslexia Awareness in the Workplace
The workshops are available for in-house delivery either in-person or digitally and are facilitated by a trainer who has lived experience of neurodiversity.
A possible addition to your booklist?
One of our trainers has recently had a book published. With attractive illustrations, surprising facts and memorable quotes, it aims to deliver simple yet effective approaches to help conquer overthinking, stress and burnout. If you'd like to find out more, have a search online for "Worry less, live more" by Michelle Spirit.
2. A tip for our resilience toolkits
We’ve chosen a nice fresh citrussy one for Spring. If you haven’t heard about a 'lemonade mindset', we give a brief explanation and include some practical examples to illustrate how it can be cultivated to benefit us at work, as well as in life generally.
Read this edition's resilience tip here: Have you tried a 'lemonade mindset'?
4. Recent resources relating to worker wellbeing
Our Spring round up of external resources focuses on five which highlight the worker wellbeing and business benefits of building an inclusive workplace for all.
Our featured resources are:
- Action for Healthier Working Lives - the final report of the Commission for Healthier Working Lives
- Disability Inclusion at Work Report from Deloitte
- How employers are tackling bullying and harassment at work from the CIPD
- Neurodiversity at work: bridging research, practice and policy conducted for ACAS by Birbeck, University of London
- Preventing Sexual Harassment at Work: checklist and action plan for employers, some further guidance from the EHRC
Access further details and links to all these resources by clicking the image below
5. Three external articles of interest
- 10 mental health metaphors (and what they tell us about how we’re feeling)
In this short piece from Happiful, some common mental health metaphors are explored. The author explains, using practical examples, what they can tell us about how we’re feeling and how they can be a useful tool to help us convey difficult feelings. - Who’s thriving, who’s struggling, and who’s stuck at the kitchen table: how working lives are changing in the UK
A short article discussing the results of a 2024 survey focusing on people’s experience of their working lives. The survey was conducted by Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD) and is unique in that it is the 8th in a series which dates back to the 1980’s, allowing interesting comparisons to be made. - Self-belief in employees boosts workplace behaviour and ethics
New research led by Aston University has revealed the crucial role self-belief in our effectiveness at work plays in shaping workplace behaviour. The study’s lead said that the results suggest that organisations who invest in developing employees’ self-efficacy are likely to see improvements in both performance and ethical behaviour.
6. A thoughtful quote for Spring
"When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.”
Chinese Proverb
7. And finally ...
We finish with some realistic optimism in action ... in this piece by Bryan Walsh gain some research informed advice about the bad news cycle, starting with why it takes precedence over good news in the first place; which, as he proves by example, is also all around us, we just haven’t heard about it because bad news takes precedence! Time for a reset?
Read the article - We’re all drawn to bad news, here’s how to fight it
Thanks for taking the time to browse this edition of our quarterly e-newsletter, we hope you found something of interest or value to help improve worker wellbeing.
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Recent articles on our blog....
Some recent external resources relating to worker wellbeing
Our Spring round up of external resources focuses on 5 which highlight the worker wellbeing and business benefits that building an inclusive workplace for all can bring.
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Resilience Tip – Have You Tried a ‘Lemonade Mindset’?
A look at what a lemonade mindset is, along with some practical examples of how it may benefit us at work as well as in life generally.
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Mattering at work: The value of recognising our significance
A look at mattering at work – what it is, the benefits it brings, some suggested tips and questions to ask that encourage and help to cultivate a culture of mattering at work, plus some thoughts on the ripple effect it can have for an organisation.
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