Mon Nov 9th 2020 at 12pm ‘How Care First Can Support You’ https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4109281083390323212

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Stress, we all have it, some more than others. Most of the time we get stressed about things that we think are out of our control. But what if our stress is being added to by things that are actually well within our control, like our diets and physical activity?

Lightening the load of our stresses can make dealing with the left over stress easier. Much how once you’re stressed it is easier to become more stressed, it also works the same the other way, by chipping away at the stress you carry, the better equipped you are to deal with the rest.

So where can you start? The things we eat or don’t eat and the things we do or don’t do, will be having knock on affects to our stress levels, here are some things to consider below –

Nutrition

Everyone knows having a terrible diet isn’t good for you, but elements of your diet may be contributing to your feelings of stress without you even knowing it.

• Too much coffee! – Or more specifically, caffeine. Apart from kick starting your day, caffeine has some negative effects on you. Not only is it addictive, it can also increase Cortisol (stress hormone) levels which can result in you feeling nervous, having headaches, heart palpitations and overall stressed. Cutting down on your caffeine can help reduce contributors to your stress levels.
• Skipping meals – When you’re stressed your appetite can go out the window, perhaps you’ve got too much to do. Stopping to eat gives you a chance to slow down allowing you to de-stress, so it’s important you don’t skip your down times to eat.
• Eating unhealthy foods compulsively – This is often a reaction to being stressed (what we all know as ‘comfort eating’). Not only do these unhealthy foods affect your stress levels, most of the time you will feel guilty afterwards, sometimes making you feel worse afterwards than you did before.
• Be aware of stress inducing foods – There is correlation between things like sugary foods, high-saturated fats and white carbs (pasta, bread etc.) with stress and anxiety, generally the more of this consumed the higher your stress levels. Not only this, but it is not particularly healthy which can contribute to you feeling guilty or unhealthy in yourself.

Physical Activity

Being physically active is good for both your physical and mental wellbeing. Being physically active is a good stress reliever, whilst being inactive won’t help you feel any better at all. Some liken physical activity as meditation in motion for its stress relieving benefits.

• Being active releases endorphins – Being physically active releases endorphins which make you feel good. Any physical activity that requires intense or prolonged physical effort will release endorphins, which helps you to feel less stressed and more positive.
• Stress relief – By getting active you will often find you shed the stresses that you carry with you during that time, forgetting about them whilst you’re active helps to clear your mind and give better focus to enable you to feel better equipped to tackle whatever stresses you’re dealing with.
• Self-improvement – Becoming more physically active not only helps directly on a biological level to deal with stresses, but the act of making that effort to be active and make a change will be energising in itself. By taking charge and making a change you will feel like you’re bettering yourself and in control of your stresses, not the other way around.

More Information

If you would like to view the Webinar on ‘The links between nutrition, physical activity and stress’ is being delivered live on Friday 6th November at 12:00pm, please use the following link to register for this session –

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5027554711865752079

If you are unable to join the webinar live, a recording of the session can be accessed using the same link above after the webinar has taken place.

If you feel you may need some support, you can contact Care first. Care first is a leading provider of confidential, professional counselling, information and advice services. All employees are eligible to use Care first, our services include; telephone counselling, information services and online support. Call Care first on the Freephone number provided by your organisation and you can speak to a professional in confidence.

As the COVID-19 situation is progressing and the Government guidance continues to change, individuals may be feeling anxious. Mental Health support during times like these are paramount, which is why Care first have worked tirelessly to ensure our services remain available 24/7 throughout the pandemic to provide emotional and practical support and ensure we have every aspect of your overall wellbeing covered.

When we are stressed it can be really difficult to keep motivated. This article looks at some ways to help you keep motivated when you are feeling stressed. It is important to think about stress and to also look at the positive side of pressure. For example if we did not have deadlines to get work completed would we ever do it? If you were told that you have a deadline of two weeks to get a piece of work done then this may cause you some pressure to get the work finished, but it also gives you the motivation to do the work. Whereas if you were told that you can do the work whenever you like with no deadline, you may not have any motivation to do the work and therefore it may never get completed.

How to keep motivated when you’re feeling stressed?

• Remember your achievements – In the struggle to get everything done, it is very easy to forget what it is that you have already achieved. Set aside some time, perhaps once a month, to go back over your accomplishments. Remind yourself of the good things that have happened, rather than constantly focusing on the problems.
• Exercise – Pressure or anger releases adrenaline in the body; exercise helps to reduce this and triggers the release of ‘feel good’ substances in the brain. So the next time you are feeling tense, go for a brisk walk and try exercising regularly after work.
• A good night’s sleep – Sleep is essential for the body to function properly. Try going to bed early enough to enable you to have 8 hours sleep a night, every night for a week, and see if there is a difference in how you perform during the day.
• Remember to smile – It is important to keep a sense of genuine curiosity and natural inquisitiveness about yourself and your personal journey to wellbeing. A little giggle now and then is a healthy part of maintaining balance in your life.

How to keep motivated when you’re feeling stressed at work?

• Plan your day – When you have lots of tasks to do but have no idea where to start it can be very daunting. Plan your day out as best you can to help manage your workload.
• Split big tasks into multiple smaller ones – When you have a task to do you could split it in to smaller tasks to help you manage it more effectively.
• Managers and Team leaders – By praising employees for their hard work and by recognising their work can help to motivate staff when they may be feeling stressed.
• Remember the reason you are doing that task or job – Try to remember the reason why you are doing what you do. Think about the importance of it and what the final outcome may be.
• Talk to someone who makes you feel good – Have a chat with someone who may make you laugh or feel better in general. It is important to have breaks and talk about something different other than work so you feel refreshed when you go back to the task following your break.
• Avoid comparing yourself to others – Try not to compare yourself to other people as you may tend to look at the things they do well that you may not do well. It is easy to do this and to forget about all the things you excel at.

How can Care first help?

If you feel you may need some emotional or practical support, you can contact Care first on the Freephone number. Care first is a leading provider of confidential, professional counselling, information and advice services. Whilst our BACP accredited counsellors are available 24/7 to provide support with emotional issues, our expertly trained Information Specialists are available 8am-8pm Monday-Friday to provide advice on any practical issues that may be causing you a stress or worry and help you feel more in control of a situation. All employees are eligible to use Care first, our services include; telephone counselling, information services and online support.

All employees are eligible to use Care first, our services include; telephone counselling, information services and online support. Call Care first on the Freephone number provided by your organisation and you can speak to a professional in confidence.

If you would like to view the Webinar on ‘How to keep motivated when you’re feeling stressed?’ this is being delivered live on Thursday 5th November at 12pm, please use the below link to register for this session –

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9129928252581377040

If you are unable to join the webinar live, a recording of the session can be accessed using the same link above after the webinar has taken place.

Stress and anxiety can sometimes feel similar – think of your heart beating faster as you get closer to an important work presentation or that nagging feeling that you forgot to put the milk back in the refrigerator. But there’s a difference. Stress is the body’s natural “fight or flight” response to an external trigger like a deadline or a doctor’s appointment.

It is also accompanied by physical sensations – your breathing starts to quicken and certain muscles in your body feel tighter in anticipation of real or perceived harm. It also comes with emotional symptoms, such as a feeling of being overwhelmed, getting agitated, or having difficulty quieting your mind.

This is where anxiety comes in – characterised by persistent and excessive worrying, it is the body’s natural response to stress. The link between anxiety and lack of sleep is well established but it can be hard to tell which comes first. Are you sleepless because you are anxious or are you anxious because you lack sleep? It is the ultimate chicken and egg situation.

David Neubauer, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, says that the relationship between anxiety and sleep is “bidirectional”, meaning that they affect each other, and that it can be difficult to determine which came first. Mild stress and anxiety are manageable. There are many ways to cope, from meditating to simply getting more sleep.

How sleeping better helps you cope with stress and anxiety

New research by scientists at the University of California (UC) Berkeley suggests that deep sleep is a natural remedy for anxiety.

During the study, researchers detected excessive activity in regions of the brain linked to processing emotions. A part of the brain called the medial prefrontal cortex, which is believed to reduce anxiety and stress, also got deactivated after a night of sleeplessness.

As a result, anxiety increased by 30% in sleep-deprived participants.

By contrast, anxiety levels dropped after a night of sufficient sleep, especially in those who remained in the deep, slow-wave, stage of non-REM sleep for longer. The authors of the study are convinced that deep sleep restores the brain’s ability to regulate emotions and lower emotional reactivity, which in turn prevents anxiety levels from escalating.

Follow these basic tips for getting a good night’s sleep:

• Keep regular hours – Going to bed and getting up at roughly the same time, all the time, will programme your body to sleep better.
• Create a restful sleeping environment – Your bedroom should be kept for rest and sleep. It should be neither too hot, nor too cold, and as quiet and dark as possible.
• Make sure your bed is comfortable – It’s difficult to get deep, restful sleep on one that’s too soft, too hard, too small or too old.
• Take more exercise (where possible) – Regular exercise such as walking or home workouts can help relieve the day’s stresses and strains. But not too close to bedtime or it may keep you awake!
• Cut down on stimulants – such as caffeine in tea or coffee, especially in the evening. They interfere with falling asleep and prevent deep sleep. Have a hot milky drink or herbal tea instead.
• Don’t over-indulge – Too much food or alcohol, especially late at night just before bedtime, can play havoc with sleep patterns.
• Avoid smoking – Yes, it’s bad for sleep, too! Smokers take longer to fall asleep, wake more often and often experience more sleep disruption.
• Try to relax before going to bed – Have a warm bath, listen to some quiet music or do some yoga to help relax your mind and body.
• Make jobs lists – Deal with worries or a heavy workload by making lists of things to be tackled the next day.
• Switch off devices at least an hour before bed – Many people are also affected by the blue light emitted from laptops, tablets and smartphones and can be addicted to playing games, scrolling through social media, or watching videos close to bedtime.
• If you can’t sleep – don’t spend more than 20 minutes trying to get to sleep; get up and do something relaxing until you feel sleepy again – then go back to bed.

If you are experiencing problems sleeping and feel you may need some support, you can contact Care first. Care first is a leading provider of confidential, professional counselling, information and advice services. All employees are eligible to use Care first, our services include; telephone counselling, information services and online support. Call Care first on the Freephone number provided by your organisation and you can speak to a professional in confidence.

Useful Links for more tips and information:

• www.carefirst-lifestyle.co.uk
• https://www.sleepfoundation.org/sleep-guidelines-covid-19-isolation
• https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/sleep-and-tiredness/how-to-get-to-sleep/
• https://troublesleeping.co.uk/

If you would like to view the Webinar on ‘Stress, Anxiety & Sleep’ it is being delivered live on Wednesday 4th November at 12pm, please use the following link to register for this session –

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7930024616126931984

If you are unable to join the webinar live, a recording of the session can be accessed using the same link above after the webinar has taken place.

Looking forward, we will be able to reflect on 2020 as the year the World we knew quite literally changed. We have all been forced to take on the challenges of change and have had to learn to adjust and adapt very quickly.

These sudden and “forced” changes have impacted all aspects of our lives both personally and professionally and, as the Pandemic remains but changes, so must we.

Sudden and unplanned change brings pressure in all manner of ways. It is hard to keep up with what is happening sometimes and this can lead to us feeling out of control.

What we know about change, is that it affects us all differently and, depending on our resilience, how well we manage generally. Our Mental Health and wellbeing is possible to manage, however, the constant changes and the drain to our emotional and physical wellbeing can cause too much added pressure. In order to manage, we need to feel as if we have some control over what is happening to us.

Too much placed on an individual where there is no room for “let up” can cause feelings and emotions to build until, like a pressure cooker, there is a breaking point. This leads from normal every day pressures, to something more and to the point we may feel “just one more thing and I will explode”. Dramatic yes, but many of us may have an idea of what that may feel like. This is stress, and we need to think about and identify the sources of our stress.

There are many factors hat affect us :

• Physical Stress
• Environmental Stress
• Emotional Stress
• Key life events
• Chronic Stress

Existing mental health issues can also become a source of stress in themselves, for example, those living with an anxiety disorder and/or depression can be more prone to stress as they try to manage their day to day conditions.

Those who are perhaps more vulnerable are more likely to develop mental health issues and illnesses when high stress levels are present. So, given that, what can we do about it? The key is to help people examine the factors that make them vulnerable and encouraging them to look for positive ways to change them.

Helpful coping strategies

• Make time for yourself for positive experiences
• Get enough rest
• Talk to someone
• Take exercise and get fresh air
• Keep hydrated
• Remember you are not alone
• Think about how resourceful and adaptable you have had to be during the Pandemic
• Be kind to yourself

All these things appear so simple, but when one feels overwhelmed it is difficult to see a clear way forward. There is one, we just need to believe that.

What might stop you from moving forward? Is it fear or uncertainty? Can you give it a name?

The Pandemic has changed things for us all in some way and, those changes for many have been dramatic. It is okay to ask for help, and, it is okay not to be okay!

Pressure is part of our usual everyday lives, but we need to manage our healthy levels of pressure effectively to prevent it having a detrimental impact on our wellbeing by turning in to Stress. Stress is real and should not be ignored. It can however, “be managed”.

More information

If you would like to view the Webinar on ‘Managing Stress & Pressure during the Pandemic’ it is being delivered live on Tuesday 3rd November at 12pm, please use the following link to register for this session –

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6665814942625239055

If you are unable to join the webinar live, a recording of the session can be accessed using the same link above after the webinar has taken place.

If you feel you may need some support, you can contact Care first. Care first is a leading provider of confidential, professional counselling, information and advice services. All employees are eligible to use Care first, our services include; telephone counselling, information services and online support. Call Care first on the Freephone number provided by your organisation and you can speak to a professional in confidence.

How Care First Can Support You & An Update On Their Services

As the COVID-19 situation is progressing and the Government guidance continues to change as lockdown restrictions are eased, individuals may be feeling anxious about going out and whether it safe to do so. Many employees are facing uncertain times as some organisations announce redundancies. Mental Health support during times like these are paramount, which is why Care first have worked tirelessly to ensure our services remain available 24/7 throughout the pandemic to provide emotional and practical support and ensure they have every aspect of your overall wellbeing covered. Where clinically appropriate Care first are continuing to offer structured counselling through phone and virtual software. At Care first the health and safety of both you the employee and their counselling team are absolutely paramount, any changes to their structured counselling process will be made in line with government guidance.

These services include:

Counselling support

Their team of professionally trained, qualified and BACP Accredited Counsellors are available 24/7 to offer support for personal or workplace related issues. As well as the headline issues surrounding mental health, the Care first counsellors are also trained in dealing with both work and home grievances, bullying & harassment issues, domestic violence, relationships at both home and at work and much more. No matter how big or small the problem may be, their counsellors are here for you to provide you with unbiased support away from the situation. Everyone has very individual needs for support, Care first provides short term focussed counselling, so the Care first Counsellor will assess your
circumstances when you call to establish what the most appropriate form of support will be for you. It might be that you just need a brief conversation with the Counsellor that day, or you may benefit from a few more sessions.

Information Specialists

As control, or the lack of it, can be an influencing factor on the impact of stress. Many individuals identify stress as emotional, however, a lack of control around practical issues can be just as impactful. They have expert advisors that have been trained by Citizens Advice who can provide you with comprehensive answers and assistance on a wide range of practical issues which can affect our daily life, these include but are not limited to; redundancy, advice on funerals and probate, legal information, housing and tenancy issues, childcare, eldercare, health, consumer issues, employment, travel and education. Their Information Specialists are also money trained experts and can provide support with a variety of financial queries such as help with budgeting finances and advice with benefits. You can speak with one of the Information Specialists confidentially Monday-Friday between 8am-8pm.

Management Support

If you are a manager, have leadership responsibilities, or look after a team within your organisation, it is as important as ever that your colleagues are made aware of the range of support available from Care first. As well as supporting you to signpost your colleagues to the Care first service effectively to maintain your managerial boundaries, Care first can
also provide you with support within your role as a manager. Care first Counsellors are all management trained and can provide support with issues such as if the organisation is going through a period of redundancy, managing change and difficult conversations, workplace performance, remote working, absence management and disciplinaries.

Care first Lifestyle

Through the Care first lifestyle site you can access a wide range of supportive information, read helpful articles published by their team, view Webinars covering a variety of well-being topics and even speak with a Care first Counsellor in real-time via our online counselling facility. You can log into your account by visiting www.carefirstlifestyle.co.uk and logging in using your organisation’s unique log in details. If you are unsure what these details are then please contact your line manager or HR department. The Care first Lifestyle website is great place to go to learn more about Care first and the different areas that we can support in.

To find out more about any of the above services please view the webinar link below:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4557681714721925899

Care first Zest

With clinically proven intrinsic links between our physical and mental health, Care first Zest provides an interactive health and wellbeing management tool that can help individuals manage and improve all aspects of their mental and physical health. Care first Zest is also an effective means of pro-actively supporting the wellbeing of your team. You
can complete the Care first Zest wellbeing assessment which looks at factors including exercise, healthy eating, sleep, smoking, caffeine intake and the amount of water you drink to name a few. The assessment then gives you a score on the different areas and you can see which areas you need to improve on. The idea is that if you can improve the areas you did not score well on then this will have a positive effect on your physical and mental wellbeing.

To find out more about Care first Zest please view the webinar which can be found via the link below:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4557681714721925899

Care first Woebot

For some people, picking up the telephone to talk with a counsellor is a terrifying experience. Sometimes, when we most need it, we find it the most difficult time to talk with another human. Finding support earlier rather than later is often the best way to manage issues of low mood. Woebot is an AI tool which provides a truly unique way to help identify issues and learn new strategies to cope and reduce the possibilities of those issues escalating into something bigger, without the need to pick up the phone. Woebot works by programmatically learning how to deliver the most impactful content at the most impactful time to optimise clinical outcomes for its user.

To find out more about Care first Woebot please view the webinar which can be found via the following link: https://youtu.be/3oFyFclUEWU

How all of these above services link together

As you can see from the above table, all the services that they offer complement each other to ultimately encompass an individual’s overall mental and physical wellbeing, which enables individuals to access professional and clinically proven support.

Their counselling support is available 24/7 to help individuals with any emotional issues that they may have.

The Information Specialists can help individuals with practical information and advice. This practical support is so important because if an individual is concerned about a practical issue, then this can cause detrimental effects to their emotional
wellbeing. By getting some support from an Information Specialist this will provide the individual with some clarity on that particular issue, which may help them to feel more in control of a situation and relieve some anxiety.

The Care first Lifestyle site can help individuals who are concerned about an issue. The individual may not know where to start and they can have a look at the resources on the Lifestyle website which may be enough to help them.

The Lifestyle website is a great starting place to learn about the types of issues that Care first can support with. The individual can also access the online counselling tool through the Lifestyle website which is an alternative way to access support from a counsellor. By an individual looking through all the resources on our Lifestyle website this can help them to get answers about an issue they may be having. Again by getting some clarity on their issue this may have a positive effect on their mental wellbeing.

The Care first Zest platform is great for improving physical as well as emotional wellbeing. So if an individual takes the wellbeing assessment and then works on the areas that may need some focus. This can then improve their overall wellbeing. Many studies show a link between physical and mental wellbeing, so giving individuals access to this platform
enables them to make positive changes.

The Care first AI tool Woebot is a great way for individuals to get support around low mood and anxiety. If Woebot does not detect a positive clinical outcome then Woebot will suggest that the individual speaks to a Care first counsellor if they would like to. Not every individual will feel confident enough to pick up the phone and speak to a counsellor so it
is an alternative option for individuals to access support.

If you would like to learn more about ‘How Care first can support you’ then please join their weekly webinar on a Monday at 12pm by logging in to their website and registering.

The details needed to log in are:

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You can access the website here.

If you are unable to join the webinar live, a recording of the session can be accessed afterwards.

If you wish to contact the Care first telephone counselling and information line then please
don’t hesitate to call the Freephone number provided by your organisation and you can speak to a professional in confidence.

Monday Nov 2nd 2020 at 12pm ‘How Care first can support you’ https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7177076854421738508

Tuesday Nov 3rd 2020 at 12pm – ‘Managing Stress & Pressure’ in line with International Stress Awareness Week https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6665814942625239055

Wednesday Nov 4th 2020 at 12pm ‘Stress, Anxiety & Sleep’ https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7930024616126931984

Thursday Nov 5th 2020 at 12pm ‘How to keep Motivated when you’re feeling stressed’ https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9129928252581377040

Friday Nov 6th 2020 at 12pm ‘The links between Nutrition, physical activity and stress’ https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5027554711865752079

As the COVID-19 situation is progressing and the Government guidance continues to change, individuals may be feeling anxious, facing uncertain times, or experiencing feelings of loneliness and isolation. Mental Health support during times like these are paramount, which is why Care first have worked tirelessly to ensure our services remain available 24/7 throughout the pandemic to provide emotional and practical support and ensure we have every aspect of your overall wellbeing covered.

Think back to 2019 New Year’s Eve and all those wishes, hopes, dreams and resolutions we made and had for 2020?

None of us would have ever thought about a global pandemic and yet, here we are in week 33 since lockdown began in early March. The COVID-19 pandemic has been with us since around January, but at that time it felt a long way away from us and had very little impact on our day to day lives. Coronavirus, now a “well established” disease, has left a serious situation for us to deal with, as countries the World over struggle to make sense of it.

Ways you may have found joy in 2020 already?

You may think to yourself how has there been any joy in 2020 with everything that has been going on? However, it is important to reflect on 2020 so far and to think about anything that has brought you joy and what that may have been. The things that have brought you joy in 2020 may be totally different to previous years. For example, in
previous years going abroad on holiday may have brought you lots of joy, whereas this year this may not have been possible. Perhaps you found enjoyment in a staycation or minibreak in the UK instead.

You may have already found some joy this year from all the country coming together to show support to the NHS by clapping on our doorsteps, or from supporting others who may have been isolating by taking them their shopping to their doorstep for example. It may be that you have regularly been talking to distant members of your family a lot more than you usually would, or perhaps you have taken up a new hobby that you have really enjoyed. For many of us the pandemic has given us the time to find joy in new things or connect with people we had lost touch with.

How joy in 2020 may look different than before?

Looking at some of the experiences that may give us joy in our lives that have been effected by COVID-19 restrictions include the following:

• Going out to a restaurant for a meal – For the majority of us going out for a meal at a restaurant is a treat that is likely to bring us some joy. However during lockdown this would not have been possible and even now with the restrictions in place, many of us may not enjoy this experience as we did before. You could look at replacing this experience with a home cooked meal or takeaway but making it a more enjoyable experience by really going all out and treating yourself to something that you really enjoy. You could lay the table and present the meal in a similar way to what you may have in a restaurant. It could be that you and your partner take it in turns to cook depending on your situation.
• Going to the cinema – In any other year going to the cinema would be an experience that for most of us would be joyful. The experience of watching a new movie with some popcorn and a drink is in normal times a positive experience in most cases. Now it may be a case of making this a joyful experience at home by getting some popcorn in and having a movie night in front of the television as a family.
• Going on Holiday – It may be that instead of going abroad this year you have decided to re-decorate your house or garden for example. This may have given you some joy that your house or garden is now looking really good and may feel proud of what you have achieved. Or perhaps you’ve enjoyed a staycation here in the UK and visited new places or explored a new city.
• Spending more time with your family – For those who are normally away a lot with work, or whose schedules don’t allow as much family time as you would like, the lockdown may have enabled you to have much more  time at home with your family. It may be in a few years’ time you look back and reflect on how good it was to spend some extra quality time with your family at home.

How can Care first help?

If you feel you may need some emotional or practical support, you can contact Care first on the Freephone number.

Care first is a leading provider of confidential, professional counselling, information and advice services. Whilst our BACP accredited counsellors are available 24/7 to provide support with emotional issues, our expertly trained Information Specialists are available 8am-8pm Monday-Friday to provide advice on any practical issues that may be causing you a stress or worry and help you feel more in control of a situation. All employees are eligible to use Care first, our services include; telephone counselling, information services and online support.

All employees are eligible to use Care first, our services include; telephone counselling, information services and online support. Call Care first on the Freephone number provided by your organisation and you can speak to a professional in confidence.

If you would like to view the Webinar on ‘Finding Joy in 2020’ this is being delivered live on Friday 30th October at 12pm, please use the below link to register for this session –https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/398134670212532750

If you are unable to join the webinar live, a recording of the session can be accessed using the same link above after the webinar has taken place.