Wellbeing is like the water in a reservoir 🌊 It’s constantly being drained and topped up in various ways. Life events such as illness, relationship breakdowns, and job changes can all be a drain on your reservoir of wellbeing and become cracks in your dam. When it comes to work, challenges like poor communication, feeling isolated, a lack of training, or a lack of support, can also drain our psychological wellbeing. If left unattended, each of these sources of pressure and their combined effect can cause a stress reaction🌡 Whilst it’s true that there will almost always be some source of discontentment in our lives – no matter how big or small - it’s important to work proactively to repair the cracks in the dam and avoid long term exposure to stressful situations as much as possible. It’s also essential to keep our reservoirs topped up with positive experiences. At work, the responsibility for this sits with both the employee themselves and their manager. For managers, this will lead to a happy, motivated, and productive team. As individuals, taking the time to keep the reservoir topped up enables us to respond more positively to challenges and setbacks. What do you do to keep your reservoir topped up? #Wellbeing #Stress #WellbeingAtWork #EmployeeWellbeing #ManagingStress
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