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Dark Coffee Podcast

Starting brave and bullshit-free conversations around mental health and wellbeing.

25 October 2019

21. Unfiltered Social Media (Part 1)

16 October 2019

20. Broken and Fixed

11 September 2019

19. Suicide Prevention Strategies

13 August 2019

18. Adventures in Rejection

4 August 2019

17. Understanding Risk

15 July 2019

16. The Power of Being Ordinary

20 June 2019

15. Grief in Real Time

11 June 2019

14. Breakups, Grief and Loss

12 May 2019

13. Depression in real time

19 April 2019

12. Emotional Honesty is Strength

17 March 2019

11. When to Quit

28 February 2019

10. Self Care for Dummies

11 February 2019

9. Suicide Fantasies

12 January 2019

8. My theme for 2019

3 January 2019

7. Why we all hate New Year (and why we shouldn’t.)

16 December 2018

6. Loss, Actually

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As leader of your team, you'll have encountered mo

As leader of your team, you'll have encountered more twists and turns in the past eighteen months than you've probably had in your entire career! So you might be feeling a bit wobbly right now, to say the least.

We've got a free Zoom webinar coming up at the end of the month that will reassure you just how great you are at your job, as well as giving you the confidence you need to be able to look after your team with a wellbeing strategy that ticks all their boxes.

We'll be covering the 5 things you need to know to improve team wellbeing in the post-pandemic workplace. All without throwing money at wellbeing practices that might not stick. You'll leave the session inspired, energised and ready to support your team with any concerns they have about working through these weird times. Head to my Linktree to get booked on!

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"Great work-life balance" is a phrase we hear band

"Great work-life balance" is a phrase we hear banded around LinkedIn and paraded at the top of every job description and yet what does it really mean to you? ⚖

This week is National Work Life Week, and it's an opportunity for both employers and employees to focus on wellbeing at work and getting that balance right between career productivity and living your life. For some it might be not having to drop their kids off to childcare on those dark winter mornings, for others it might mean simply not having to rush when you have the audacity to want to do something with your evening other than collapse as soon as your key turns in the lock! 🔑

Take a moment to assess what little changes you or your company may be able to make in order to help your team breathe a little easier.

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Have you booked onto our free Mental Health Meetup

Have you booked onto our free Mental Health Meetup on Wednesday?

Despite many companies taking steps back into the workplace, the emphasis still remains heavily on Zoom catch ups, Slack chats and remote check ins 👨‍💻

As you can imagine pain points and wellbeing struggles can easily be missed or even hidden in these virtual settings and it can come down to you as employer to highlight ways in which the slippery slope to burnout can be spotted and derailed.

Join expert wellbeing professionals and fellow business leaders from across then UK and beyond for a lunchtime learning session you won't wish could've been an email📩

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They are not fucking around with the theme for Men

They are not fucking around with the theme for Mental Health day this year! ‘Mental health in an unequal world.'

Sounds big and scary, right?

It kind of is... so here are a few starting points to help us 'think bigger' when it comes to improving mental wellbeing in our workplaces and communities.

Increasingly, the discussions we have around mental health will have to involve discussions of inequality.

Because like inequality, mental health is a SOCIAL issue.

As individuals, we are a product of the environment we are in, whether that's the healthcare we receive, the access to opportunities, the amount of education we receive... the list goes on.

Our mental health will - understandably - be impacted by these social factors.

So to frame mental health debates entirely around an individual (for example, by teaching them how to handle stressful situations) is an overly simplistic approach.

It's needed, of course;

We all feel empowered when we can upskill ourselves in certain areas, such as growing our resilience and managing our anxieties.

But these practices can't happen in isolation.

Any focus on INDIVIDUAL WELLBEING needs to be coupled with COLLECTIVE WELLBEING strategies if we're going to make any real progress in improving mental health for everyone.

As an example, in the workplace, rather than ask "how can we train them to handle stress more effectively?'

we should ask:

'How can we change the way we do things so they are less stressed to begin with?'

It's a simple reframe, but one that takes the full weight of responsibility away from the individual and makes it one we all share.

Because as members of a social species, whether we like it or not, we do have a responsibility to one another.

And the little things we do can make a big difference to the people around us.

Totally casual Sunday afternoon post....

- Alice ☕️

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#wellbeingcoach #wellbeinginwork

Oh hi - I'm Alice! 👋 Founder of Dark Coffee and

Oh hi - I'm Alice! 👋 Founder of Dark Coffee and lover of real talk.

I'm obsessed with helping teams and - some might say most importantly, business leaders - create supportive and productive workplaces where you feel good, smash your goals and build awesome relationships.

😉 And all whilst maintaining your sanity!

For many of us, the pandemic has highlighted the importance of a good work-life balance…

… and I don't mean supplying breakfast and a pool table and calling it a day.

You'll all know that feeling grounded in your career is about so much more than celebrating National Margarita Day 🍸

So hop over to the link in my bio to arrange a discovery call and see how I can help you and your team get back to work!

#workplacewellness #workplaceculture #workplacewellbeing #workplacehealth #workplacementalhealth #workplacegoals #workplaceshenanigans #toxicworkplace #workingwomen #worklifebalance #wellnesslife #wellnesswarriors #wellnessmatters #wellnessforlife #wellnessclub #wellnesscommunity #wellnessforall #wellnessgoals #wellnessconsultant #wellnesscoach

I was so happy to be asked to join Eddie Whittingh

I was so happy to be asked to join Eddie Whittingham @gofoundersocial on his Business NoBs podcast this week, discussing my level up into the next stage of my business. The part where the giddiness of self-employment has worn off and shit has got real! Sound familiar? 💁‍♀️

Tune in wherever you listen to podcasts to hear lots of real talk, and as ever - sensible, actionable wellbeing advice🎙

Links to the audio and video versions are in my bio 👆

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😩You know the feeling… staring at the to-do l

😩You know the feeling… staring at the to-do list, wondering why you haven’t to-done it.

Questioning your worth as a leader because you think you’re setting a bad example to your team.

Putting inordinate amounts of pressure on yourself for feeling overwhelmed because there’s just too much to do!!!

Honestly, I know that feeling well.

Not just because of my own experiences as a business owner.

But because I’ve run training sessions, group coaching programs and 1:1 coaching sessions with literally HUNDREDS of professionals - from CEO’s to interns - who alllllllll say the same thing!

📣 Trust me - you are not in the minority if you feel like you have too much to do - you are in the majority!

Welcome to the 21st century workplace.

Yes, it might suck.

But at least take comfort in this fact:

YOU are not the problem 💛

- ☕️ Alice

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There are so many aspects of running a business th

There are so many aspects of running a business that I was ill-prepared for in the beginning.

And I’m picking up new lessons all the time!

I think it’s important, at any stage, to check in with yourself and acknowledge how hard it is.

Not to feel sorry for yourself.

But to give yourself a pat on the back!

It’s so complicated and I think a lot of us judge ourselves way too harshly for making mistakes along the way.

There is no definitive way of running a business.

And anyone telling you otherwise is trying to sell you something sinister!

Here are a few of the lessons I shared this morning on a recording of Eddie Whittingham’s ‘Business NoBS’ podcast.

Honestly, there were about 100 that came out of the conversation so I’ll share the link with you when it goes live.

👇🏼 But tell me - what lessons would you add to the list?

- ☕️ Alice

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