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Accountants require an appropriate sounding board to prevent them from feeling like they are underperforming, according to Francis Mainoo, executive performance coach and head of sales at Moore Kingston Smith
Chartered accountants need to be kinder to themselves, recognise the signs of mental health problems and take preventative action to help keep their mental health and wellbeing on an even keel.
As Mental Health Awareness Week kicks off, Sharon Bell chief executive of Services For Education, is urging Institute members to prioritise their mental health as the stresses and strains of the post-pandemic landscape present us with an opportunity to implement good mental wellbeing strategies.
Bell’s day job – running a charity that provides music tuition across Birmingham and a range of courses and consultancy products aimed at the education sector – isn’t mental health focused, although a strong correlation between music and wellbeing has emerged during the pandemic. In fact, her interest in mental wellbeing was grounded in the experience a few years ago of a family member having what Bell describes as a “catastrophic mental health breakdown”. In time, this
Physical Signs Of Stress You Need To Watch For, And How To Combat Them
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CABA, the wellbeing charity, highlights how your body is giving you valuable warning signs
Considering the year we’ve all collectively experienced, it’s unsurprising to hear that the multiple lockdowns we’ve endured and the constant uncertainty of the pandemic has left 39% of us feeling more stressed.
Even before the first lockdown in 2020, our research found that 4 in 10 workers felt so stressed in their daily lives that they were close to breaking point.
Now, with a staggering 1.9 million monthly Google searches related to stress and a huge rise in searches such as ’stress symptoms’, we’re clearly looking for answers and guidance.
NEL Fund Managers has been working with small businesses in the North East for over 30 years. Yvonne Gale, CEO of the organisation, tells us what it’s been like working with smaller companies during the third national lockdown.
“The mental health of small business owners has taken quite a battering, and it s clear that resilience is a key issue,” says Yvonne Gale, chief executive officer of NEL Fund Managers Limited, which provides funding for entrepreneurial businesses in the North East of England who are looking to grow and develop. “Amid this third national lockdown, it’s about whether or not small business owners can pick themselves back up again and keep going.”