Last week, we looked at the reality of what's landed on managers' plates — the mental health conversations they're expected to have, the emotional weight they carry, and the fact that most of them were never trained for any of it. If you missed it, you can catch up here. This week, we're moving from...Continue reading
Month: June 2026
Nobody Told Managers This Was Part of the Job
Think about the last time a manager had to sit across from someone who was clearly struggling. Not performing well. Withdrawn. Maybe tearful. Maybe just... off. What's the script for that moment? Where's the training that tells you how to hold space for someone else's pain without absorbing it yourself, how to ask the right...Continue reading
When ‘Working From Home’ Stops Working
Remote work promised us flexibility, autonomy, and better work-life balance. And for many people, it delivered. For others, it quietly introduced something harder to name: a low-level disconnection, a creeping sense of isolation, or a working day that never quite ends. The reality is that remote working doesn’t affect everyone the same way. Some people...Continue reading
Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) at Work and Reducing Stigma
You've probably heard the terms. Borderline Personality Disorder. BPD. Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder. EUPD. But unless you work in mental health services, there's a reasonable chance they've never come up in a management meeting, a wellbeing review, or a conversation about workplace culture. And that silence is a problem. Because according to NHS England's Adult...Continue reading
