Being diagnosed with cancer can be one of the most difficult situations that anyone has to face. It can cause great fear and worry and can affect every aspect of your life, including the ability to work. Various studies reveal that between 20-30% of cancer patients
Karen is a 62-year-old Business Development Manager who was invited for a routine mammogram in the autumn of 2022. She had a fall that injured her breast prior to her mammogram, which produced a lump. She was cautiously optimistic that this lump merely resulted from
Recognising the struggle Richard, a 44-year-old man, living with his wife and four children, was working as a component design engineer when in April 2022 he contracted COVID-19. Initially he only experienced minor symptoms which he described as a ‘heavy cold’ and went back to life
In September of 2023, research was conducted for Working To Wellbeing among 566 line managers in the UK and 112 people who have, or have had, cancer in the workplace by Opinium Research. This research was conducted in the interest in finding if employees with cancer
This is part two of a two-part series written by W2W Clinical Health Coaches Dr. Anuska Randolph-Stephens and Kaylie Behan, to read part one, click here. Work and wellbeing: How many times do we hear people describe how they are feeling by using the word ‘wellbeing’? Wellbeing
This is part one of of a two-part series written by W2W Clinical Health Coaches Dr Anuska Randolph-Stephens and Kaylie Behan to read part 2, click here. Wellbeing can be defined as ‘the state of feeling healthy and happy’ (Cambridge Dictionary, 2023). But what does this
This Mental Health Awareness Week, the Mental Health Foundation, is putting a focus on anxiety. Anxiety is a very normal emotion that everyone experiences. It can range from mild worries and concerns to mental ill health. We all need a bit of anxiety to trigger
Adopting new health behaviours isn't easy, but we offer simple, interactive wellbeing sessions to help bridge the intention-behaviour gap. Led by clinicians, our sessions cover topics such as mindfulness, sleep, emotions, activity snacking, energy-boosting, back care at work and breathing. They fit into a coffee
New evidence, developments and ways of thinking, has meant that there have been changes to stroke care guidelines in the UK and Ireland for the first time in seven years. The update includes the guidelines for vocational rehabilitation, follow-up review and longer-term support, as well
By Sam Allen – Head of Marketing at Working To Wellbeing
