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As part of our efforts to bring staff from across the system together to share and celebrate wellbeing, Here For Each Other is launching a series of online Happy Café meetings. Chaired by Gerry Clarke from the World Happiness Project, these informal sessions will invite staff working in health and care across Dorset as well as the local councils twice a month to share their happiness and wellbeing experiences in a fun, informative and inspirational way.

LEAP restarted in July 2022 and will run continuously for the next 4 years, throughout the whole of Dorset. The LEAP Energy Advice scheme is available now! The LEAP Free Appliance scheme has returned 1st August 2022 and the LEAP Boiler scheme will return winter 2022.

Looking After You Too Coaching for NHS staff from ethnic minority backgrounds

Resisting treats and goodies around Halloween can be tricky when you’ve been managing a healthy eating plan. One or two treats may not do much harm on their own, but when you start losing track, small treats here and there can add up and derail your health goals. By the end of the year, you may once again find yourself back to making New Year’s resolutions surrounding your food choices.

Most of us have experienced feelings of doubt and unworthiness at some point in our lives. But when your accomplishments are a result of your own knowledge, hard work, and preparation and you still feel inadequate ... you're probably suffering from impostor syndrome. If you feel like you're suffering from impostor syndrome or something like it, know that there are ways to curb these feelings in a healthy, proactive way. Here are 9 tips to help you get started.

Ah, Autumn, the season of change and renewal! September and October can feel like challenging months in many unexpected ways. The stress of heading back to work after beautiful, sunny holidays, and the kids going back to school, can cause us to feel a little low. We also begin to navigate more difficult weather.

In the first instalment of our fortnightly Happy Café sessions, we were joined by Joanne Smithson from What Works for Wellbeing, who provided a broad perspective on staff wellbeing in the UK Health Sector, and Meherzin Das, Dorset ICS Lead for Psychological Professions and Staff Wellbeing who talked about the importance of staff wellbeing.

New research is starting to explore how gratitude works to improve our mental health. With the rise of managed health care, which emphasizes cost-efficiency and brevity, mental health professionals have had to confront this burning question: How can they help clients derive the greatest possible benefit from treatment in the shortest amount of time?

Once we understand where we are, we can really begin to look after ourselves or seek the right support from others if needed. In this podcast, Here For Each Other Health and Wellbeing Coach, Janette Kirk-Willis, discusses the five points on the mental health spectrum and how to identify where you are.

Delivered by Belinda Stokes, Senior Clinical Practitioner at Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group, the third session of our Menopause and More series focuses on physical symptoms including urogenital symptoms – urinary and vaginal symptoms and how to manage them as well as available treatments.

Is it a given that you gain weight around menopause? What can you do about it? In this Lunch & Learn, Henpicked’s Deborah Garlick was joined by Jackie Lynch, a Registered Nutritional Therapist, discussing menopause, weight gain and diets – practical advice and top tips.

As part of Henpicked's regular Lunch & Learn webinar series, Henpicked was joined by Mr Nick Panay, Consultant Gynaecologist. We asked him some of the most common questions people ask us about menopause and long-term health.