Safe Space Workshop

The Safe Space is an open forum that encourages people to speak about their mental health and wellbeing.

It’s okay to not be okay!

Our drop-in sessions can be set up as a one off or periodically in-person or online via Zoom.

This is essentially a safe space for your colleagues to come together and be their authentic selves without fear of judgement or criticism.  

The purpose of the workshop is to check-in with one another, form closer bonds with colleagues and normalise the conversation around mental health, learn new skills and acquire tools to take better care of our physiological and mental wellbeing.

Typical exercises included in these webinars:

A mindful moment as we begin the session to bring participants into the present moment, leaving behind what has gone before. This aims to leave participants feeling calm, relaxed and focused for the session.

Our signature wellbeing index check-in is an exercise to gauge the temperature (how they are feeling emotionally) of everyone present. We ask attendees to choose a number to reflect how they are feeling – on a scale of 1-10 (1 being very low and 10 feeling fantastic), with the opportunity to provide some context as to why they are feeling like a 7 for example. This sets the tone for the remainder of the session and aids participants to proceed in an empathetic manner.

Wordplay, we put up a selection of words on the screen related to the topic and ask each participant to choose one e.g. Happiness and give their perspective of what that word means to them in the context of Happiness and Wellbeing. Other words on this particular topic may include Sadness, Flourish, Engagement, Wellbeing, Relationships, Accomplishment, Distress, Positive Emotion and Meaning.

We would then delve in to the topic further (see list below) by giving an overview of how to achieve happiness and wellbeing using the theory of Positive Psychology. (PERMA)

The idea behind the session is to give everyone a sense of belonging and connection (community) in a time where we cannot be together physically, engage in office banter, go for a lunchtime walk or grab that after work drink with a colleague.

But we can check-in with one another on Zoom and see how we are all doing and learn some new skills to enhance our mental wellbeing and outlook.

Attendees can come to listen, be heard or just be present to the moment.

Safe space topics

1. Happiness and Wellbeing*

2. Focus…the most important skill in the 21st century

3. Atomic Habits

4. Managing Stress and Building Resilience

*Happiness and Wellbeing is the bedrock of the series, allowing us to take stock of how we are currently leading our lives and learn new and practical ways to maximise both our happiness and wellbeing.

By completing this series of webinars you will be equipped with the tools and knowledge to:

• Work towards a life of fulfilment, happiness and meaning

• Increase satisfaction with your relationships

• Manage stress and build resilience

• Have a greater understanding of how to navigate thoughts, feelings and actions in a constructive way

• Build healthy habits successfully and break any unwanted ones

• Prioritise what is actually important

• Increase concentration and build focus

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The Safe Space Programme includes smart, essential topics on the human side of professional life. Each workshop offers proven research showing how emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult situations, and inspiring segments on what it means to tend to our emotional wellbeing at work.

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