Paula Allen - Wellbeing in your workday

<h2>Habits & Health episode 94 with Paula Allen who is  a Senior Vice- President at LifeWorks, trusted mental health & wellbeing partner to over 15,000 organizations around the world. She is the creator of the LifeWorks' Mental Health Index. We discuss mental health in the workplace and many other issues around mental wellbeing.</h2> <p>She is the Global Leader, Research and Total Wellbeing and a Senior Vice- President at LifeWorks, now a part of Telus Health and is the creator of the LifeWorks' Mental Health Index. Paula manages the research agenda for LifeWorks, which includes primary research conducted by LifeWorks, exploratory data science, research collaborations and meta-analyses. Given her focus on industry-leading research, Paula also leads LifeWorks thought leadership and is co-chair of the organization’s product and innovation strategy.</p> <p>Timestamps for topics discussed in this episode:</p> <p>01:54 Who are LifeWorks?<br /> 04:06 Is awareness around mental health improving?<br /> 05:16 Stigma around mental health<br /> 07:16 How the pandemic effected mental health issues<br /> 09:42 Mental Health First Aid<br /> 10:04 Mental health in the workplace training<br /> 11:48 Does Lifeworks only work with large organisations?<br /> 12:50 The many benefits a company receives by caring for their employees mental health<br /> 14:06 Employee retention<br /> 14:30 Confidentiality<br /> 15:48 The Mental Health Index<br /> 19:42 How different nations approach this topic<br /> 20:39 Examples of orgainsations that tackle this well<br /> 21:51 Training managers<br /> 22:54 Not forcing employees to speak about issues<br /> 24:07 How Paula got into this line of work<br /> 26:01 How things might change in the near future<br /> 28:10 Social media and mental health<br /> 29:32 General good habits for reducing mental health issues<br /> 31:10 Japanese teenagers not going outside<br /> 33:12 Social judgement<br /> 35:13 Paula's favourite books<br /> 35:46 The Stockdale Paradox<br /> 37:16 The importance of purpose<br /> 3