In this episode of The 12 Minutes of Workplace Health Podcast, Mel interviews Alice Bagley-Harrison, Champion Health's Content Production Lead, who shares her deeply personal journey with grief.

Having lost both parents at a young age, Alice discusses how grief intensifies during the festive season due to heightened expectations of family togetherness and joy.

She also delves into how workplaces and colleagues can support bereaved employees during the holiday period and beyond.

Here’s what Alice discussed with Mel:

• How she has coped with grief during the holidays
• What workplaces can do to support bereaved employees
• How colleagues, friends and family can help
• Self-care tips for those grieving a loss

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Joining us for this episode of The 12 Minutes of Workplace Health are Dr Anna Weller and Dr Katy Stevens, clinical psychologists with over 20 years of experience in trauma-focused work.

Together, they founded Three Minds Psychology to promote the importance of compassion in the workplace.

Here’s what Katy and Anna discussed with Harry:

• Compassion is defined as approaching and managing suffering with empathy, communication, and understanding, rather than avoiding it
• Human brains are wired for social connection and belonging, meaning can trigger threat-based emotions when individuals feel disconnected or judged
• Fostering compassion in the workplace operates at both individual and team levels, involving skills training in mindfulness and emotional regulation, and promoting compassionate communication and psychological safety
• Senior leaders play a crucial role in modelling and setting tone for a compassionate workplace, with their active involvement being essential for the successful implementation of compassion-focused practices
• Effective strategies for implementing compassion in larger organisations can involve both top-down approaches and breaking down hierarchies to foster genuine, cross-boundary conversations and relationships

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In this special episode of the 12 Minutes of Workplace Health Podcast, we flip the script on host and CEO Harry Bliss to celebrate Champion Health's 6th birthday.

From starting Champion Health in Sheffield when he was only 23 years old to now - operating in over 120 countries and supporting over 2,000,000 lives globally - Harry opens up about the journey thus far.

He gives insight into the early days of Champion Health, the vision he saw from the very beginning of what employee wellbeing should encompass, the incredible development of the Champion Health platform and its people, and why the industry is moving into a more data-led and proactive approach to wellbeing.