HB Blog

Having some go-to techniques to help us deal with stress more effectively can be extremely beneficial to help minimise the adverse effects, calm the frantic mind and that over-whelming feeling.

It’s clear that poor mental health has been on the rise in Australian workplaces, and with the added impact that COVID-19 has had, the problem is only getting worse.

Sometime injuries are simply unavoidable, however, by making a few small incremental changes to your lifestyle you can significantly reduce your risk of injury and the resulting pain, complications and expensive treatment that come with it.

What are habits? In simple terms, they are behaviours that we repeat over and over again. They form the basis of any lifestyle change that we may want to make, such as improving our diet, upping our activity levels, or decreasing our alcohol consumption.

It’s becoming more apparent that we need to take a proactive approach when it comes to addressing health and wellbeing in Australian workplaces.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of death in Australia, responsible for causing one in four (26%) of all deaths. The good news is that most of the risk factors associated with CVD are preventable with healthy lifestyle choices.

Our many years of experience has taught us that the early messaging needs to be clearly orientated to the “why” and “how” to generate the most interest.