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Yoga

DoYogaWithMe - A range of yoga classes with varying levels of difficulty, and lengths of session so you can pick a class most appropriate for you. - https://www.doyogawithme.com/

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Mindfullness

Headspace - Mindfulness for your everyday life including meditation, sleep, stress & anxiety, and movement & healthy living.
Calm - An app for mental fitness focusing on sleep, meditation and relaxation.

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Physical Fitness

Strava - Lets you track your walking, running, or cycling activity.
Fitness Blender - Get specific about what area of your body you want to work out, how long for, and what equipment you do or do not have.
NHS Couch to 5K - A running plan for beginners.

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Fitness

Adidas | Run to Reconnect - Poor mental health is one of the main causes of serious health problems globally with three out of four people claiming they were unable to cope with stress last year. Run to reconnect follows four runners as they discuss the ways in which "mindful running" – running as a form of meditation – helps them cope with the stresses of daily life.
Grow your hippocampus and why it matters - A pair of thumb-sized structures deep in the center of the human brain are critical for our ability to learn and remember.
How to look after mental health using exercise - Physical activity is beneficial for your mental health and wellbeing
Mental Health benefits of exercise - Exercise is effective in dealing with depression, anxiety, stress, and more
Get active for mental wellbeing - Being active is great for your physical health and fitness, and evidence shows it can also improve your mental wellbeing.
Physical activity for mental health - Tips for choosing an activity that works for you, and how to overcome anything that might stop you from becoming more active
Exercise for mental health-how much is too much? - Extending a caution: too much exercise may negatively affect mental health.
How your mental health reaps the benefits of exercise
6 best exercises for mental health - New research shows why physical exercise is essential to mental health.
How to sit correctly - If your work involves sitting a lot and using a computer, here are some tips to help you sit correctly.

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Mindfulness

Pleasant evening planning - Pleasant events scheduling involves activating oneself: scheduling in on a daily basis an activity which you had previously enjoyed, or will give you a sense of achievement.
The calm of Kendo - Liam Palmer, Chartered MCSI, cuts through the stress, intensity and challenges of work by practising the Japanese martial art of kendo twice a week.
Gratitude - New research is starting to explore how gratitude works to improve our mental health.
All it takes is 10 mindful minutes - Refreshing your mind for 10 minutes a day, simply by being mindful and experiencing the present moment.
Meditation at your desk - Meditate right where you are with this 10-minute guided practice.
Mindfulness tips in the workplace - There are plenty of ways to practise mindfulness at work, to help combat stress and reduce distractions.
Meditation and Pranayama techniques to do at your desk - Small mindful breaks ensure that your stress levels will not take the best of you.
The mindfulness guide for when you’re too busy to meditate - Try these simple ways to pause and be mindful throughout your day.
Improve mental wellbeing - Here are 5 steps we can all take to improve our mental wellbeing.
Moodzone - Your guide to common emotional responses affecting wellbeing and how to address them.

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Sleep

Sleep is your superpower - Sleep is your life-support system and Mother Nature's best effort yet at immortality, says sleep scientist Matt Walker.
Connection between sleep and mental health - We spend about a third of our lives asleep — a figure that may make all that time spent in bed seem like a waste- but it’s the opposite.
Top sleep apps - At their core, sleep tracking apps track your sleep patterns, and upgrade your phone’s alarm clock to coordinate it with your sleep cycle.
Sleep and Mental Health - Most of us need to sleep well to help our bodies recover from the day and to allow healing to take place.
How to cope with sleep problems - Practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support with sleeping issues
How to cure insomnia - Broadcaster Tom Bradby described how sleep deprivation led to his meltdown and how he got better.
Sleepless in the City - The man calming chief executives’ anxiety

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Food

Eat, Nourish, Flourish - 13 Top tips for memory retention and performance.
Best diets for mental health - Science agrees that food can be a powerful tool for people dealing with depression and anxiety.
Diets and mental health - what we eat may affect not just our physical health, but also our mental health and wellbeing.
NHS Eatwell Guide - The Eatwell Guide shows how much of what we eat overall should come from each food group to achieve a healthy, balanced diet.
How to walk by the free donuts at work - Tired of struggling with your willpower? Try these tips to avoid those free office snacks.
10 ways to avoid office junk food - Here are the 10 best tips these experts passed along for dealing with office snacking.
7 foods that beat the blues - Can a meal or snack, in turn, affect your mood and actually lift your spirits?

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Relationships

Where We Belong - A look at how vital it is for people to feel accepted for who they are as a pre-requisite for happiness at work
Walk the line - How can managers stop banter from morphing into inappropriate workplace behaviour?
What does workplace bullying look like? - New Acas research has examined what bullying and ill-treatment commonly look like in the workplace and how best to tackle these behaviours.
Office Banter; where to draw the line - The grey area between office banter and bullying or harassment is the kind that some employers might be concerned about.
From banter to bullying - The problem with "banter" is that it can be used as an excuse to say something unpleasant whilst absolving blame. There are tell tale signs that banter has crossed the line.
Building great work relations - People who have a best friend at work are seven times more likely to be engaged in their jobs, here’s how to strengthen your work relationships.
Developing effective work relationships - Effective interpersonal work relationships form the cornerstone of success and satisfaction with your job and your career.
13 workplace relationship tips - Ninety-nine percent of career success hinges on your ability to communicate well, foster mutually beneficial relationships at work, and earn the respect and loyalty of bosses, coworkers, clients, and customers.
How to talk your boss about a bully at work - Being bullied at work can wreak havoc on your physical and emotional health, which makes it important for you to address immediately.
8 signs your boss is a bully - It is important to be able to identify workplace bullying because it can have significant consequences.

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Why work life balance is important

Importance of work life balance - How to avoid losing productivity at work and her connection to her personal life.
20 tips to maintain work life balance - Blurring the lines between work and life? Here’s how to strike the balance.
Work life balance - Pressure of an increasingly demanding work culture in the UK is perhaps the biggest and most pressing challenge to the mental health of the general population.
Flexible trend: How to achieve work/life balance - What does work/life balance mean for the financial services industry?
5 Benefits of a work life balance - Creating a healthy balance between work and play is absolutely essential when it comes to leading a happy and productive lifestyle.
12 ways to support a better work life balance for your employees - Live to work, or work to live? It’s a question that many members of the modern workforce are asking themselves.
15 Ideas for improving work life balance - Identify views on flexible working and possible objections.
How to offer work life balance for employees - Work balance is especially important to your millennial employees who are used to cramming their days with diverse activities.

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How to navigate ethical dilemmas

Guide to whistleblowing - An informational guide to whistle blowing and passing on concerns in the workplace.
Encouraging employees to blow the whistle - Is enough being done in the UK to encourage whistleblowing, or should it follow the lead of the US by awarding big pay-outs to whistle-blowers?
Speak up with Confidence - The CISI has launched a Speak Up programme encouraging financial services industry firms to adopt a policy to help staff report violation of company policy, the law or any failing which impacts standards.
Put down the whistle, pick up the microphone - Matt Cowan, Chartered MCSI, CISI regional director, Middle East, on creating a culture that encourages financial services employees to speak up about wrongdoing.
Do whistle blowers get enough support
Does whistleblowing have to end badly? - the Institute's Speak Up campaign gathers pace, industry experts have been examining how whistleblowing can be harnessed for the greater good of the finance industry.
Whistleblowing support - Confidential advice for those who have witnessed wrongdoing on their workplace but are unsure how to raise their concerns.

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How to deal with a busy workload

How to deal with a busy workload - When work is piling up, it’s easy to get stressed out. However, there are some tips you can employ in the workplace to help ease the pressure.
How to deal with an overwhelming workload - That is why, entrepreneurs need to work smarter, not harder.
Heavy workload at work? - Not only can a heavy workload be tiring, it often drives you to work for longer hours than you would really like.
Tips for time management and a busy workload - Here's a no-nonsense guide to time management - the process that will help you to keep balance even when you are extremely busy.
How to prioritize tasks - Luckily, there are a few (almost automatic) ways to quickly get your to-do list prioritized without much effort.
How to make the perfect to do list - Figuring out how to get all of your tasks done in one day can be quite the struggle, and that’s where to-do lists can be so helpful.
Gantt chart - Why they are so useful, and how you can use them to organize projects and keep your team informed of progress.

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Successful ways to study while working

CISI Review: How to carry on studying in disruptive circumstances – Here are some suggestions to help you focus and succeed
Coping with exam results - Not doing as well as you expected or hoped in your exams can be really tough.
Presenteeism in the workplace - Continuing to work while you are unwell could be negatively impacting your business.
10 things you can do for your health when studying - Try these tips to keep your balance, or re-balance yourself while studying.
Student mental health - How you can look after your mental health as a student, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
10 tips for students mental health - Students feel isolated if they think they shouldn’t be struggling. What they need to do is figure out how to take care of themselves when they struggle.
Student Minds - We empower students and members of the university community to look after their own mental health, support others and create change.
Student Stress Anxiety Guide - Stress is the body’s reaction to a challenge. Though stress is often perceived as bad, it can be good in some respects.

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How to transform failure into success

Failure into success - The word 'no' doesn't have to debilitate you. In fact, it can empower you to achieve a whole new level of greatness you never dreamed possible.
Benefits of failure - Failure isn’t fun, but it is an opportunity to learn, reflect and regroup.
The art of losing - We’re all scrambling for practical solutions for the uncertain future of work. But there’s a mental shift we need to make, too.
Why we should not fear failure - How failure can be the greatest teacher and acceptance and understanding of it can help tackle the issue of poor mental health in schools.
Mental health as an entrepreneur - An account from an entrepreneur navigating his own mental health pitfalls, turning his failure into success.

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How to deal with stress

Spotting the signs of stress - The first step to coping with stress is spotting when it happens and being alert to how you feel and how well you are coping.
How to help someone who is stressed - When someone close to us is feeling overwhelmed or stressed, it can be difficult to know how to help, here are some tips to help.
Steps to take when you’re starting to burn out - Burnout hurts. When you burn out at work, you feel diminished, like a part of yourself has gone into hiding, here’s how to overcome burnout.
Stress management techniques
10 stress busters - If you're stressed, whether by your job or something more personal, the first step to feeling better is to identify the cause.
12 ways to eliminate stress at work - How do you keep cool under so many demands in the workplace?

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How to deal with anxiety

Sign and symptoms of anxiety disorders - Here are 11 common symptoms of an anxiety disorder, as well as how to reduce anxiety naturally and when to seek professional help.
Rainy mood and simplynoise.com - Calming noise generating websites to help you focus and tune into your wellbeing at your desk.
Aromatherapy - All about the effect that essential oils have on mood and emotion.
Aromatherapy in the office - There are many ways to use aromatherapy at work to make your office space a more welcoming, pleasant environment.
Belly breathing Diaphragmatic breathing is meant to help you use the diaphragm correctly while breathing.
Grounding techniques - Grounding is a practice that can help you pull away from flashbacks, unwanted memories, and negative or challenging emotions.
Tapping ETF - the vital secret for emotional wholeness and physical relief. You can take your physical and emotional well-being into your own hands.
How to deal with anxiety at work - Navigating the workplace can be stressful — especially for individuals dealing with anxiety.
10 ways to manage anxiety at work - Anxiety can affect performance at work, the quality of the work, relationships with colleagues, and relationships with supervisors.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy - Observe the way your behaviour and thoughts can affect your mood, then work to build new habits that help you to feel better.
How CBT works - Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can help you make sense of overwhelming problems by breaking them down into smaller parts.

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How to deal with depression

How to spot depression in others - The thing to remember about recognising depression is that it's not a one-size-fits-all disorder.
Helping someone with depression - Your support and encouragement can play an important role in your loved one’s recovery. Here’s how to make a difference.
Depression, the secret we share - Andrew Solomon takes you to the darkest corners of his mind during the years he battled depression and how this made more people share their stories.
How to connect with depressed friends - Learn some dos and don'ts for talking to people living with depression -- and handle your next conversation with grace and maybe a bit of humour.
Don’t suffer in silence - Having feelings isn't a sign of weakness -- they mean we're human.
Facing us - For individuals living with mood disorders, maintaining wellness presents distinct challenges. The Facing Us Clubhouse is an online home for anyone seeking inspiration and support for a life of health and well-being.
Therapist plan for overcoming depression - Therapist-approved techniques to help you lift the paralysis and stop the ruminating that may be getting in your way.
Charlie Waller Trust - Depression can be treated, talking about it is the first step.
The torment of my secret illness - With devastating honesty and courage, Kate’s brother JAMES MIDDLETON reveals his private battle with the depression he calls ‘a cancer of the mind’, how he hid it from his own family and the therapy that saved him

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Information on resilience

Build your resilience - In an era where business keeps moving faster, it is no small wonder that resilience has become the new must-have executive skill.
Workplace mental health resilience - Resilience is a key strategy that helps employees tackle stress, a competitive job market, workplace conflicts, and address challenges on the job.
How to make stress your best friend - Experiencing stresses in life is the body’s driver to protect us and to achieve things but when this builds up too much, we feel very stressed. Then we can sometimes try and change our thinking to see stress as a positive, mild stress certainly is.
Building personal resilience
Workplace mental health - Topic pages to gain insight into key areas at the intersection of mental health and the workplace and identify ways you can advance mental health at your company.
How to tackle workplace bullying - Bullies in a place of work can make a person’s life extremely difficult, no matter what stage of their career they are at. Here’s guidance on how to handle this situation

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CISI Podcast
Mental Health in Financial Services

In our first CISI podcast, Lora Benson, head of media at the CISI, discusses the topic of mental health within financial services. Lora is joined by Dr Stephen Pereira MD, FRCPsych, DPM, MSc, MBBS, a consultant psychiatrist with over 25 years experience in psychiatry and Piers Connolly, a senior financial services director, who gives a detailed account of dealing with his own mental health issues whilst working within the financial services profession.

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