Emotions are data, not directives

There’s a pervasive idea, rarely stated directly but deeply embedded in how most of us were taught to relate to ourselves, and that is that emotions are things to be managed, controlled, or overcome. The valuable ones are to be cultivated; the difficult ones are to be suppressed, minimised, or endured until they pass. Neither […]

Why awareness alone does not create behaviour change

Most workplace mental health training stops at awareness. Here’s why that is not enough; and what the gap between knowing and doing actually requires.

How Human State Training aligns with the HSE Management Standards

UK employers have a legal duty to manage psychological risk at work. Here is how Human State Training supports organisations to meet that obligation; not just acknowledge it.

Mental Health First Aid vs Human State Training: what is the difference?

Both MHFA and HST have a role to play in workplace mental health. But they do very different jobs. Here is an honest account of what each one is, what it is not, and when each one matters.

Mental health is a spectrum, not a set of diagnoses

Naming distress without pathologising it changes the conversation at work, and makes it far more likely that people act early, before difficulties become significant.