DEVELOPING A
MENTALLY HEALTHY
WELLBEING AS AN ECOSYSTEM The pandemic has brought into sharp focus the relationship between mental health, wellbeing and the workplace. As we begin to navigate our way out of the lockdown restrictions over the next few months, it will be more important than ever that we create working spaces which can support peoples mental wellbeing and respond to distress in ways that are supportive and helpful. We often define wellbeing as ‘a state of being comfortable, happy or healthy’ often measured by life satisfaction levels, whether what we do is worthwhile, our happiness, anxiety levels and overall mental health. To some extent this definition is helpful, but this positions most of the responsibility within an individual and pays less attention to the importance of and quality of the environment which
supports an individual. Perhaps it’s time that employers recognised that employee wellbeing and resilience is a sum of interrelated parts that spans across time and is largely supported by the environment and the quality of relationships and social supports this affords. Business resilience is not about managing performance solely but embracing
