Name: Mental Health First Aid Masterclass
Start: 2022-10-18T08:30:00Z
End: 2022-10-18T08:30:56.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
Rating: 4.7

Regular content provided by experts to help you or your employees look after their health and wellbeing at home or abroad.

Discover the fascinating science behind aging and how we can extend both lifespan and healthspan. This webinar will explore the latest research on longevity, including breakthroughs in genetics, nutrition, lifestyle factors, and medical innovations. Join us to learn practical insights into living longer, healthier lives, backed by cutting-edge science.

The Science of Longevity

As populations age, dementia risk grows, influenced by genetics, cardiovascular health, and lifestyle factors, highlighting the need for early intervention.

Allianz Partners, a global leader in insurance and assistance services, is shining a spotlight on this crucial aspect of our wellbeing with the latest episode in its Paths to Prevention series.

Episode Five - Mitigating Dementia Risk

Join us for an insightful session on chronic disease – the leading cause of death worldwide – and find out why getting these diseases do NOT need to be an inevitable fact of life. This includes conditions like heart disease, diabetes, cancer, respiratory disease, and dementia. Explore the global impact of these long-term health conditions, the risk factors and, most importantly, the prevention strategies. This webinar will provide valuable knowledge for individuals, healthcare professionals, and anyone interested in improving their health and well-being. Find out how, in many instances, you can take back control of your health.

Understanding Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)

Rising globally, diabetes risk is heightened by obesity, sedentary lifestyles, and genetic predisposition, necessitating proactive health management.

Allianz Partners, a global leader in insurance and assistance services, is shining a spotlight on this crucial aspect of our wellbeing with the latest episode in its Paths to Prevention series.

Episode Four - Diabetes Prevention

With increasing prevalence, cancer risk can be mitigated through lifestyle changes, early detection, and awareness of genetic factors.

Allianz Partners, a global leader in insurance and assistance services, is shining a spotlight on this crucial aspect of our wellbeing with the latest episode in its Paths to Prevention series.

Episode Three - Mitigating Cancer Risk

Unlock the power of intuitive eating and learn how to reconnect with your body’s natural hunger cues. In this webinar, we’ll explore the principles of eating mindfully, free from restrictive diets, and fostering a healthier relationship with food. Discover practical strategies to trust your body’s signals and make food choices that support both your physical and emotional well-being.

Listen to Your Body - Intuitive Eating

Breathing is something we do unconsciously every moment of the day, yet the health of our lungs often goes unnoticed until it's compromised. Allianz Partners, a global leader in insurance and assistance services, is shining a spotlight on this crucial aspect of our wellbeing with the latest episode in its Paths to Prevention series.

Episode Two – Lung Health

In today’s digital age, social media is a powerful tool for connection, but it can also impact our mental and emotional well-being. Join us for a webinar that explores strategies for navigating social media mindfully. Learn how to maintain healthy boundaries, manage screen time, and use social platforms to enhance rather than hinder your well-being. Whether for personal or professional use, this session will help you make the most of social media while protecting your mental health.

Navigating Social Media

Episode one delves into the risk factors and preventative measures associated with cardiovascular disease.

Episode One - Heart Health

Sleep is one of the most powerful tools for boosting your physical and mental well-being. In this webinar, we'll explore how quality sleep can enhance cognitive function, improve mood, and support overall health. Learn practical tips for optimizing your sleep habits, debunk common myths, and understand the science behind why sleep is truly your superpower. Don’t miss this opportunity to unlock your potential through better rest!

Sleep is Your Superpower!

Relationships thrive on communication, and in this webinar, we're here to help you build stronger connections. Join us and explore the art of effective communication within your relationships. Our expert will provide practical guidance on active listening, expressing feelings, and resolving conflicts constructively. Whether you're seeking to enhance your personal, professional, or romantic relationships, this session will equip you with the tools to communicate more openly, honestly, and empathetically. Strengthen your bonds and achieve greater harmony with the power of effective communication.

Communicating Effectively in Relationships

Juggling the demands of parenthood, maintaining work and fitness, and managing everyday life can often feel like a chaotic balancing act. This webinar aims to provide practical tips and strategies for mothers and fathers to find harmony and balance amidst the whirlwind of responsibilities. By implementing these strategies, parents can better navigate the chaos of daily life, find time for fitness and work and ensure they are taking care of their mental and physical well-being. This webinar will empower participants to achieve a more balanced and fulfilling lifestyle.

Balancing Chaos - Parenthood, Career, Fitness and Life

The Flexitarian Diet offers a practical and sustainable approach to eating that supports overall health and well-being, while also benefiting the environment. By embracing a flexible diet that prioritizes plant-based foods without completely eliminating meat, individuals can enjoy a diverse and nutritious diet that is easy to maintain long-term. In this webinar we'll discuss the benefits of taking a flexitarian approach to eating plant based foods and discuss easy ways in which we can all incorporate this into our daily lives.

The Flexitarian Diet - Should We Be Reducing Our Meat Intake?

The winter months can be a struggle for many of us. The shorter days, colder weather and post holiday blues contribute to this. Therefore, it is important to prioritize your mental health and goal setting. In this webinar we will look at combatting SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), incorporating daily positive affirmations, gratitude practices and engaging in mood boosting activities. By implementing these strategies, participants will be equipped to maintain a positive outlook and stay on track with their New Year resolutions, even during the most challenging winter days.

Beat the Winter Blues - remaining positive and sticking to your new year goals.

Get ready to embrace a healthy winter season. Join our webinar as we explore effective strategies for boosting your immunity during the cold months. Our expert speaker will delve into the importance of nutrition, exercise, and quality sleep in fortifying your body's defenses against seasonal challenges. Discover practical tips and habits that will help you stay at your best, even when the temperature drops. Whether you're preparing for the holiday season or looking to maintain your wellbeing, this session is your key to winter wellness.

Boosting immunity in the cold season

Join us this webinar as we dive into the topic of preventing insulin resistance. Gain a clear understanding of what insulin resistance is, how it can develop, and, most importantly, how you can take proactive steps to reduce your risk. Our expert speaker will provide valuable insights and practical strategies to help you safeguard your health and maintain balanced insulin levels. Whether you're concerned about your own health or want to support others in their journey, this session offers the knowledge you need to protect your metabolic wellbeing.

Preventing insulin resistance

Digital access to healthcare is transforming how individuals manage their health, interact with providers and access vital services.  From remote consultations and electronic health records to wearable devices and health apps, the digital landscape offers unprecedented opportunities to improve health outcomes, enhance patient experience and streamline healthcare delivery.  Our cross-generational contributors had a lot to say about Digital Health, from their personal use of wearable devices, whether their data should be shared with various stakeholders, and how access to healthcare has increased because of technology.

Digital Health

Mental health, mental fitness and wellbeing are not new phenomena, but they are approached differently throughout the generations.  In this episode, we look at how the different generations have learned from each other, the role of technology on mental health and its potential for the future.

Mental Health

The end of October to the first of the New Year can be can be a challenging time for most people. The pressures of additional tasks, holiday planning, engaging with relatives, gift selection, increased spending, etc. all contribute to feelings of being overwhelmed.

This webinar will help you understand the context in which the holidays are stressful and offers tips and strategies to help you manage the psychological, physical, emotional, and financial aspects of planning for and participating in holiday events. You will be encouraged to evaluate the traditions you and your family follow to better understand the effectiveness of those traditions. In addition, you will learn how to develop new and more manageable traditions that can give your holiday celebrations meaning while not overburdening you.

Managing holiday stress

The winter months can be a challenging time for many people, particularly after Christmas - dealing with the cold dark days can significantly impact our mood, in conjunction with additional financial and relationship stressors that can arise at this time of year. With this dynamic and challenging environment in mind, we have developed this training focussed on cultivating positive mental health and coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder. 

The aim of this session is to highlight and appreciate the impact of additional stressors at this time and help participants to recognise symptoms of struggle, both for themselves personally, and in others. This content aims to offer uplifting strategies to bring more lightness into dark gloomy days.

- Understand the underlying philosophy of positive mental health 
- Learn about the Mental Health Continuum 
- Explore factors that promote positive mental health
- Learn about evidence-based tools and techniques to boost mental health
- Understand the mechanisms of Seasonal Affective Disorder and preventive actions

Positive Mental Health and SAD Awareness

Let's discuss gut health and mood foods with Stephen and David Flynn. In this talk, we will discuss:
• Probiotics - fibre
• The 3 most important things for gut health 
• Diversity in your diet
• Other lifestyle practice to reduce IBS and digestive issues
• Lifestyle design and support

Gut health and mood foods

Join Alexia Combemorel from Ninti for a short presentation on social anxiety and an introduction to two to three short techniques to deal with it when it shows up. Alexia will then guide you through a hypnosis session specific to social anxiety.

Coping techniques for social anxiety

With climate change at the fore of global conversation in recent times, there's a surge in public awareness regarding the impact of food production on our environment. As a result, more individuals are making dietary choices, not only based on personal preference and nutritional requirements - but also considering how they might be contributing to the future of the planet. 
The rising popularity of plant-based eating and the adoption of a 'plant-forward' diet is a central component of this movement. In this training we explore the many personal health benefits, in addition to the profound environmental value of consuming more plant-based produce.

Plant-powered eating

It's natural to feel sad when we're faced with a difficult situation. But sadness is a temporary emotion and should fade with time - when persistent, sadness can turn into depression. 

Allowing ourselves 'not to be ok' at times is essential to our wellbeing. Join our webinar and learn the importance of acknowledging and legitimating your feelings.

It’s ok not to be ok

In recent decades, the extent of nature's therapeutic effects on both body and mind are only beginning to be fully appreciated. Scientists can now quantify with greater accuracy than ever before, the impact of time spent outdoors on all our bodily systems - from hormonal regulation, nerve function and immunity. This translates into significant shifts in mood, cognitive performance and physical health  - even after acute bouts of brief exposure. In this session, we will explore some of the emerging research on Blue and Green Exercise, Forest Bathing and Biophilic Design principles that have been shown to significantly boost health and wellbeing.

Nature and Health

Weight loss tends to be a major focus for many individuals post-festivities at the start of the new year, however often people resort to quick fix solutions and fad diets which are not effective in the long run. 

This training facilitates individuals understanding the multi-dimensional components that determine successful long-term weight management - beyond calorie counting and extreme dietary regimens. The session explores mind-body connection, identity and limiting personal narratives - in addition to the practicalities of developing and instilling optimum nutrition and exercise habits as part of daily life.

The key to successful Long-Term Weight Loss

Join us on the 15th March as we discuss Women's Health.

Women's Health

In this talk, two experts from Crisis24 will be discussing emerging travel security risks, considerations and useful advice and tips for business travelers.

More about the speakers:
Jonathon Keymer, Director of Intelligence
Leads a global team analyzing threats to security, life safety, and business continuity and has worked for travel security sector market leaders for the last decade. He previously worked in the Far East on internal security, de-mining, and disaster recovery projects, and as a financial journalist in the City of London examining issues around the global financial crash 2007-2008. Jonathon was brought up in Germany and Belgium and has worked around Europe, Asia, and Australia. He has an MA in Proliferation and International Security from Kings College, London, and a BSc in Economics.

Jason Lowe, Director, Response Operations 
Jason Lowe is the Director of Crisis24’s Global Response Operations. He has 20 years of operational experience with the UK military, private sector security, and emergency response and crisis management. Jason is also a Certified Security Management Professional with years of professional experience in asset and executive protection, planning and operating in hostile environments, and evacuating personnel from areas of conflict, instability, crisis, and natural disasters.

Travel security

This webinar will provide participants with a deeper understanding and sense of control over the effects of stress. This session will explore various sources of stress and introduce ways to tackle them with a focus on improved performance and enhanced well-being.  At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to do the following: - Understand the impact of stress and the importance of managing it effectively. - Apply the classical techniques of the Change Your Mind, Change Your Behavior approach to easing the pressures of stress. - Develop longer term strategies for reducing stress. - Identify personal stress triggers and support themselves.  This webinar is in collaboration with Lifeworks.

Our speaker 

Lesley Malcolm M.A. (Hons), FCIPD is an international speaker and trainer on all aspects of wellbeing.  

A graduate of the University of Glasgow in History, Politics & Economics with a post graduate degree in Human Resource Management from Glasgow Caledonian University. 

Lesley started her career in HR, working with two of the biggest retailers in the UK and then with HP, the global computer manufacturer.  Her focus whilst working in HR has always been Employee Relations, Managing Absence and Wellbeing.   
 
Lesley now runs her own HR business and focuses on all aspects of wellbeing in the workplace, believing that ultimately if individuals feel well physically and mentally, they are more engaged and motivated in all aspects of their life.

Easing the pressure

Health and Wellness webinars

Join Alex Freeman on this one hour Mental Health First Aid Masterclass. Alex will give you tips on how to act and who to contact when dealing with friends or colleagues who need support with their mental health.

Mental Health First Aid Masterclass

Allianz

HR Training

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Benefits and Compensation

Get powerful human resource management insights for your business. Connect with experts and colleagues to get the most up-to-date knowledge on which HR practices and strategies have been shown to be effective in retaining and growing talent.

Human resources is intrinsically linked to business success and requires a thoughtful balance of a variety of complex issues. The human resources community on BrightTALK is made up of thousands of professionals in human resources exchanging human resources best practices and advice. Watch hundreds of on-demand webinars for immediate information or participate in upcoming live webinars and have your questions answered by respected HR thought leaders.

Human Resources

The sales management community on BrightTALK is made up of thousands of sales management professionals. Learn about sales training ideas and techniques while improving pipeline development strategies. Join the conversation by participating in live sales development and management webinars and round tables.

Sales Strategy

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Sales

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Health IT

Healthcare

In today’s economic climate, successful small businesses need to overcome an array of challenges. Client dependence, legal issues, small business financing… as an entrepreneur, where can you find the information you need to help inform your decisions? In the small business management community, discover how you can create a successful small business from the business plan up!

Small Business

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