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Sleeping on the Job – managing sleep and shift work
Dr Dimitri Gavriloff, a sleep specialist, highlights the impacts of shift work and ways to manage your sleep whilst working shifts.
Using Mindfulness to cope with anxiety about a post-COVID future
Martin Stepek, one of Scotland’s foremost teachers of mindfulness looks at how you can use mindfulness to get into the right frame of mind to cope with uncertainty and change….
Worry, Stress, Anxiety and Sleep – techniques to help you feel better
Dr Michelle David and Dr Dimitri Gavriloff discuss why we feel stress, what can cause poor sleep, and explore some techniques to help you manage and deal with these.
Top tips for managing low mood
Try to develop and maintain a healthy routine; we all feel safer and more relaxed when we have a routine. Sleep is really important, both for physical and mental health.Try…
Sleep Difficulties
Click here for Tips for Better Sleep Most of us have had nights when we can’t get a good night’s sleep. When you’re worried or stressed you might struggle to get…
Some things to lift your spirits
We’ve made a little collection of things to lift your spirits… Scottish Ballet and NHS Scotland have created a programme of 10-minute movement exercises especially for you: Scottish Ballet - Health at Hand: Movement and Breath…
Supporting your wellbeing: free apps and online programmes
All of these apps are free to Health and Social Care staff and unpaid carers in Scotland when accessed through this site. Click the Quick Guide links for instructions. Daylight: …
Developing self-compassion
Working in health and social care means that we are often caring for others, sometimes to the detriment of ourselves. To care well for others, however, we also need to…
Connect with others
Spending time with people we like is good for our wellbeing. The pandemic has disrupted this and many of us are adapting and learning new ways of staying in touch…
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