National Wellbeing Hub's Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Gill Moreton, Clinical Lead for the Emergency Services at NHS Lothian's Rivers Centre, and Gail Topping, a paramedic with the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS), discuss all things peer support. This hugely informative chat covers everything from what peer support really means, why it is so important in the workplace, especially in highly stressful roles, the value of informal peer support, and tips for how you can enhance peer support within your organisation.
About the speakers
Gill is the Service lead for Lifelines Scotland, which provides training and online resources to the blue light community in Scotland on peer and post-trauma support. You can learn more about the work that Lifelines do by visiting their website.
Gail co-developed the 'R U OK?' peer support campaign within the Scottish Ambulance Service, which aimed to help promote conversations around mental health and wellbeing. You can read more about the campaign by following this link.
Tracey Moggeridge, Mindfulness Practitioner & Coach presents 'Loving kindness meditation'
Tracey Moggeridge, Mindfulness Practitioner & Coach presents 'What can we do to support ourselves'
Tracey Moggeridge, Mindfulness Practitioner & Coach presents 'Find your feet, find your seat, find your hands'
Following on from our Psychological First Aid (PFA) in the Workplace webinar, Sarah Phillips gives an overview of how PFA looks in the context of supporting each other and those we provide care for, before discussing some case studies illustrating PFA in practice. This session will give you insights into how you can provide Psychological First Aid.
Sarah is a Counselling Psychologist based at the Rivers Centre, NHS Lothian. She oversaw the running of the NHS Lothian staff support line during the early stages of the COVID 19 pandemic and serves as clinical lead for the National Wellbeing Hub.
Presenter: Kevin Duffy, Scotland Partnership Manager, Money and Pensions Service
Chair: Ray de Souza
Ray de Souza (National Adviser, Workforce Wellbeing, Scottish Government Wellbeing Division) and Martin Stepek (Mindfulness Coach and Co-Founder, Ten For Zen)
Chair, Ray de Souza, National Wellbeing Adviser, Scottish Government Health Workforce Directorate, Presenters Dr Alastair Dobbin and Dr Sheila Ross, Co-Founders Feeling Good App
Presenters are Ray De Souza and Dr Dimitri Gavriloff, Clinical Psychologist and Sleep Medicine Expert, Oxford, and Clinical Lead, Big Health
Presenters (in order of appearance) Chair, Ray de Souza, National Wellbeing Adviser, Scottish Government Health Workforce Directorate, Angela Lewis, Founder and Director, PSA Ltd. and Gill Moreton, Project Lead (Lifelines), Rivers Centre For Traumatic Stress
Presenters (in order of appearance): Chair, Ray de Souza, National Wellbeing Adviser, Scottish Government Health Workforce Directorate, Dr Paula Easton, Clinical Psychologist and Head of Rivers Centre For Traumatic Stress
Mindfulness coach and Tenforzen founder, Martin Stepek, provides ten minutes of guided relaxation - produced for everyone involved in health and social care in Scotland.
Recently-retired GP Dr Elizabeth Kelly explores The Courage to be Kind, a Carnegie UK Trust report focusing on the importance of kindness in care settings in Scotland. In conversation with health journalist Pennie Taylor, Carnegie Associate Dr Kelly discusses the transformational potential of kindness from a range of angles. Across six short podcasts, they talk about learning from The Courage to be Kind, as well as work by Julia Unwin and others. In addition to signposting useful resources (including those on the National Wellbeing Hub), they share ideas and approaches for embedding kindness in the workplace.
Recently-retired GP Dr Elizabeth Kelly explores The Courage to be Kind, a Carnegie UK Trust report focusing on the importance of kindness in care settings in Scotland. In conversation with health journalist Pennie Taylor, Carnegie Associate Dr Kelly discusses the transformational potential of kindness from a range of angles. Across six short podcasts, they talk about learning from The Courage to be Kind, as well as work by Julia Unwin and others. In addition to signposting useful resources (including those on the National Wellbeing Hub), they share ideas and approaches for embedding kindness in the workplace.
Recently-retired GP Dr Elizabeth Kelly explores The Courage to be Kind, a Carnegie UK Trust report focusing on the importance of kindness in care settings in Scotland. In conversation with health journalist Pennie Taylor, Carnegie Associate Dr Kelly discusses the transformational potential of kindness from a range of angles. Across six short podcasts, they talk about learning from The Courage to be Kind, as well as work by Julia Unwin and others. In addition to signposting useful resources (including those on the National Wellbeing Hub), they share ideas and approaches for embedding kindness in the workplace.
Recently-retired GP Dr Elizabeth Kelly explores The Courage to be Kind, a Carnegie UK Trust report focusing on the importance of kindness in care settings in Scotland. In conversation with health journalist Pennie Taylor, Carnegie Associate Dr Kelly discusses the transformational potential of kindness from a range of angles. Across six short podcasts, they talk about learning from The Courage to be Kind, as well as work by Julia Unwin and others. In addition to signposting useful resources (including those on the National Wellbeing Hub), they share ideas and approaches for embedding kindness in the workplace.
Recently-retired GP Dr Elizabeth Kelly explores The Courage to be Kind, a Carnegie UK Trust report focusing on the importance of kindness in care settings in Scotland. In conversation with health journalist Pennie Taylor, Carnegie Associate Dr Kelly discusses the transformational potential of kindness from a range of angles. Across six short podcasts, they talk about learning from The Courage to be Kind, as well as work by Julia Unwin and others. In addition to signposting useful resources (including those on the National Wellbeing Hub), they share ideas and approaches for embedding kindness in the workplace.
Recently-retired GP Dr Elizabeth Kelly explores The Courage to be Kind, a Carnegie UK Trust report focusing on the importance of kindness in care settings in Scotland. In conversation with health journalist Pennie Taylor, Carnegie Associate Dr Kelly discusses the transformational potential of kindness from a range of angles. Across six short podcasts, they talk about learning from The Courage to be Kind, as well as work by Julia Unwin and others. In addition to signposting useful resources (including those on the National Wellbeing Hub), they share ideas and approaches for embedding kindness in the workplace.
Claire Fyvie interviews Dr David McCartney, an addictions doctor, about alcohol dependency.
Presenters: Prof Colin EspieCo-Founder, Big Sleep; Dr Dimitri Gavriloff, Sleep Medicine Expert; and the Chair is Prof Andrew Gumley, Professor of Psychology, Glasgow University
In challenging times, difficulty sleeping is often the first symptom of poor mental health. Here's your chance to learn about how to improve your sleep from world class sleep experts, using evidence-based techniques.
Attendees were asked to submit their questions ahead of time, and sleep medicine specialists Prof. Colin Espie and Dr Dimitri Gavriloff answered these in a live Q&A facilitated by Prof. Andrew Gumley.
Chair, Ray de Souza, National Wellbeing Adviser, Scottish Government Health Workforce Directorate; Presenter Daisy Dowling, Founder and CEO, WorkParent, USA