Understanding & Responding To Burnout & Moral Injury
We’ve seen a rise in both burnout and moral injury among clients lately. Here two of our experts unpack these buzzwords to help clients understand and respond to these challenges.
Creative Tension: Exploring Workplace Conflict In The Age Of AI
Is a workplace without human disagreement really what we want? Psychotherapist and Mediator CHRIS WAKE explores.
World Mental Health Day Is Coming Soon…
As World Mental Health Day approaches, explore options both for individuals and organisations to thrive in the midst of uncertainty.
Managing Sickness Absence
A free resource to help HR, managers and leaders understand early warning signs and practical steps to take.
7 Things We Know About Thriving In Tough Times & Places
To mark the launch of our new elearning courses on Thriving In Times Of Crisis and Supporting Staff In High Risk, Insecure Environments our team shares insights on…
Authentic Leadership Among Women in Humanitarian Work: A Qualitative Study
One of our team recently completed her academic thesis on the challenges that female NGO leaders face in trying to be their authentic selves at work. Here she shares some of her findings.
A Short Guide To Improving Your Sleep
Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER Chief Medical Officer // DR. MATT EDWARDS We all struggle with it sometimes. If poor sleep is a challenge for you…
A Short Guide To Dealing With Your Anger
Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER Anger, like all human emotions, has both constructive and destructive potential. Here our Psychosocial and Wellbeing Lead BEN PORTER shares some…
Cancer & The Workplace: The Role Of Occupational Health
In a recent webinar Occupational Health physician DR. LOUISA EGBE, Psychologist JESS BRAINCH and HR representative from Pancreatic Cancer UK PETE O’CALLAGHAN shared some of the ways HR and managers can best support people following a cancer diagnosis. Here’s some of what they shared.
Drowning In News
Do news and social media sometimes cause you to feel overwhelmed and fearful? If so, ANASTASIA THOMAS from our psychosocial team would like you to know two things. Firstly, you’re not alone. Secondly. there’s lots you can do about it.
Navigating Times Of Uncertainty
With USAID’s recent ‘stop work orders’ upending the lives and work of countless people, organisations and communities around the world, including our clients and friends, we’re sharing two new resources on how to work through times of uncertainty.
ADHD Assessments – Frequently Asked Questions
We’ve launched a new service to assess, diagnose and provide a treatment plan for people who may have ‘Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder’. Here’s our Chief Clinical Officer MATT EDWARDS on the what, why, and how.
Neurodiversity At Work: The Role Of Occupational Health
We’ve had a spike of enquiries about neurodiversity lately. And so in a recent webinar Consultant Psychiatrist DR. DENZEL MITCHELL and Consultant in Occupational Medicine DR. SIMON CLIFT explored how HR, leaders and managers can best support neurodiverse people to resolve workplace challenges and unlock unique strengths. Here’s some of what they shared.
Things To Know About … The Marburg Virus Outbreak In Tanzania
Some clients have been asking us about the Marburg virus disease outbreak in north west Tanzania. If you’re living, working, or travelling in the area, then our Travel Health Nurse JO THOMPSON has put together some of the key information you need to know.
Workplace Trends We Expect To See This Year
The challenges of cultivating a thriving workplace in 2025 will feel familiar. But some are growing in intensity or visibility. Here are seven trends we anticipate this coming year, along with a little guidance on how you might respond.
Travel Health News
Monthly travel health news about disease outbreaks around the world, from our Lead Nurse JO THOMPSON.
Health & Wellbeing Trends In UK Charities
Chief Executive Officer // LEANNE MAREGA Occupational Health Physician // SIMON CLIFT Psychosocial and Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER Workplaces have been dealing with huge cultural shifts lately….
Addressing Polarising Issues In The Workplace
Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER Chief Thriving Officer // KAREN ABBS Here’s something we’ve noticed in our work with clients lately: the amazing power of a…
‘It’s Time To Prioritise Mental Health In The Workplace’
The theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day on 10 October is right up our street: mental health at work. To mark the day, we asked our…
Mpox: Frequently Asked Questions
What you need to know about the Mpox outbreak
Supporting Your Staff During Times Of Social & Political Unrest
Chief Executive Officer // LEANNE MAREGA Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER It can be hard to know how best to support a team during times of…
Unpacking Psychosocial Jargon
Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER Psychosocial work has plenty of jargon. Here’s an explainer of some of the important ones we use to describe our work…
Creating A Thriving Multigenerational Workplace
Chief Executive Officer // LEANNE MAREGA OPERATIONS ASSISTANT // NICOLE AGNETA Consultant Psychologist // GRAHAM FAWCETT “In recent years we’ve noticed a distinct trend. If you’re reading this,…
Top Ten Books Written By Our Team
Collectively we’ve spent decades providing travel medicine, occupational health, psychosocial care, consultancy support and training to purpose-led people and organisations who are serving others around the world. In…
Trends We’ve Noticed Among Church Leaders
Counsellor & Church Lead CLAUDIA SMITH Head of Client Engagement KATHERINE STICKLAND KATHERINE STICKLAND and CLAUDIA SMITH lead much of our church and ministry work. At the launch…
Thriving In Hard Times: Reflections From A Clinical Psychologist
Consultant Psychologist // GRAHAM FAWCETT GRAHAM FAWCETT’s job is to support people who do difficult jobs, and who are going through a tough time. Here he talks about…
Overlooked Considerations When Caring For Travelling Staff
If you or your team travel for work, it can be easy to forget or overlook some crucial safeguards, provisions and other information. Here, three of our experienced…
Behind The Scenes: Supporting The Diocese of Oxford
This short story, told by our Occupational Health team and The Church of England’s Oxford Diocese, shows what it can take to ensure a person’s successful return to…
“How Do You Keep Active?”
Did you know that physical exercise can have as much impact as medication when it comes to depression? This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (13-19th May) is on…
Six Things We’ve Noticed Lately About Stress
April is Stress Awareness Month. Here, six of our team share a short reflection on the subject, based on encounters with clients around the world. From working with…
Navigating The Redundancy Process
Chief Executive Officer // LEANNE MAREGA Senior Psychologist & Staff Care Specialist // DIANA CHEPKOSGEI Clinical & Organisational Psychologist // ALLISON MALE It’s sadly a reality of work….
The Women That Inspire Our Team
This International Women’s Day, we asked some of our team to tell us about the women that inspire them. From mothers and wives, to Nobel prize winners, here’s…
Inside An Occupational Health Assessment
Occupational Health Physician // DR. MICHELLE TUFNELL Occupational Health Physician // DR. SIMON CLIFT What is Occupational Health? How does an assessment work? What does it involve for…
The Results Are In…
In a recent survey we asked our clients what they think of us. Here’s a summary of what the respondents said… Want to speak with us about ways…
Workplace Trends We’re Noticing At The Moment
In our work, we take time to reflect on themes that we’re noticing in organisations around the world. Here’s some of what LEANNE MAREGA, BEN PORTER, MATT EDWARDS,…
Things To Know About… Gratitude & The Workplace
Chief Executive Officer LEANNE MAREGA Chief Thriving Officer KAREN ABBS What impact can an ‘attitude of gratitude’ really have? When can it tip over into ‘toxic positivity’? How…
A Festive Message From Us To You
Calling all of our clients: Thank you for partnering with us this year! We’re excited to continue our work together in 2024. And as is now our tradition…
“A Pathway For A Healing Process”
When a civil war began in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, local staff with the international NGO ZOA continued to provide support to those who needed it. But they were…
Things To Know As You Support Staff Impacted By The Israel-Palestine Conflict
Chief Executive Officer LEANNE MAREGA Chief Thriving Officer KAREN ABBS Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER In a recent webinar we shared guidance with HR, leaders and…
When Conflict Impacts You Or Your Workplace
CEO // LEANNE MAREGA As the upsetting events in Israel and Gaza continue to unfold, we’ve been taking enquiries about ways we can support clients through the different,…
Things To Know About … Creating A Trauma-Informed Workplace
Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER Senior Psychologist DIANA CHEPKOSGEI Are you ‘trauma-informed’? We asked BEN PORTER and DIANA CHEPKOSGEI from our psychosocial team to explain why…
See You In Geneva?
From 25-26 October we’ll be at the world’s leading humanitarian aid and disaster relief event in Switzerland, AIDEX. Here’s the lowdown. AIDEX features high-level conference sessions, workshops, discussion…
Introducing Our New Chief Thriving Officer
We’re pleased to announce that KAREN ABBS is joining our leadership team. In this Q+A she introduces herself and the role, and tells us what excites her as…
‘We’ve Seen People Come Back To Life’ – Tales From Tigray
Counsellor & Facilitator TEDDY CHAKEE Psychotherapist & Facilitator // ELIAS OMER TEDDY CHAKEE and ELIAS OMER from our psychosocial team have in recent months been providing mental health…
Introducing Our New Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead
BEN PORTER is our new ‘Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead’! In this Q+A he pays tribute to his predecessor, shares his hopes, and explains why his role is a…
The Overlooked Ways To Build Trust In An NGO Team
Chief Executive Officer LEANNE MAREGA Consultant Psychologist GRAHAM FAWCETT Organisational Consultant ERIN LLOYD ROTICH How do you build trust in a team? What if that team’s work is…
Why Church Leaders Should Prioritise Their Self-Care
Occupational Health Physician // DR. SIMON CLIFT Adviser & Travel Medicine Specialist // DR. TED LANKESTER Chief Medical Officer // DR. MATT EDWARDS Over the years, Doctors SIMON…
“You are genuine, genuine world class experts”
What’s the culture like in your workplace? Would the most junior member of your team describe it in the same way as the most senior? And how can…
8 Workplace Trends We’re Noticing At The Moment
Chief Executive Officer // LEANNE MAREGA In our work equipping purpose-led organisations to thrive, we try to take time out to reflect on the trends we notice. At…
Things To Consider When Choosing A Counsellor
Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER When you first access counselling with us, you’ll be offered a choice as to who you‘d like to work with. But…
Does Duty Of Care Stop At Passport Control?
Advisor & Travel Medicine Specialist // DR. TED LANKESTER Many organisations send their staff to see a travel health specialist before they embark on a big journey. But…
8 Ways To Foster Belonging In Your Workplace
Chief Executive Officer // LEANNE MAREGA We all need to feel like we belong. On the blog last year, our CEO LEANNE MAREGA talked about why this is…
The Psychosocial Impact Of The Russian Invasion
Psychosocial Practitioner // ANASTASIA THOMAS Thrive’s ANASTASIA THOMAS is a member of our psychosocial team from Kyiv, Ukraine. A year on from the start of the war, this…
How To Keep Your Work Culture Healthy In A High Risk Environment
Psychotherapist & Facilitator // KRISTEN GUSKOVICT A toxic culture makes work a harder place to be. But if you’re an aid worker in a warzone, a toxic culture…
Why You Should Consider A ‘Gentle Finish’ To The Year
Senior Psychologist & Staff Care Specialist // DIANA CHEPKOSGEI If you’re putting pressure on yourself or others to complete as many work tasks as possible before the Christmas…
How To Help Your Team Become More Resilient To Change
Adviser & Organisation Health Specialist // ANN MURAYA Thrive’s ANN MURAYA helps organisations large and small grow resilience in their teams, so they are more prepared to face…
The Two Foundations Of Staff Wellbeing
Consultant Psychologist // GRAHAM FAWCETT Our Consultant Psychologist GRAHAM FAWCETT gets to the heart of what makes for a happy, healthy team. In his book Dying For A…
How To Talk About Wellbeing At Work
Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER It’s not always easy to talk about, but the benefits are many. Here Psychosocial and Wellbeing Lead BEN PORTER shares ideas…
The Paradoxes Of Time & Memory
Consultant Psychologist // GRAHAM FAWCETT Why do some memories of distant events seem like ages ago and others seem like yesterday? Consultant Clinical Psychologist GRAHAM FAWCETT explores… In…
The Joy Of Rest
Whether you’re an intern or CEO, young or old, working outdoors or at a desk, the truth is the same: you need rest to stay healthy. Here’s nine things we at Thrive know about rest.
Why Staff Need To Feel A Sense Of Belonging At Work
Why is it important for staff to feel a sense of belonging in their jobs? Our CEO LEANNE MAREGA explores…
Preparing And Caring For Staff Who Travel
Psychotherapist & Facilitator // LIZ PYCROFT Consultant Psychologist GRAHAM FAWCETT Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER The pandemic has not only changed how people travel, it’s changed…
How Do You Know A Person Is Psychologically Able To Work In A Dangerous Place?
At the start of the pandemic, the NGO Medair asked us to help them develop an online method for recruiting staff to work in places of conflict. This led our Psychosocial Director GRAHAM FAWCETT and Medair’s Staff Wellbeing Advisor DANIELA KRISOVA on a journey. Here they share the story.
Ready For Launch: Our New Support Network For Climate And Conservation Leaders
Psychologist and Facilitator JESS BRAINCH is co-hosting a series of sessions at Thrive designed to support leaders who work in climate change and conservation. Here she tells us why, and how you can be a part of it.
In Search Of A Cure For Polarising Politics
In August millions of people will go to the polls in Kenya’s national elections. It’s a season that often evokes past traumas and stokes political divisions. In the…
Feeling Lonely? You’re Not Alone.
It’s Mental Health Week in the UK and in this blog Thrive’s GRAHAM FAWCETT reflects on a topic he often encounters in counselling with humanitarian and aid workers:…
The Ukraine War: How To Care For Staff Who Are Impacted By It
How can you best support team members who are responding to the war, or have been affected by it?
Things We’ve Noticed Among Climate & Environment Leaders
Working in conservation and climate change is hard. As more of our clients ask us to support them in this area, we want to better understand their needs. And so we recently invited a small group of them to tell us about the obstacles to their wellbeing. Here’s some of what they told us.
Travelling For Work: A Waste Of Time Or Time Well Spent?
From short commutes to international travel, Thrive’s Psychosocial Director GRAHAM FAWCETT encourages us to notice the unsung benefits of travelling for work. Over the last two years, we’ve…
Stress In Aid And Development – Getting To Know Its Causes & Remedies
What causes stress in aid and development work? And what can be done about it? Thrive’s LOTTIE SHIPP has been digging deep into our data to look for…
Ending Burnout Culture In The Aid Sector
The work of DR. GEMMA HOULDEY is close to our heart. She’s a Wellbeing Advisor and Researcher whose new book The Vulnerable Humanitarian is about ending burnout culture…
Medical Reviews For Travelling Staff: A Serious Gap In Duty of Care?
As the pandemic continues to distract attention away from other health issues, Travel Medicine Specialist DR. TED LANKESTER makes the case that organisations need to ensure their staff…
13 Lessons On Living With COVID-19 In 2022 & Beyond
Our panel of doctors, psychologists, occupational health and organisational consultants recently gave a holistic view of how to care for yourself, your team and your organisation in 2022…
Coping With Political Crisis – A Look At Ethiopia
Civil conflict in a country can cause tension, fear and loss. Psychologist DIANA CHEPKOSGEI shares a number of ways you can cope during the ongoing political crisis in…
Returning To The Office – 7 Things We’ve Noticed
Many organisations we support are starting to return their teams to the office. In a recent webinar, we shared with them some ways to make this transition simple,…
Protecting Your Mental Health In An Unequal World
Many of you who read this blog dedicate much of your life to reducing inequality, and so we asked our Psychosocial experts BEN PORTER and LIZ PYCROFT to…
7 Tips For Going Back To The Office
With the world learning how to live with the virus, things are slowly opening up. For some, this means going back to the office. Psychotherapist BEN PORTER thinks…
COVID-19 Vaccines – FAQs
Our Medical Director MATT EDWARDS answers your questions about the Coronavirus vaccine. Last updated 27 May 2021. How does a vaccine work? It trains and prepares the body’s natural…
Understanding Mild Cognitive Impairment
Our Consultant Psychologist GRAHAM FAWCETT looks at the phenomena of Mild Cognitive Impairment during the pandemic, and shares tips on what to do about it if it’s affecting you. Have…
Emerging From Lockdown… Again!
With many countries starting to lift restrictions, Psychotherapist BEN PORTER reflects on the feelings we may now encounter. For some people, this second lockdown has been characterised by…
9 Ways You Can Create Psychological Safety In Your Organisation
When members of a team feel able to speak up, to raise a concern, or to disagree with others, they work harder, perform better and are more creative….
10 Books To Help You Thrive
Books have been a great source of hope, joy, growth, learning and escape for many of us at Thrive. If you’re looking for something new to read, here’s…
Coaching You Through The Pandemic
Thrive Coach NANCI HOGAN explores how the pandemic has slowly eroded our vitality, and how coaching can help us develop the insights, skills and actions to reverse this…
Riding The Second Wave – Self-Care Tips
Staff-Care Consultant and Psychotherapist BEN PORTER on how each of us might best look after ourselves as the pandemic continues. Here we are, the second wave of Coronavirus…
Staff Wellbeing In The Second Wave – The Role Of Managers
Psychosocial Director GRAHAM FAWCETT on how managers are brilliantly placed to support colleagues in the coming months. Managing staff and organisations is a challenge at the best of…
COVID-19 Travel Clearance For UK Residents
If you live in the UK and need to prove you don’t have COVID-19 before travelling to another country, then our ‘COVID-19 Travel Clearance’ service is for you….
Be Encouraged And Keep It Up!
Where do you find encouragement at the moment? In this blog post, Psychotherapist and Staff Care Consultant BEN PORTER reflects on this question, and looks at how we can cultivate…
Thinking About A Career Change?
NANCI HOGAN is both a Coach and Director of Thought Leadership here at Thrive. She reflects on a growing trend of people considering a career change, and shares some…
Fed Up With Coronavirus? A Suggestion From Week 22…
Our Psychosocial Director GRAHAM FAWCETT explores a feeling we can probably all relate to at the moment. If we could invent a term for the stage we are…
Our New ‘Wellbeing Champion’ Programme
We recently launched a new service to help organisations take better care of their staff, by training team members to look out for the mental wellbeing of their…
Counselling With A Translator – How It Works
For fifteen years, Thrive Counsellor and Trainer TEDDY CHAKEE has supported people across East Africa who have been impacted by conflict trauma, often working with a translator. Here…
Psychological Safety – Behind The Buzzword
‘Psychological Safety’ is being talked about in many organisations at the moment. Director of Learning ERIN LLOYD ROTICH explains what it is, why it’s important, and how you…
Staying Connected With Your Children When Separated From Them
Psychosocial Director GRAHAM FAWCETT and Adolescent Counsellors CLAUDIA SMITH and GEMMA CAMACHO offer practical insights and tips for parents who cannot be with their children at the moment….
Finding Insights In ‘Fast’ And ‘Slow’ Thinking
Our Psychosocial Director GRAHAM FAWCETT shares useful insights from his exploration of fast and slow thinking. Last year, popping to the shops was effortless. On one occasion, I had three…
3 Considerations For New ‘Hybrid’ Workspaces
With many organisations working out how to function as they emerge from lockdown, GRAHAM FAWCETT shares three considerations for how they might flourish in the long-term. Once upon a time,…
COVID-19: An Existential Crisis?
Our Thought Leadership Director NANCI HOGAN on the search for answers to the big questions some of us are asking ourselves at the moment. There are many aspects…
What Happened To April, March & May?
Psychosocial Director GRAHAM FAWCETT delves into our odd relationship with time lately. Our experience of time is weird at the moment. It’s simultaneously seems too slow and too fast….
We Need To Talk About Sleep
Our Consultant Clinical Psychologist GRAHAM FAWCETT takes a look at problematic sleeping. If you’ve experienced no sleep problems at all since the pandemic began to directly affect you,…
As You Emerge From Lockdown
With many countries beginning to lift restrictions, Psychotherapist BEN PORTER reflects on what feelings we might encounter moving forward. The effects of isolation have been studied with groups…
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