In honour of April being stress awareness month, the Grae Matta Foundation takes a deeper dive into the UK’s stress statistics and employee protection policies.   In today’s highly driven society, stress almost feels as though it is a natural component…

What is World Mental Health Day? World Mental Health Day was first celebrated by the World Federation for Mental Health in 1992 with the general aim of promoting mental health advocacy and educating the public on relevant issues. Since its inception,…

When Boris Johnson announced the roadmap out of lockdown in February, the internet was awash with tweets and memes of crash diets, and fat-shaming was inherent to these posts. The focus was on attaining a ‘post-lockdown body’; despite months of…

Whether we choose to voice them or not, we all have boundaries and they can look different for each individual person. Personal boundaries are a set of limits, rules or guidelines that we create for ourselves in order to feel…

Global Mental Health Even prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) the world was facing a mental health crisis. Statistics from national and global surveys and reports make for grim reading: Given the devastating global impact of COVID-19…

When the brain is on an overthinking wheel of worry it can often feel as if you can’t stop your thoughts. The term ‘anxiety’ is incredibly broad: it can come in many different forms and cause people to react and…

Stress plays a part in our daily lives in big or small ways – positive or negative, but how much do we actually understand stress? By the end of this guide, you will be able to identify what stress symptoms are,…