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3 Jan 2023 • Blog, Mental Health

Dealing with stress

As the rise in the cost-of-living shows no signs of abating, many in dentistry are starting to feel the strain. Dental Business Coach, Mark Oborn, offers some suggestions to help people cope better with stress.…

6 Dec 2022 • Blog, Mental Health

How to navigate the festive season

Figures from YouGov and the Mental Health Foundation show 25% of people experience a downturn in their mental health over Christmas, and 54% of people are worried about someone else’s mental health over Christmas. In…

10 Nov 2022 • Blog, Mental Health

It’s tache-tastic Movember

You may have noticed that during the month of November normally clean shaven men start losing their fresh-faced look and start cultivating hairy growths of various styles on their upper lips! That’s because November is…

21 Oct 2022 • Blog, Mental Health

Asking for help

Area Manager, Gary Nelson looks back at the past couple of years and urges people to ask for support and revive the spirit of community, compassion and caring that was displayed during the early stages…

14 Oct 2022 • Blog, Mental Health

Menopause Awareness – Cognition and Mood

Although World Menopause Day is held every year on 18th October, the whole of the month of October is given over to raising awareness of the menopause and how it affects people. The theme of…

7 Oct 2022 • Blog, Mental Health

Mental Health First Aider Courses – a great investment

Former paramedic and mental health specialist, Andy Elwood, explains what the Mental Health First Aider course involves and how it can benefit practices and their teams.

19 Aug 2022 • Mental Health

Being your own best friend

Andy Elwood explores five ways to improve your mental health by being your own best friend…. We’ve all had rough patches in the last year and the way I’ve coped is by using a technique…

28 Jul 2022 • Blog, Mental Health

How the pandemic helped Bridge2Aid develop a new sustainable model.

The pandemic forced many charities to halt their activities abruptly. Some organisations used this period of forced inactivity to reassess their activities and look for ways of doing things better. Practice Plan Regional Support Manager,…

13 Jul 2022 • Blog, Mental Health

New World Juggling

Practice Plan Area Manager, Gary Nelson muses on how we’re still juggling, but in a different world. Let me begin if I may with one of my favourite quotes… ‘Isn’t it funny how day by…

7 Jul 2022 • Mental Health

Five small ways to lift your mood and spirit

Here, we look at five ways you can lift your own mood and spirit and that of your staff… We can all feel a little bit low sometimes, and that could be down to things…

21 Jun 2022 • Mental Health

How to encourage mental resilience within your team

Louise Bone asks Johanna Hooper, a performance coach who specialises in leadership, three burning questions on how to support your team through tough times… LB: How can practice leaders support their team with the stress…

17 Jun 2022 • Mental Health

Mindfulness – it’s like gym training for the brain

Caroline Suggett shares her two top mindfulness techniques that can help you take a break from the stresses and strains of practice life… First off, like many people you may be thinking, what is mindfulness?…

10 Jun 2022 • Blog, Mental Health

The growing mental health crisis in dentistry

Studies consistently point to poor mental health being widespread within dentistry. Pre-pandemic research by Toon and colleagues showed that 10% of UK dentists had experienced suicidal thoughts, compared to the general population figure of 5%.…

6 Jun 2022 • Blog, Mental Health

One man walking to get people talking about suicide

Ian Eslick talks about the tragic story behind an epic walk taking place over the summer. Every year more than 6,000 people in the UK choose to take their own lives. That’s a staggering figure…

6 Jun 2022 • Blog, Dental Landscape, Mental Health

Is there a future for NHS dentistry?

Any NHS dentist thinking about whether to move to private dentistry, is likely to be asking themselves whether the NHS has a future. And if it does, is it a future that they want to…

30 May 2022 • Blog, Mental Health

What is imposter phenomenon?

Practice Plan Area Regional Support Manager, Jayne Gibson, caught up with executive coach and founder of GuruYou, Rebecca Mander, to talk about what imposter phenomenon is and how people can overcome it… JG: We’re going…

25 May 2022 • Blog, Mental Health

Don’t tear your hair out, tear some paper instead

Practice Plan’s Creative Director, Les Jones explains how making collages helped him during lockdown and has now become a part of his life. At the start of the first lockdown, I turned to art and…

19 May 2022 • Blog, Mental Health

Mental health awareness month: Loneliness – you’re not alone in feeling lonely

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, Regional Support Manager Amy Hansford, talks about this year’s theme: ‘Loneliness’. It’s important to underline that loneliness is not just about being alone. It might be a bit of…