“It’s OK, you can always adopt”.
If you’re unable to have a child, the chances are you’ll have heard these words before. But although they’re usually meant well, the people saying them often have little understanding of the many complications involved in ad...
Why Do So Few Employees Use Their Benefits-Packed KIT Days?
August 2, 2021
I was so happy to report recently that two of the firms we support, BDB Pitmans LLP, and Winckworth Sherwood LLP, have agreed to amend their policies, now classing my planned parental coaching sessions as paid Keeping In Touch (KIT) days.
These firms will not only be better ...
In the Hot Seat: Q&A with Sandie Dennis, Founder of Beyond EAP
February 28, 2024
With Beyond EAP’s 10th anniversary approaching, I found myself reflecting on the many employees we’ve supported in a variety of different situations. As I reflected, something interesting occurred to me. We ask so many questions in the course of our therapy work, so why ...
Combining Fertility Treatment and Work: Advice for Employers
December 5, 2022
It’s a simple fact that having children changes your life.
As such, most employers have clear legislation-guided policies in place, which allow for these natural and expected life-changes.
Soon-to-be parents understand that they are entitled to a certain amount of leav...
The two high-profile suicides of Caroline Flack, Keith Flint and Mike Thalassitis which were highlighted in the media recently, have really resonated with us. It’s been very poignant and made me recall our own family experience with suicide.
It’s made me question, has mu...
Mishandling Flexible Working Requests
September 4, 2023
What are the negative effects for the company and the maternity returner?
I’ve recently had a family member go through a really bad experience regarding her flexible working request with her employer. *Hearing such bad practice, I wanted to highlight how this could have been avoided and how it leaves the employee feeling on their return to work....
"Maternity Leave is Just a Long Holiday, Isn’t It?"
March 11, 2022
If I had a pound for every time I heard this from an employer, I’d be a millionaire by now.
Admittedly, I don’t always hear it first-hand. It’s often the pregnant employee herself who tells me, that on her last day the boss offered what seemed like “a fina...
A business owner hired us because a long-standing and valuable employee had suffered 4 personal losses in less than 3 months.
Her auntie, mother and husband had died, along with the life plans they had made for the future.
Overwhelmed, she had been off for 2 months when her ...
Charlie Hainsworth was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2017, aged 38. She’d gone to her GP after noticing a strange hardness to one of her breasts.
Within three weeks she was told that the cancer had spread to her bones and that it was incurable, something known as s...
Alcohol as Self-Medication. How to Spot the Signs
April 3, 2023
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the world in numerous ways.
One of the most significant changes we have noted at Beyond EAP is that more employees have turned to substances like alcohol, to help them cope with life’s daily demands.When we think about all the brandnew challenges Covid-19 brought, this may not seem surprising. Sudde...
Loading...
TAGS
Beyond EAPEmployee SupportBeyondEAPMaternity coachingGriefEAPEMDR therapyTraumaBereavementEMDRMental HealthParental AdviceReturn to workworkplace supportHRMaternity LeaveEmployee therapyEmployee WellbeingLossParentingself-carewellbeingBirthcoachingEAP supportKIT DaysmaternityPregnancyPTSDRecoverysleepsleep tipsSupport after lossSupport employeestherapyTherapy sessionswellnessworkplace counsellingWorkplace ResilienceAbortionAdoptionAlcoholbenefits of counsellingBereavement and GriefBereavement SupportboundariesCancerChristmasColleague communicationCompassionate LeadershipComplex life eventscoping strategiesCorporate Wellness CoachcounsellingCOVIDdepressionDigital Detox TipsDuty of careEmotional abuseEmotional intelligenceemotional supportEmployee Assistance ProgramsEmployee RetentionEmployee Well-beingFatherhoodfertilityGetting back to workGreat ResignationGrief ManagementhealthHR Best PracticesHR ChallengesLanguage evolutionManaging Tech DependencyMen’s mental healthMental Health AwarenessMental Health SupportMindful LivingMiscarriagemotherhoodParental transition supportPhased returnPhysical abusePostpartumPostpartum depressionPostpartum traumaPregnancy lossPsychotherapyPTSD UKPTSIReconnecting Without TechnologyRelationshipsresilienceReviewsself careSelf-Care Through DisconnectingSpecialist employee supportSpringtime Suicidal BehaviorStressSuicideTerminal CancerTerminal illnessTestimonialsTrauma therapyTraumatic birthVulnerabilityWomen’s leadershipWorkplace wellness coach
Loading...