Month: May 2019

With, 1 in 6 people experiencing a common mental health problem (such as anxiety and depression) in any given week, it is important that we take steps to understand issues surrounding mental health.

Harwood are delighted to be working with Lisa Lloyd from It’s Time for Change to ensure that our clients get expert help, advice and training on dealing with mental health, employee wellbeing and much more.

Lisa is a qualified chartered psychologist and psychotherapist. Her business ‘It’s Time for Change’ enables people to thrive and increase their capability by focusing onresilience, emotional intelligence and wellbeing. Lisa works with individuals, groups and organisations within the public sector and the corporate world; to develop knowledge, skills and processes to help people achieve their full potential by being emotionally and socially smart.

Using a combination of psychological, therapeutic and coaching tools, Lisa’s approach is underpinned by the premise that putting good emotional health and skills first improves outcomes at all levels. Lisa helps to enable organisations to work in an emotionally intelligent way that promotes a positive sense of team, culture, purpose and wellbeing; alongside being confident to support colleagues experiencing mental health problems. Her holistic, collaborative approach is based on establishing strong relationships and understanding the needs of those that she is working with in order to develop appropriate support.  Lisa offers a diverse range of support including psychotherapy, group work, training, consultancy and project development with adults and children. Lisa was awarded Psychologist of the Year, Oxfordshire by GHP Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Awards in 2018 and had her business journey featured by OxLEP, ‘Building a Business from a Part-Time Start-Up to Winning Awards’.

If you would like to know more, please contact us.

26.2 miles completed and over £3,000 raised – I could not be happier. I finished in 4:26. Not too shabby for a first attempt.

The London Marathon was certainly a challenge, but I loved every minute. The crowd were exceptional and kept me going throughout – what a wonderful experience.

A massive thank you to everyone who supported me with training and fundraising; we have raised a fantastic sum for a deserving charity.

It’s true what they say…. If you want something enough and are prepared to put the effort in, you WILL succeed!

So, I have just had a PT session and they made me run around the block, during rush hour, in front of many, many, maannnyyyy people whilst I had a heavy sandbag on my back. When I say run, I mean “run” and when I say “run”, I mean barely drag myself up and down the road trying not to fall over my own feet. This was then followed by rowing, burpees, push-ups and many other torture techniques.

However, it’s all in the name of fitness and when someone is encouraging me to better myself and meet my goals, I find that I am able to find that little bit extra oomph, I push myself harder to make them and myself proud (even if it means sweating pools onto the gym floor and nearly throwing up…). I always feel better after the PT session is finished and I’m happy I managed to make it to the end, having made one more step (or stumble) towards my goals.

If you’re managing someone, make sure you are on their journey with them, they will almost always give you better results when you’re as invested in them as you are in the results you want!

(P.S. Written by Yasmin Kelley)
(P.P.S. Well done on running the London Marathon on Sunday, Zoe!)