A Grounded Approach to Mental and Emotional Wellbeing at Work
The world continues to be in an evolving state of flux. As conversations about mental health have expanded in the last few years, many organisations and people adopted an attitude and encouragement around openness, vulnerability, and bringing our ‘whole selves’ to work. While well-intentioned, I have come to believe that this has blurred boundaries even further, increased emotional strain and overwhelm, placed unrealistic expectations on workplaces to meet deeply personal needs, and contributed to a confused ability to discern where our individual and personal needs might actually be met.
What if we’re not meant to be our full selves at work, but instead be our most grounded selves?
This is the starting point of my new approach to mental and emotional wellbeing at work. It focuses on awareness, discernment, and autonomy. Rather than asking people to bring more of themselves to work, this approach supports people to show up as their most grounded selves — emotionally aware, regulated, discerning, and able to navigate complexity with maturity and humanity.
I am interested in building people’s capacity to face uncertainty, to sit with complexity, to be clear and direct in their communication, to accept that business and community/family are different realms, to remain human in a world that constantly pushes us not to be.
Where and what are the limits and responsibilities of employers and employees when it comes to mental and emotional wellbeing in the workplace?
Grounded Human Presence at Work
With all of this in mind, I’ve identified key areas of focus which act as invitations for reflection, conversation, and change.
Emotional Regulation & Capacity: exploring emotional regulation, nervous system capacity, and the distinction between having emotions and being overwhelmed by them.
Sustainable Performance & Human Limits: understanding how productivity, burnout, and performance are shaped by systems, not just individual resilience.
Relational Maturity & Communication: focusing on emotional maturity in communication and relational dynamics through clear boundaries, transparent feedback, managing conflict, and encouragement of adult-to-adult relating.
Uncertainty & Discernment: supporting people to stay grounded when roles shift, futures feel unclear, and certainty is unavailable, without rushing to false reassurance or empty short-term fixes.
Grounded Action & Psychological Depth: creating space to slow down and connect insight with responsibility, and thought with proactive action.
Creativity & Imagination: navigating the tensions between technological advancements such as AI, and the human brain’s capacity to create and imagine.
Becoming a Grounded Human at Work
I design and facilitate learning spaces that help people think more clearly about mental and emotional wellbeing at work. My sessions introduce psychological concepts in accessible ways, bring them to life through experience and reflection, and focus on realistic actions people and organisations can adopt whilst under pressure
This work tends to suit organisations and teams who want to:
Move beyond surface-level wellbeing conversations
Support people without encouraging oversharing
Improve emotional awareness and relational clarity at work
Think more critically about stress, burnout, and responsibility
Focus on sustainable ways of working rather than quick fixes
A Grounded Invitation
I don’t deliver or promise quick fixes. The focus is on grounded awareness, emotional maturity, and sustainable action.
My work is an actionable philosophy which promotes a way of being and thinking which takes into consideration human ideals but also the realities of modern life and work.
If any of the above resonates with you, has raised any questions or sparks of curiosity, I’d love to have a conversation about how we might work together.