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The statistics around mental ill-health in the healthcare workforce are sobering, yet the solutions aren’t only found in systems, policies, or programs. They also live in people: the individuals and teams who show up, care deeply, and carry the weight of that care. To create truly sustainable change, we need a dual focus that addresses both systemic culture and individual wellbeing practices. It’s about learning how to be well, do well, and stay well - together.

What might be some important considerations for workplaces when seeking professional supervision for healthcare staff? What are some of the key issues to consider when implementing clinical supervision? What are the barriers? And how can organisations ensure the best return on their investment? See below to set your workplace up for successful outcomes in supervision.

The first four blogs in this five-part series have illuminated the significant challenges faced by workers in helping roles in Australia, and the need for change if we are going to sustain a stable and healthy workforce in healthcare and education. The statistics are dire, but there is a way forward. This blog explores how we can nurture hope in healthcare and education through presence and connection.

This five-part blog series of the 'Joy-Pain Spectrum' has explored the opportunities for growth, hope and positive change that help to protect us and mitigate the risks associated with the challenges of helping others at the other end: burnout, vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue (empathic strain) moral injury and secondary traumatic stress. So how do we protect ourselves? How do we maintain our healthy selves in relation to helping work? The answer lies in the need for cultural, political and organisational shifts, as well as the need for BOTH individual and collective supports.

With Netflix's award winning TV show 'Stranger Things' Season 5 being released on 27 November, it's time for a review of the show's use of music. The show highlights the power of music to calm, connect loved ones, reconnect with ourselves, forge new identities, distract monsters, and even save lives. But how much of this is true? What powers does music really have? What does science tell us about the power of music? And how does music help the characters in 'Stranger Things'? Buckle in to hear what we know about the power of music from an Australian Registered Music Therapist's perspective.

We often hear about creating safe spaces, but naming a space as 'safe' doesn’t guarantee that will be people's experience. Drawing on compassion research, Paul Gilbert’s work, and Brené Brown’s BRAVING framework, this blog explores how we can move beyond the label of safety to co-create genuine safeness, trust, and connection in our events, groups and relationships.