5 ways to boost wellbeing and reduce your tax
The end of the financial year has traditionally been a time to recognise and reward staff achievements and efforts. This year’s end of financial term however, isn’t like the ones that have come before. Many businesses are keener than ever to support their teams’ mental health and wellbeing. In recent months, we’ve seen the personal […]
What employers need to consider about the Coronavirus Vaccine
As researchers across the world work to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, community leaders are hopeful that its creation may help facilitate an easier and quicker transition back to “normal life” while minimising the effects of the virus’s continued spread. Still, many more wonder about the safety, effectiveness, and impact of a potential immunisation. A recent […]
Survey: Current Workforce Values Mental Health and Wellbeing, Professional Development
Recently, Ernst & Young conducted their “Better You” survey to examine how employee benefits are valued by both the current and upcoming workforces. By collecting responses from 1,000 employees across different generations and 1,000 current undergraduate students in the US, they examined what benefits people favoured the most and how benefits were actually being utilised. […]
Proactive focus to lead mental health and wellbeing recovery efforts
The Australasian Sustainable Wellness Academy has welcomed the release of the National Mental Health and Wellbeing Pandemic Response Plan today. This comprehensive plan for the mental health and wellbeing of Australians in both the response and recovery phases of the pandemic with a proactive focus will result in people taking proactive steps early to look […]
Is your organisation wellbeing ready for post-Covid?
COVID-19 has changed everything. The question: is have you identified how your business has changed? Can your organisational strategies, system and people respond to the new ways of doing business within a more health-conscious world? Are your KPI’s reflective of how your business needs to operate? Recently, the Wellness Solutions Team at the Australasian Sustainable Wellness Academy […]
Our Community Wellbeing Response to Covid 19 (Coronavirus)
A Message from our Founder CEO, Angela Derks As an Australian family owned and operated small business, we like everyone else, are involved with the challenges that Covid-19 (Coronavirus) has presented and will continue to present. Our purpose at the Australasian Sustainable Wellness Academy (ASWA) is to bring wellness within everyone’s reach – for people, […]
The Impact of Online Education For Africa’s Spa and Wellness Industry
In recent years, online learning, also referred to as virtual or e-learning, has been all the rage in western countries such as America, Great Britain, and Canada. It allows working professionals to earn degrees and new skills, study on their own schedule, and not have to commute to a far-flung campus for classes or advisory […]
12 Quotes about Mindfulness from Jon Kabat Zinn
Inspired by Kay McGrath OAM’s keynote at the Bond University Women’s Network event for International Women’s Day and her timely mindfulness quote from Jon Kabat-Zimm, I reflected on my own mindfulness journey and resources that support greater inner calm, particularly during external chaos. As a passionate wellness advocate and the course developer of the nationally […]
How to cultivate a healthy relationship with wellbeing and performance
Mental health and wellbeing at work needs to be much more than a box-ticking exercise. Here’s how companies are getting their people on board. Sometimes organisations take a tokenistic approach to mental health. They’ll host a morning tea around R U Okay? Day or run a one-off resilience workshop as a way to remedy rising stress levels. […]
How Emotionally Intelligent Are You?
Take this FREE quiz to find out! More and more organisations accept that emotional intelligence (E.I.) is important to success, and are using it when they hire and promote. But what is E.I.? E.I. is the ability to recognise and understand your own and others’ emotions, and how you affect the people around you. […]
