Drawing from his experience in the music industry, Dr Simon Rowbottom shares insights into how long hours, night shifts, being on the road and time away from home can contribute to some significant mental health issues. He also offers practical tips on how to improve health and wellbeing when working irregular and long hours and sometimes away from home.
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Living in the present
Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk and author of Handbook for hard times, A monk’s guide to happiness and co-author of How to be human. In this session, he shares how to optimise mental performance through the mindfulness practice of being in the moment. The session explores stress reduction, mental focus and emotional resilience, and provides tools for integrating ‘micro-moments’ of mindfulness into a busy working life.

Mental health of children and young people
Our guest speaker, Hinal Patel, a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, shared insights and guidance on how to support young people’s mental health and wellbeing.

Together Raising Awareness for Mental Health (TRAM)
This session is all about TRAM, a programme that’s equipping Metrolink frontline workers with the skills to support people in emotional distress, at the same time as protecting their own mental health and wellbeing.