Laura Bryan, Mind Nourishing

Laura Bryan inspires and educates workforces to use the power of nutrition and the gut- brain connection to reduce the risk of mental health related sickness and presenteeism in professional service organisations.

We know that workplace stress and burnout isn’t just an issue for the individual affected- it is a huge issue at an organisation level and can impact things like productivity and profit.

Workplace related stress seems to be on the increase and because of that, pro-active organisations need to look at innovative ways to support their workforces and ensure that they have the knowledge and the skills to remain resilient through times where organisational change, financial pressures and risk of redundancies are rife.

Laura uses the new and hugely powerful research around the link between our gut health and mental health to provide organisations with practical and realistic support for their workforce. By doing this, it allows individuals, teams and leadership to not only reduce their own risk of mental health related sickness and burnout, but it can guide your workforce to improve productivity as they learn to manage limiting beliefs and negative feedback loops that can crush innovation and impact team cohesion.

Proactive and high performing organisations are seeking support from Laura which will enable their workforce to:

• Take responsibility for their own wellbeing by offering the key education so that employees know how to fuel themselves properly to improve resilience and productivity
• Reduce their risk of mental health related issues by ensuring staff members know how a range of effective, practical and scientifically proven techniques to manage stress to manage stress, including ways to support their vagus nerve and gut bacteria (which are all linked to support mental health positively)
• Recognise limiting beliefs and address issues around their mindset so that they can improve performance and better deal with organisational change and workplace stress
• Recognise that their employer is taking positive action to support their wellbeing and promote a longer retention of skilled staff members

With over a decade of experience of delivering innovative workplace wellbeing initiatives to a range of high pressured teams within the housing, public sector and financial sectors, Mind Nourishing specialises in creating bespoke programmes to organisations that address key risks to employee mental health. From addressing isolated remote workers through team building wellbeing themed cooking workshops, to ‘Recipe for resilience’ courses for stressed senior leadership teams, Mind Nourishing equips workforces with the skills, knowledge, and tools needed to make sustainable changes to both their diet and mindset. This ultimately reduces the risk of burnout and sickness across the organisation.

In a recent wellbeing roadshow for a national construction company, a series of Mindset and Meals workshops delivered measurable impact:

• 40% of attendees reported improved confidence in managing their mindset and mental wellbeing
• 94% reported increased confidence in creating nutritionally balanced meals
• At a strategic level, a senior management session created space for meaningful discussions and practical planning on how to better support workplace culture so that staff mental health is proactively protected. This programme contributed to the organisation achieving Gold Standard in its ‘Investors in People’ accreditation and is likely to support both talent attraction and staff retention going forward.

Alongside internal staff wellbeing programmes, Mind Nourishing also specialises in planning and delivering community based wellbeing support so that companies can successfully reach  their CSR and social value requirements and improve the reputation of their organisation locally. Previous support has ranged from delivering ‘How food affects your mood’ programmes within food banks to allow social value requirements to be met to delivering ‘sustainable eating programmes’ for Green Energy companies looking to innovatively support and promote their Net Zero goals with their service users.

Testimonials for Laura (Mind Nourishing) include:

“Mind Nourishing delivered a session as part of our wellbeing week. It was a really different  kind of session for Taff which got colleagues thinking about the links between their food/hydration/sleep and wellbeing both in and outside of work. The session was optional for our colleagues and really well attended, feedback has been overwhelmingly positive because of the interactivity and upbeat presentation by Laura. Who knew hummus could create so much conversation amongst team members?”

“Laura’s knowledge and experience go hand in hand with her passion for food and healthier choices! We worked with Laura as a team and not only benefited from understanding more about how what we eat can affect our gut bacteria and ultimately our brain, but also it lead to a great exercise in team building as we shared thoughts and ideas on what to eat and cook!  What we eat affects every aspect  of our lives and when we want to perform we need to be sure we have the right fuel to do it! Laura is inspirational and mind nourishing should be a way of life“

If you are a People Manager, HR / Wellbeing Lead who wants to start designing or delivering support to employees to reduce the risk of mental health related sickness and presenteeism through engaging and innovative support please contact me using the form below.