Entries by Dr. Farhan Shahzad

Dark Triads: Working With Bad People

The dark triad of personalities are as the name suggests; bad. They can be particularly challenging within the workforce. They are the personality traits of narcissism, Machiavellian, and psychopathy. These are the people that do great harm in the world. They lack empathy, seek power, and control, and manipulate for personal gain. They can cause […]

Knowing Your Macros from Your Micros: A Healthy Diet for Energy and Vitality

A healthy diet is a diet that is nutritionally balanced and contains all of the essential vitamins and minerals, as well as the macro nutrients in the required portions. Macro nutrients include protein, the building blocks of tissue; carbohydrates that provide energy; and fats, which can be split into saturated, unsaturated, trans, polyunsaturated, and monounsaturated. […]

A Doctor’s Tips on How to Increase Fertility

Many women are facing infertility problems. It is a problem that effects at least 186 million people worldwide, with an estimated 15.5% of women in the USA experiencing infertility. Medical advances such as In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) have increased the medical and alternative health community’s interest in understanding the causes and effects of infertility. Functional medicine, […]

Epigenetics and Trauma

The word ‘epigenetics’ may be a new one for you, but the term has been around for quite some time, making traction in the last decade. Epigenetics is the study of how experience, thoughts, and words can modify our DNA. These changes can be passed on from one generation to the next. We can change […]

What is Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and How Can It Help You?

“Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. It’s about knowing what is on your mind.” Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) combines both Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness techniques to help individuals manage thoughts and emotions. MBCT was originally developed by Zindel Segal, Mark Williams, and John Teasdale. […]

Managing mental health at work

AS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES GET DISCUSSED MORE, IT’S PART OF A HEALTH CHECK-IN AT THE WORKSITE. SARAH DAVIES-ROBERTSON AND DR. FARHAN SHAHZAD LOOK AT WAYS YOU CAN CHECK IN AT WORK. Once upon a time, mental health at work was overlooked. We often ignored issues in the workplace, seeing a person as weak and unable […]

Long COVID & Returning to Work

What exactly is Long COVID? COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on the world, affecting millions of people globally. While many people recover from the virus in a few weeks, some people experience persistent symptoms that can last for several months after they have contracted COVID-19. This condition is known as ‘Long COVID,’ or Post-Acute […]

Personality Factors: The Role of Individual Differences in Stress Appraisal

A number of researchers have accounted for the role of an employee’s personality in their response to stress. This is known as individual differences, which essentially accounts for the unique characteristics an individual has, with potential consequences to how they interact with their environment. While occupational stressors and job characteristics may have an impact on […]

Effective Interventions: Organisational and Employee Actions to Combat Workplace Stress

According to the American Psychological Society, a healthy organisation is one which embodies employee involvement in decision making, autonomy in roles, work-life balance, professional development opportunities, adequate health and safety and employee recognition through financial and non-financial security. A healthy organisation is one that is successful financially and whose employees are psychologically and physically healthy. […]