From the WHP annual calendar · August
Summer Break & Vacation Season
Promote recovery and shape a gentle return from vacation.
Idea to get started
Promote vacation recovery: digital detox tips, ease the return to work after vacation
Proven for this occasion
Work-Life Balance Workshop
Work-life balance sounds like a concept that costs nothing but good intentions. In practice, it founders on a lack of tools, unclear boundaries, and a work cul…
Did you know?
Vacation has a measurable benefit: a meta-analysis found positive effects on health and well-being. After returning to work, however, these effects soon fade.
Source: de Bloom et al. (2009): Do we recover from vacation? Journal of Occupational Health 51(1)
Matching the action area
More proven measures from this occasion's action areas.
PMR course at work: progressive muscle relaxation according to Jacobson
Progressive muscle relaxation is a relaxation technique that can be learned in a few weeks: briefly tense muscle groups one after another, then let go. The exe…
MBSR course at work: stress reduction through mindfulness
An MBSR course is a ready-made programme: eight weeks, one session per week, led by a trained course leader. The company provides the room and the time, the pr…
Peer support for psychological strain: contact persons in the team
People under psychological strain often talk to a colleague first – not to their manager and not to a counselling service. Peer support turns this into an offe…
Based on COPSOQ: the in-depth survey on psychosocial strain
When the psychosocial risk assessment has to hold up — in front of the works council, the labour inspectorate or your own management — the questionnaire based …
Mental Health Week: How to break the taboo
Approaching mental health systematically: A Mental Health Week is a structured WHP component that breaks the taboo—and builds a bridge to the risk assessment o…
The Mindfulness Minute: 60 Seconds Against Chronic Stress
Mental health in WHP starts with low-threshold measures: The daily mindfulness minute is a first building block in the area of stress—even before the risk asse…
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