Mental Health and Wellbeing

At the time of writing, the Caribbean superyacht season is in full swing and the Mediterranean season is looming just around the corner in a few months time. It can be a stressful time for any crew, from the most senior to the most junior - and we could all do with a little help to manage stress and our response to it.

Women’s health is a huge topic, while it’s true that in the maritime sector women make up just 2% of seafarers at sea, up to 34% of the shore based staff are female. Looking at the bigger picture, women’s health directly affects just under half of our population globally, and indirectly (whether you like it or not!) the other half, we thought it was worth a blog about some of the issues, and the taboo’s, that could be affecting our maritime workforce and the women in our live

Reflective practice first developed in medicine, teaching and social work as a way to learn from real life experiences. It’s your way of thinking about everything that has happened in an incident, event or time frame and what went right and wrong. It’s the opportunity to ask yourself whether you would or could do anything differently if faced with the same situation again.

It’s well known that New Year resolutions don’t last. Forbes magazine tells us that 21% don’t make their resolution stick for even a month. While 34% state that it lasted for between one and three months.  

The definition of Burnout is ‘a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. It occurs when you feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained and unable to meet constant demands.’ 

I know when I am getting stressed. I can recognise the feelings almost instantly.

And I am back on the ambulances..... and it was not how I expected it to be.

You can change a day in the life of a seafarer to a “groundhog day” in the life of a seafarer.