AMJ Blog
I have been writing a blog for some time. I use it to share my experiences and views on mental health – I had a breakdown in 2014/15 and live with depression and anxiety – and work life balance. I am passionate about working on my wellbeing and helping others to achieve and maintain the right work life balance and wellbeing approaches for them. My blog – along with my Twitter feed – comes with one health warning – if you read it you may have to hear about some of my other passions – my family, golf, Liverpool FC, communications, the Boston Red Sox, politics and the West Wing.
Jurgen, energy levels and echoes of Jacinda Ardern’
Our latest pandemic: work addiction
Recent podcast interview
![Spare a thought for our leaders - it's a very, very lonely business being them and tough on their mental health](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62178cf19f3c6a6858677c02/1645711499469-VVQ2BD1BWICQSRNMI3EA/image-asset.png)
Spare a thought for our leaders - it's a very, very lonely business being them and tough on their mental health
![Mental health awareness week: raising awareness is critical but only as a stepping stone to raising us all up](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62178cf19f3c6a6858677c02/1645711497454-43G7R4G86Z1QOXO4YGLL/image-asset.png)
Mental health awareness week: raising awareness is critical but only as a stepping stone to raising us all up
![It's too easy to apologise for feeling down, especially during COVID](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62178cf19f3c6a6858677c02/1645711495954-EUOWONF3AO9LTFYUO73L/image-asset.png)
It's too easy to apologise for feeling down, especially during COVID
![Wellbeing at work box ticking is easy to spot](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62178cf19f3c6a6858677c02/1645711494067-OMOJGJCPDYDI5WFOP559/image-asset.png)
Wellbeing at work box ticking is easy to spot
![Mental health COVID aftershocks will be with us for years](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62178cf19f3c6a6858677c02/1645711493856-PWUP847AAZD6ZVJULWN8/image-asset.png)
Mental health COVID aftershocks will be with us for years
![Work can damage your health - that's not a mystery.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62178cf19f3c6a6858677c02/1645711493273-5P1YTAGI79O3CN4GUV9T/image-asset.png)
Work can damage your health - that's not a mystery.
![My mental health weather forecast for the coming week: unsettled.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62178cf19f3c6a6858677c02/1645711491071-EN7B1XU4V2921H5GBJKP/image-asset.jpeg)
My mental health weather forecast for the coming week: unsettled.
![World Mental Health Day 2020](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62178cf19f3c6a6858677c02/1645711490189-UT4V1A3I0B74B00QZO8C/image-asset.png)
World Mental Health Day 2020
![It’s time to make a change](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62178cf19f3c6a6858677c02/1645711489392-N71YVBBF54PL8RQG7WWA/image-asset.jpeg)
It’s time to make a change
![Healthy workplaces: leaders need to set an example](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62178cf19f3c6a6858677c02/1645711489182-LTQZOTZVK8UWLCGCQJNY/image-asset.png)
Healthy workplaces: leaders need to set an example
![Giving it 100% comes at a price](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62178cf19f3c6a6858677c02/1645711488912-8TWXJTK36NYEC9ODSB2N/image-asset.png)
Giving it 100% comes at a price
![It only takes one email or comment](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62178cf19f3c6a6858677c02/1645711488190-3LY2RVX8S56SXNMQDUEA/image-asset.png)
It only takes one email or comment
![Everything has changed utterly; we shouldn’t go back to business as usual](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62178cf19f3c6a6858677c02/1645711484259-17EPNSWPCOA13OHQZ5MK/image-asset.jpeg)
Everything has changed utterly; we shouldn’t go back to business as usual
![A week is a long time in a lockdown](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62178cf19f3c6a6858677c02/1645711483863-BHV1NL64OQDFLOW2WUWI/image-asset.jpeg)
A week is a long time in a lockdown
![Life goes on but it goes a lot better if I look after myself](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62178cf19f3c6a6858677c02/1645711483593-0EN31Q80U4LQTD9RJJ7J/image-asset.jpeg)
Life goes on but it goes a lot better if I look after myself
![Tough day; first big test post anti-depressants](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62178cf19f3c6a6858677c02/1645711483270-SKR6YVBOL4I5PB4VLIK7/image-asset.jpeg)
Tough day; first big test post anti-depressants
![A lecture on resilience](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62178cf19f3c6a6858677c02/1645711482848-15JIX1CL62BMUDEP34XM/image-asset.jpeg)