The Business Bulletin Issue #8 - Focus On Strategy & Personal Development

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The Business Bulletin

Mental health: Time to update our thinking?

Sir Karl Popper, one of the 20th century’s most influential philosophers of science, famously said; “Science must begin with myths, and with the Jonathan Pittam

MindBody Consulting

criticism of myths”.

Jonathan’s mission is to help reduce the social and economic costs of poor mental health by cutting through the myths and noise around the subject. After years of struggles with his own mental wellbeing, Jonathan found ideas that helped him learn to manage his mind, and found a calling that led him to move from the world of physical fitness into the realm of mental health. As a mental health educator, he helps people-managers within corporate settings support their team’s mental wellbeing through bespoke educational content to improve their

If we want to live in a society that’s

health, I think we have to be careful

healthy and thriving, we need to

not to fall into flat earth thinking. We

make sure we’ve got our thinking

believed the earth to be flat for many

right when it comes to our mental

years because it appeared self-evident.

health and wellbeing, otherwise our

If I put my pet ant on a football, I’d

therapeutic interventions will be

have a hard time convincing him he’s

based on flawed thinking. And flawed

not stood on a flat object.

thinking equals wasted resources…

Circular reasoning

When we fire up our brains and question even those things that seem self-evident and we’re 100% sure are

I’m sure we can agree that basing

true, we begin to move into exciting

flight plans on a flat earth model

territory, the sort where we can really

would lead to very different outcomes

make progress and new discoveries.

info@mindbodyconsulting.co.uk

to those based on a globe model. I

But if we’re unwilling to do that, we

mindbodyconsulting.co.uk

know which plane I’d rather board

can end up walking down the same

anyway. So, when it comes to mental

old cul de sacs again and again.

knowledge, skills and confidence. 07597 545367

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