Tag: wellbeing

If you feel breathless because of anxiety, there are breathing techniques you can try to alleviate symptoms and start feeling better. These techniques can be done at any point during the day or build into longer moments for yourself.

It is very common for all of us to find ourselves spending a long time on social media, our phone, or just browsing the internet. To make that worse, we may even know that those activities are useless and a waste of time, but we still do it. However, in order to deal with this issue, it would be better to eliminate the urge altogether, than fight the urge.

Proper time management is vital for almost every profession today. Being organized and know what to expect can solve many problems and reduce anxiety.

One day gives the same 24 hours for everyone– so why do some people seem to achieve more in their time than others?

Homesickness is the emotional distress that people experience when adjusting to new circumstances or surroundings when away from home and feeling cut off from our regular support system.

Investigations into human element incidents identified fatigue to be a major contributing factor to maritime accidents. In fact, human error because of fatigue has long been regarded as contributing to the majority of incidents in the shipping sector.

Everyday seafarers face challenges, which is an important part of growing and developing as a person, as the more we can test our limits and capabilities, the more we will learn about ourselves.

Stella Maris launched a Seafarers Support Service; a platform that will provide a programme of remote, ongoing psychological consultation for Ukrainian seafarers and families.

A network of psychological practitioners has come together to form the Maritime Mental Health Professionals Community of Practice (MMHPCoP).

On the occasion of this year’s World Mental Health Day, SAFETY4SEA is pleased to announce the launch of ‘SEAFiT’, a new service that aims to ensure that mental health & well-being becomes a global priority for all maritime stakeholders.