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  • SoCheers partners with MindPeers to promote employee wellness

    SoCheers partners with MindPeers to promote employee wellness

    Mumbai: Digital agency, SoCheers has partnered with MindPeers, a leading mental strength platform. This association is the agency’s constant and ever-going attempt to create a thriving and conducive work environment for its employees.

    The association also marks the Mental Health Awareness Month of May in India. MindPeers, adding renewed efforts, yet again, to effectively and holistically strengthen its most valuable resource – its people.

    MindPeers which combines technological empathy and human expertise to provide science-backed interventions and personalised modules, kick-started this partnership by hosting an online event with the agency’s employees where they elucidated on their range of mental health services which includes one-on-one online therapy sessions with seasoned professionals, self-care and personalised digital tools, Neuro Games, Employee Awareness and Uptake, Boats/Workshops, community group sessions, and more. MindPeers also provides a mobile application to facilitate convenience for the users.

    The importance of mental health in the workplace is not a new topic anymore. Conversations about overworking, burnout and the lack of work-life balance can be often seen floating on social media. Additionally, as per current reports, mental health issues have been the primary cause for over a quarter, almost 28 per cent, of employee exits in recent times. Moreover, reports also revealed that two out of five employees battle with depression at the workplace today. It’s no wonder that the Indian government allocated a substantial amount of nearly six hundred crores to combat mental health in last year’s budget.

    Speaking of this partnership, SoCheers co-founder and director commented, “We are an advertising agency where our core expertise lies in the creative campaigns we consistently build for our brands. We strongly believe that creativity can thrive only if the mind is healthy, clear and, most importantly, happy. There is no denying the fact that everyone, myself included, goes through various episodes in life, some of which can exact a heavy toll on the mind. Hence, this association with MindPeers is crucial in our endeavour to build a workplace where people feel positive and heard, which for me, is critical for the sustainability of any organisation.”

    Adding to it, SoCheers head of people operations Nupoor Pradhan said, “SoCheers firmly holds that mental health should be one of the key priorities, not only during a time when people are adjusting to the hybrid work set-up in a post-lockdown era or earlier when the world was going through a crisis but for a more sustained and long-term period. This thought forms the crux of our partnership with MindPeers. Moreover, our core philosophy places the organisation’s culture at the very center and this initiative is a rather significant step towards reinforcing its importance.”

    Further, MindPeers founder Kanika Aggarwal said, “We, at MindPeers, consistently work towards making ‘taking care of your mind’ a lifestyle. Therefore, we strongly believe that boarding workplaces to our philosophy would play a vital role in helping us achieve that, as a majority of the population spends a significant amount of their day at their offices. Also, advertising being one of the densely populated ecosystems, to have SoCheers on board is yet another step to help combat mental health issues on a larger front.”

  • WATConsult partners with MindPeers to ensure mental well-being of employees

    WATConsult partners with MindPeers to ensure mental well-being of employees

    MUMBAI: Focusing on the mental well-being of employees is the need of the hour. Considering this as its highest priority, WATConsult has partnered with MindPeers a holistic science-based mental health tech platform. The brand is known to extend qualitative, affordable and measurable mental wellness services to organisations. Utilising these services, the agency aims to provide personalised solutions, mindful consultancy, and support to its team.

    Along with imposing some unforeseen challenges, the current Covid2019 outbreak has indeed accelerated mental health crisis across the globe. As India witnesses a considerable surge in such cases every month, there seems to be a dire need for organisations to take up the cause at priority. Uncertainty, lack of facts, unawareness and stigma are the few causes that lead to a consistent increase in stress amongst employees. Unfortunately, mental ill-health is speculated to be the ‘next wave’ of the pandemic. Therefore, WATConsult not only aims to initiate this tie-up for a specific time but also, intends to let its employees use these services till the end of this year.

    Speaking on the association, WATConsult CEO Heeru Dingra said, “This global pandemic has created a three-fold crisis – health, economic and psychological, leaving people around the world anxious and fearful. Thus, to function at the best of their capacity, it is quite necessary to keep up the spirit, both mentally and physically. Though people need to be assured about their jobs and a healthy living environment, they also essentially require a way to adopt a positive mindset amidst this chaos. This association is a step toward that direction.”

    MindPeers.co founder Kanika Agarwal added, “We believe that workplaces making mental wellness of their employees a priority is the ‘new normal’ and is here to stay forever. MindPeers is a recently launched platform providing qualitative, affordable, and measurable mental wellbeing services including therapies for consumers and organizations. In the last two months, our business has grown by about 146 per cent with a lot of corporates and organisations reaching out to us for our tech-based Employee Assistance Program. Our partnership with WATConsult is quite refreshing and a unique one. As a mental well-being service provider, we certainly need more such organisations like WATConsult who are progressive and are not shying away from accepting the new normal in the literal sense. There is no better way to support your employees than accepting their overall wellness and becoming a part to improve it every day.”

    Since the start of the lockdown, the agency has been conducting regular motivational talks in tandem with other informative sessions every week. Every Wednesday is dedicated to mindfulness wherein doctors or experts from the industry share ideas, experiences and conduct workshops around mental well-being. To name a few, they have hosted sessions by Dr Aditi Govitrikar, a well-known wellness expert and counselor, who addressed the employees on keeping a positive perception during the current crisis. Aarti Asrani, a consciousness coach, a bestselling author, psychotherapist and a TED speaker, guided WATizens to lead a healthier and a happier life naturally; and Anaida Parvaneh, an Indian performer, director, producer, playback singer turned chef and healer, conducted a meditation session for all.

    This partnership with MindPeers enables the agency to further allow its employees to seek professional help by booking one-on-one sessions with specialists. These sessions will be conducted twice a week and will adhere to the privacy protocols set between the counselor and the employee.