11/21 Event Recap: How to optimize mental health 如何优化心理健康

On Thursday, November 21st, Gemini Personnel successfully held the 15th HR Executive Roundtable. The event was organized in collaboration with Yuanbo Education Group at their Xujiahui office executive meeting room with a beautiful rooftop flower garden. About 30 HR executives and service providers gathered to join the presentation on the topic “How to optimize mental health at work place”, delivered by Bill Chen.

11月21日星期四，晶雅人事成功举办了第15届人力资源高管圆桌会议。此次活动与远播教育集团合作，在他们的行政会议室举行。约30位人力资源高管和服务提供商聚集在此，参加了由Bill Chen主讲的 “如何在工作场所优化心理健康” 主题演讲。

Bill Chan is a certified health coach and graduate of positive psychology. His presentation focused on the various mental health issues and how to overcome them. Some mental illnesses like Parkinson's and dementia are increasingly affecting younger people and other conditions such as depression, anxiety, and ADHD are also more prevalent in our society. A healthy lifestyle and work environment can prevent or delay these conditions.Improving the mental health of employees will also lead to improved productivity and better results.

Bill Chen是一位认证健康教练，同时也是积极心理学的毕业生。他的演讲聚焦于各种心理健康问题及其克服方法。一些精神疾病，如帕金森病和痴呆症，越来越影响年轻人；其他如抑郁、焦虑和注意力缺陷多动症（ADHD）等状况在我们的社会中也更为普遍。健康的生活方式和工作环境可以预防或延缓这些状况。提高员工的心理健康也将带来提高生产力和更好的成果。

Another serious modern-day psychological issue is addiction. Addiction can be both substance and behavioral.  Sugar addiction is the most common today. The substance has the power to change the brain structure and function similar to cocaine. It can be a cause of obesity, diabetes, hypertension and depression. Companies and individuals should avoid sugar-high contents including carbonated drinks such as Coke, or any ultra-processed foods and even juices. It's better to focus on a whole food plant-based diet with low sugar, fat, and salt. The happy hormone serotonin is produced 90% by the gut but used mainly by the brain, so the brain and gut are directly connected. What is good for the heart is good for the brain.

另一个严重的现代心理问题是成瘾。成瘾可以是物质的，也可以是行为的。今天最常见的是糖成瘾。这种物质能够改变大脑结构和功能，类似于可卡因。它可能是肥胖、糖尿病、高血压和抑郁的原因。公司和个人应避免高糖食品，包括碳酸饮料如可乐，或任何超加工食品甚至果汁。最好专注于低糖、低脂、低盐的全食物植物性饮食。快乐荷尔蒙血清素90%由肠道产生，但主要由大脑使用，因此大脑和肠道直接相连。对心脏有益的，对大脑也有益。

Bill shared that positive mindset comprises five factors: positive emotion, engagement in what we do, strong relationships, meaning in life, and achievement. The best way to manage stress is to take time off from worrying about the future and regretting the past by focusing on the present through mindfulness meditation. This reduces stress and pain, relieves depression and anxiety, delays dementia, and helps with focus and productivity.

Bill分享说，积极心态包括五个因素：积极情绪、参与我们所做的事情、强大的人际关系、生活的意义和成就。管理压力的最佳方式是通过正念冥想专注于当下，从而摆脱对未来的担忧和对过去的后悔。这可以减少压力和痛苦，缓解抑郁和焦虑，延缓痴呆症，并有助于专注和生产力。

Companies can help employees attain a healthy and productive life by encouraging the formation of sports clubs, sponsoring team-building activities, creating libraries and meditation rooms, and organizing social activities. Professional speakers can be invited to lecture on nutrition, positive psychology, and stress management. Through better self-awareness company leaders and employees will make better decisions about health of their own and people around them.

公司可以通过鼓励成立运动俱乐部、赞助团队建设活动、创建图书馆和冥想室以及组织社交活动来帮助员工实现健康和生产力的生活。可以邀请专业演讲者就营养、积极心理学和压力管理进行讲座。通过更好的自我意识，公司领导和员工将能做出更好的健康决策，不仅关乎自己，也关乎周围的人。

Following the presentation, the executives in the human resources industry had a roundtable experience-sharing session. HR executives shared examples of how their organizations deal with mental health in the work place. Some of the most popular solutions were coaching, team building and exercises during the lunch break. Companies can check for the talent they already have within the organization such as yoga, fitness, sports enthusiasts to organize like minded colleagues in group activities. Several of the attendees also shared recent or current examples of staff having mental health issues, such as walking off from the job after a dispute. Solutions were discussed to these problems included first gather information on the problem, offer meeting with the employee in an outside location, share personal struggle to show one can relate to the problem, offer help from a third party either within or outside the organization that employee can trust. It is the HR that can create positive corporate environment, rewards success and hard work to improve mental health. Bill also shared his thoughts and reminded attendees to remember that 3 compliments offset 1 reprimand.

演讲结束后，人力资源行业的高管们进行了圆桌经验分享会。人力资源高管分享了他们的组织如何处理工作场所的心理健康问题。一些最受欢迎的解决方案包括教练、团队建设和午餐休息期间的锻炼。公司可以检查组织内已有的人才，如瑜伽、健身、体育爱好者，以组织志同道合的同事进行团体活动。几位与会者还分享了员工心理健康问题的最新或当前例子，例如在争议后离职。讨论了这些问题的解决方案，包括首先收集问题信息，提供在外部地点与员工会面，分享个人奋斗以显示能够理解问题，提供来自组织内外第三方的帮助，员工可以信任。正是人力资源可以创造积极的企业文化，奖励成功和努力工作，以改善心理健康。Bill还分享了他的想法，并提醒与会者记住，3次赞美可以抵消1次斥责。

We are grateful to all the participants for attending this event, whose mission is to create a knowledge-sharing HR Industry executive community. We are also glad for the cooperation opportunity and support from Yuanbo Education Group and for being able to welcome guests in their exclusive corporate environment.

我们感谢所有参加本次活动的来宾，我们的使命是构建一个知识共享的人力资源行业高管社群。我们也很高兴得到远播教育集团提供的合作机会和支持，并能在他们的企业环境中迎接来宾。

We plan to hold the next HR Executive Roundtable in February 2025 in Shanghai. Interested parties and HR Executives are welcome to inquire about more details and register with Gemini Personnel staff for future events.

我们计划于2025年2月在上海举办下一届人力资源高管圆桌会议。欢迎有兴趣的人士和人力资源高管们，向晶雅人事员工咨询更多细节并报名参加未来的活动。