About this session
Low mood and anxiety can affect work in very different ways. One person may struggle to start tasks or feel mentally slowed down; another may overthink, avoid decisions or remain constantly alert to what might go wrong. Some people experience both patterns at different times.
This session focuses on practical resilience when those experiences are affecting everyday working life.
Participants learn to recognize their own early signs, separate what they can influence from what needs support and reduce the pressure to function exactly as they do on their best days.
Participants then work with manageable action, worry and avoidance, realistic self-talk, recovery and support. The aim is not to diagnose or treat depression or anxiety in the workplace.
It is to give participants practical tools for navigating difficult periods while recognizing when professional, medical or organizational support may also be needed.
What your people take away
- Recognize personal signs that low mood or anxiety are beginning to affect everyday functioning
- Adjust workload and expectations when emotional or cognitive capacity is reduced
- Use manageable action to reduce avoidance and rebuild momentum
- Work more constructively with worry, difficult thoughts and uncertainty
- Create an early-support plan covering personal, workplace and professional resources
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30 minutes
30 Minutes — Key Points: Recognize What Is Happening EarlierA focused 30-minute session on three key points from Recognize What Is Happening Earlier: notice changes in capacity, map your anxiety pattern and map your low-mood pattern.
- Notice changes in capacity
- Map your anxiety pattern
- Map your low-mood pattern
Covers 3 of 4 points in Recognize What Is Happening Earlier.
60 minutes
60 Minutes — Module 1: Recognize What Is Happening EarlierParticipants identify how low mood and anxiety can show up in concentration, motivation, decision-making, avoidance and physical tension. They map their own early warning signs and choose one practical response they can use before the situation becomes harder to manage.
- Module 1: Recognize What Is Happening Earlier
- Live Q&A
Covers 1 of 4 parts: Recognize What Is Happening Earlier.
90 minutes
90 Minutes — Modules 1 and 2: Protect Capacity and Keep MovingEverything in the 60-minute session, plus practical work on reduced-capacity days. Participants learn how to lower unnecessary friction, break work into manageable actions and maintain momentum without expecting themselves to perform exactly as they would on an easier day.
- Module 1: Recognize What Is Happening Earlier
- Module 2: Protect Capacity and Keep Moving
- Personal low-capacity workday plan
- Live Q&A
Covers 2 of 4 parts: Recognize What Is Happening Earlier and Protect Capacity and Keep Moving.
3 hours
Covers 3 of 4 parts: Recognize What Is Happening Earlier, Protect Capacity and Keep Moving and Work With Worry, Thoughts and Avoidance.
Full day
Full Day — Full Resilience WorkshopFull coverage of all four modules with early-warning mapping, manageable-action planning, worry and avoidance exercises and support planning. Participants leave with practical strategies for difficult periods and a personal plan for responding earlier when functioning begins to change.
- Module 1: Recognize What Is Happening Earlier
- Module 2: Protect Capacity and Keep Moving
- Module 3: Work With Worry, Thoughts and Avoidance
- Module 4: Build Your Support and Resilience Plan
- Practical workplace scenarios
- 30-day personal resilience plan
- Live Q&A
Covers all 4 parts.
Also available as a 4-week or 8-week program, for change that lasts. Ask us about it.
What’s covered
Recognize What Is Happening Earlier
Every length- Notice changes in capacityParticipants identify how difficult periods may first appear in everyday work through reduced concentration, slower thinking, low motivation, irritability, physical tension or feeling unusually overwhelmed.
- Map your anxiety patternParticipants identify where anxiety tends to show up through worry, checking, reassurance-seeking, avoidance, overpreparing or difficulty making decisions.
- Map your low-mood patternParticipants examine how lower mood can affect energy, initiation, connection, confidence and interest in activities that normally matter.
- Distinguish a hard day from a patternParticipants look at duration, recurrence and impact rather than interpreting one difficult day as evidence that something is seriously wrong.
Protect Capacity and Keep Moving
90 minutes and longer- Build a reduced-capacity workdayParticipants identify what an effective day looks like when concentration or emotional capacity is lower than usual.
- Make the next action smallerParticipants take tasks that feel difficult to start and reduce them to the next visible action.
- Use action before motivation when helpfulParticipants explore how waiting to feel motivated can sometimes prolong inactivity.
- Protect the basics without seeking perfectionParticipants identify simple supports that make difficult periods easier to navigate, such as regular meals, hydration, movement, daylight, rest or contact with another person.
Work With Worry, Thoughts and Avoidance
3 hours and longer- Separate facts from predictionsParticipants take a recurring anxious thought and identify what is directly known, what is being predicted and what remains uncertain.
- Decide whether worry is producing actionParticipants examine whether repeated thinking is generating a useful decision or simply replaying the same possibilities.
- Reduce avoidance graduallyParticipants identify tasks, conversations or situations they have begun avoiding because they feel difficult and choose an appropriately sized re-entry step.
- Use realistic, not forced, self-talkParticipants practice replacing absolute conclusions such as 'I can't handle this' with language that acknowledges difficulty while leaving room for action.
Build Your Support and Resilience Plan
Full day only- Map different kinds of supportParticipants identify who can provide practical help, emotional support, workplace decisions or professional care and distinguish these functions clearly.
- Ask for specific workplace supportParticipants practice identifying what would genuinely make work more manageable, such as clearer priorities, fewer competing deadlines, temporary flexibility or additional guidance.
- Know when more support is neededParticipants identify signs that self-management may no longer be enough, including symptoms that persist, worsen or significantly affect sleep, functioning, safety or everyday life.
- Create your early-action planParticipants combine early signs, reduced-capacity strategies, manageable actions, support routes and recovery into one personal plan.
How booking works
- Book online. Create a free Workbliss profile, then pay with session credits, by card or by invoice.
- Pick a date. Choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or book now and set the date later. Need it sooner? Email hello@workbliss.ai and we’ll see what we can do.
- Choose your expert. Within 3 working days, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date.
- We deliver it. Your expert is briefed on your people and goals, then runs the session live online or at your site.
Questions about Cultivating Resilience: Managing Depression & Anxiety
How long is Cultivating Resilience: Managing Depression & Anxiety?
Cultivating Resilience: Managing Depression & Anxiety runs as 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 3 hours or full day. You choose the length when you book. A 30-minute session covers three key points from Recognize What Is Happening Earlier: notice changes in capacity, map your anxiety pattern and map your low-mood pattern. A 60-minute session covers Recognize What Is Happening Earlier in full, with a live Q&A. A 90-minute session adds Protect Capacity and Keep Moving. A 3-hour session adds Work With Worry, Thoughts and Avoidance. A full-day session adds Build Your Support and Resilience Plan. It is also available as a 4-week or 8-week program.
Can Cultivating Resilience: Managing Depression & Anxiety be delivered online or in person?
Yes, both. It runs live online, so every office can join at the same time, or in person at your site, in any country.
How do we book Cultivating Resilience: Managing Depression & Anxiety?
Create a free Workbliss profile with your work email, then open Cultivating Resilience: Managing Depression & Anxiety to see the price for each length and book it. You can pay with session credits, by card or by invoice, and choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or set it later. Need it sooner? Email hello@workbliss.ai and we’ll see what we can do.
Who leads the session?
A vetted Workbliss expert, briefed on your people, culture and goals before the session. After you book, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date within 3 working days, so you can choose who leads it.
Can it be tailored to our company?
Yes. Every session is shaped around your goals, your people and the benefits you already offer, and delivered by experts in your people’s languages.