Dr Peter Olusoga from Sheffield Hallam University offers a talk on how and why the grind culture and the pursuit of “wellness” can be ultimately damaging to our mental health and how we might move away from the grind, towards more sustainable ideas of growth and well-being.
Location
Round the Green Table in Psychology, 6th floor of the Copland building, New Cavendish Street Campus
Open to all Social Sciences staff and students.
Event
According to the global wellness institute, the extremely poorly defined construct of wellness is worth up to £2.8 trillion worldwide. The individual and organisational focus on wellness (very often conflated with the slightly more robustly defined concept of well-being), is not going away any time soon. Unfortunately, the rise of the Instagram influencer and Tik-Tok guru has left the pursuit of psychological well-being as a potentially evidence-sparse endeavour. This, together with the pervasive “grind culture” which promotes productivity and achievement as the path to personal well-being, has created a culture in which burnout and associated mental health issues are on the rise.
