Breathe in the A.I.R.

Alyson Meister and Dominik Breitinger offer a model for what individuals, leaders and organizations can do to boost wellbeing post-COVID.

Closely trailing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is a global mental health crisis. Declining mental health in the form of increased stress, anxiety, emotional exhaustion, depression and burnout, not only infiltrate our minds, homes, and places of work, but have dire financial implications for organizations and economies alike.

It is no surprise that the WHO has included mental health amongst its sustainable development goals; the organization reports that 25% of the population currently suffer from depression or anxiety, suicide is now the second leading cause of death among 15 to 29-year-olds,andup to 50% of chronic sick leave at work is due to mental-health related issues. In the UK, stress, depression or anxiety account for 44% of all work-related ill health cases and 54% of all working days lost due to ill health. Similar…