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February 24, 2026 By Georgia Gay, Counsellor and Co-Founder of The Steady Ground Co. Yesterday marked Helpline Awareness Day, a moment to recognise the thousands of volunteers and professionals across the UK who sit with distress every single day. From crisis lines to specialist support services, these teams offer presence in moments that can feel unbearable. Often anonymous, often unseen, their work quite literally steadies lives. In 2022 to 2023, the Health and Safety Execu

February 1, 2026 By Georgia Gay & Danielle Doughty Counsellors and Co-Founders of The Steady Ground Co. There are phrases that flow easily throughout workplaces; “I’m fine” is one of them. It tends to pass without question, offered and accepted as a complete answer. It’s often expected as the automatic response to “hey, how are you?” and no wonder, as it allows conversations to continue, work to move forward, and discomfort to remain contained. Within the context of Mental He

January 26, 2026 Georgia Gay Counsellor & Co Founder, The Steady Ground Co. Burnout is often framed as a deficit in the individual, a failure to manage stress effectively, to set firmer boundaries, or to cultivate enough resilience. This narrative is both misleading and harmful. It places responsibility solely on the person experiencing burnout, while obscuring the physiological and systemic conditions that give rise to it. From a therapeutic perspective, burnout is better un