This webinar will help you explore the concept of emotional labour, and its personal and professional implications.

In today's workplace, emotional labour—the effort of managing emotions and creating a positive environment—often goes unnoticed yet significantly impacts our well-being and productivity. Once viewed primarily as a gendered issue, emotional labour is often an unacknowledged aspect of many professions, and may include maintaining a façade, shouldering others' burdens, improvising, or managing complex emotional or traumatic situations. Join us for an insightful webinar where we will seek to enhance your awareness of emotional labour and offer strategies to acknowledge and address its hidden challenges.

Nicola will consider the implications of maintaining a positive demeanour to serve, comfort or placate others, even when it may not align with your own emotional state, drawing on insights from Arlie Russell Hochschild and contemporary thinkers like Liz Yeoman and Rose Hackman.

Who's it for?

This event is for all UK-based IP professionals who are interested in mental wellbeing. We don’t mind where you work, what role you play there or what career level you’re at. This is an important topic, which touches many and matters to all of us.

Bring a guest!

At IP Inclusive we want to reach as many IP people as possible. Why not invite a guest to watch the webinar with you - someone in a different role or at a different career level, perhaps; an ally or potential ally; or a colleague who's not yet involved with IP Inclusive? They'll be most welcome!

Registration

If you have any access requirements, please do get in touch with us at events@ipinclusive.org.uk

Cost

This event is free. So are all our resources. The Jonathan’s Voice events and resources are also free at the point of delivery.

That said, both organisations do need money to keep the show on the road, so if you are able, please consider choosing a voluntary donation ticket. For more information, visit the IP Inclusive fundraising page, or the Jonathan’s Voice donations page.

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Exploring Emotional Labour