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The old English word for wealth is “weal”, which means well-being. Letting money drive decision-making has not brought us true well-being.
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Vadivu Govind
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Imagine a workplace that has various mental well-being programmes. Now imagine being an employee, giving those programmes a try – and realising that your well-being has hardly changed.
That’s apparently the reality for many in the UK, according to a study published by the University of Oxford’s Wellbeing Research Centre in 2024. It is believed to be the largest of its kind, involving more than 46,000 workers from over 200 organisations there.
