Summer holidays They should be a real rest timebut in many companies it is still a period of high emotional voltage for employees. Hyperconnectivity, teleworking the culture of “always available” and the lack of effective planning make more and more people return from their vacations without having recovered physical and mental balance.
The Spanish startup Healthy Minds, specialized in corporate mental health, alerts the impact that this pressure has on psychological health and launches a series of healthy practices aimed at organizations and working people. “Rest should not be an individual conquest, but a protected and planned collective right”explains Angelines Basagoiti, CEO of Healthy Minds. “Companies that do not guarantee it face more tired, irritable and less effective teams after their vacations”.
Disconnection is not improvised: causes and consequences
Among the most frequent consequences of poor disconnection are the Chronic stress, insomnia, anticipatory anxiety, irritability and a higher risk of burnout or burned worker syndrome.
According to Healthy Minds, the most common causes are: the pressure – explicit or implicit – for being localized, the culture of digital presentism, the absence of disconnection protocols and the difficulty of delegating tasks or establishing limits, fueled by beliefs such as beliefs such as beliefs such as beliefs such as “If I’m not, everything gets out of control”.
Recommendations for companies and employees
With the aim of preventing the deterioration of mental health in the summer period, Healthy Minds proposes a series of practical recommendations:
For companies:
- Plan the holidays in advance, ensuring a clear distribution of responsibilities.
- Establish an internal protocol that guarantees the right to disconnection.
- Promote an organizational culture that assesses rest as part of long -term productivity.
- Avoid overload of those who stay covering other colleagues.
For employees:
- Disable job notifications and delimit connection schedules (if any).
- Inform previously the availability during the holidays (ideally, null).
- Practice activities that favor emotional disconnection and mental rest.
«Each person has a different way of resting. Some prefer to disconnect 100%, others feel anxiety if they do not check the mail from time to time. The important thing is that it is a free choice, without external pressure or excessive self -examination »Apountary Basagoiti.
Technological tools to measure emotional balance
To help organizations detect signs of discomfort before, during and after summer, Healthy Minds has developed a platform based on artificial intelligence and scientific evidence. Its technology allows to cover 100% of the template and predict with an 85% precision the appearance of problems such as stress, anxiety or depression, without the need for invasive clinical tests.
Because resting does not always imply disconnecting completely, but It must involve recovering balance. Organizations that understand not only take care of their people, but also reinforce their sustainability and long -term performance.
