Clerks Seminar 2026 Workshop 1 – Managing Your Own Mental Wellbeing with Amanda Whitlock of Total Wellbeing Matters –
Managing Your Own Mental Wellbeing
Session Outline
- What is mental health?
- The Mental Health Continuum
- Stress
- Self Care – Five steps to wellbeing
- Creating a personalised wellbeing plan
Session Objectives
- Understand what Mental wellbeing is and how it differs from mental illness.
- How to recognise what is a normal response to stress.
- How to embed coping strategies into your everyday life.
The session will include:
- The importance of taking responsibility for your own mental wellbeing.
- How to recognise where you are on the mental health continuum and what normal responses to life events can look like.
- How to identify your response to stress and how to mitigate its effect
- Exploration of the 5 steps to wellbeing and how these can be included in your life.
- How to implement a personalised plan to help deal with the feeling of being overwhelmed.
All elements will be delivered in a one hour interactive workshop. Learning will take place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities
Amanda Whitlock – Total Wellbeing Matters
Amanda is the owner of Total Wellbeing Matters, which offers services in promoting wellbeing. She is a licensed MHFA England instructor and specialises in delivering wellbeing and mental health consultancy, training, and workshops. She is also a Corporate Wellbeing Coach and a Bereavement and Loss Support Practitioner. She is an Accredited Trainer for Clarity 4D personality Profiling. She is an Emotional Leadership Practitioner.
Prior to starting her business, she worked for 15 years in the Charity Sector providing strategic management and business development. Her last role was National Wellbeing Manager for a charity which specialised in providing advice, guidance, and support for older people.
For individuals who want to look after their own mental health and maintain their wellbeing, she provides both the training and the toolkits to enable them to have meaningful conversations about mental health and wellbeing.
Awards
- Business of the Year 2022 in the Yeovil Chamber Business awards
- Health and Fitness Business of the year 2023 in the Sherborne Business Awards.
- UK Enterprise Awards – Mental Health Trainer of the Year winner 2023
- Global Health and Pharma – Mental Health Training Expert of the Year winner 2024
- Business Elite awards SME News – Best Mental Health and Wellbeing Services – Dorset 2025
Recent Feedback
Amanda was a great instructor. She was very friendly and knowledgeable. The course was insightful and I’m looking forward to my role as a MHFAider.
Excellent course, content and delivery were excellent
The passion Amanda had for the subject was infectious.
What a fantastic course. The lead Amanda Whitlock was brilliant the way she led the course. It made me realise a lot about myself and how to see the triggers in people not only in the workplace but friends and family.
Excellent course and would recommend anyone that has the opportunity to do this course they should grab it with both hands.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-whitlock-09829b6b/
amanda@totalwellbeingmatters.com
Location: The Diamond Room
- The cost of this workshop is included in your conference ticket.
- Duration, 45 minutes including Q&A
NOTE:
- You must book a Clerks Seminar ticket to attend this workshop
- All workshops are running concurrently to allow Clerks to benefit from attending all three, you must select one preferred time slot to confirm your place.
