Frequently asked questions

At EmPower, we’re all about helping you to strengthen your emotional health. This means helping you feel better about yourself, your place in the world and your relationships with other people. We provide a series of evidenced programmes to EmPower you to make a fast and permanent positive change to your mood, focus and energy. Each involves a seminar, either online or in-person, followed by a 12-week programme, run digitally (at the moment!) but in connection with your group, with whom you will complete the programme. Group meetings will be guided and supported throughout.

Everything in the EmPower programme is focussed on helping you improve the three macro-measures of wellbeing:

• I can direct and control my own life.

• I have healthy and happy relationships.

• I have good emotional health.

We are all much more aware of the importance of looking after our emotional and mental health. We are more aware of our emotional state and the risk factors than we ever have been. We are encouraged to open up and talk about our thoughts and feelings and to seek help if needed. For far too many people, there is no simple answer to the question: ‘What can I do?’

By this we mean; what actions can you take to strengthen your own emotional health? Just like physical health, it takes training to improve emotional health. This is the problem we are solving – EmPowering you to take your own set of actions and re-train your emotional health. Every person is different, so everybody’s training programme is different. You work with our team to design your own unique programme that is achievable and motivational for you.

Client Stories.

Em-Power shows you that change is possible and you do not need to be stuck with the feelings you have today. For many people it’s “lifechanging”. Read more from our Client Stories.

This is an empowering and deeply rewarding programme for anyone that is curious and open-minded to actively strengthen their emotional and mental health and live happier. This is for individuals who would like to help themselves to feel better and make positive changes to the way you think, feel and behave.

Our programme will benefit you if you have been feeling down and just want to get better or are feeling OK and want to feel great. If you identify with any of the following, our programme can help you improve:

• Low mood

• Anxiety

• Loss of direction

• Loss of confidence

• Deflated self-esteem

• A sense of not fitting in

• Poor choices

• Procrastination

• Mild to moderate depression

• Isolation

• Anger

• Destructive behaviours

EmPower is available for organisations to help any business looking to support the mental health of their employees. Please speak to us about our personalised programmes for your organisation and employee needs.

EmPower is not appropriate for you if you are currently living with a serious psychiatric condition, are actively addicted to drugs or alcohol, are ideating about self-harm or are using certain medications. Future EmPower courses may be suitable once you have received appropriate medical care and treatment.

What makes EmPower different is that we go beyond thinking and talking and into action. You create your own spectrum of simple, enjoyable actions which you practise.

EmPower focuses on answering the question ‘What can I do?’ By this we mean; what actions can you take to strengthen your own emotional health? Just like physical health, it takes training to improve emotional health. This is the problem we are solving – EmPowering you to take your own set of actions and re-train your emotional health. Every person is different, so everybody’s training programme is different. You work with our team to design your own unique programme that is achievable and motivational for you.

And with connection at the heart of the programme you join a community of individuals from day one that you can build a real relationship with. This group stays with you throughout the seminar and 12-week programme. Many of our clients have already forged life-long friendships with members of their group.

EmPower is short for Emotional Power, with good reason. There is vastly more awareness of mental health and mental illness than ever before, but there is still much stigma attached and much confusion amongst populations. ‘Mental health’ is made up of a combination of our thoughts plus our feelings. These are intertwined and interact with each other – how we think affects our feelings and how we feel affects our thoughts. They can become a spiral. At EmPower, we concentrate on helping you develop and improve what you feel. This will involve your thinking as well as many other exercises and interventions. You will be surprised at how quickly changing your feelings also changes your thoughts. Your feelings derive from your emotions. This is why we concentrate on emotional power – how you can focus your own emotions to improve your emotional health and then in turn your feelings, thinking, wellbeing and mental health.

Strengthening your emotional and mental health is essential for several reasons:

1. Better Quality of Life: Improving your emotional and mental wellbeing leads to a better quality of life. When you feel mentally strong, you are more likely to enjoy your daily activities and experience a greater sense of fulfilment and joy.

2. Positive Contribution to the World: A healthy mind allows you to make more meaningful and positive contributions to your community and the world. When you are mentally and emotionally well, you are better equipped to help others and make a difference.

3. Live a Better Life: With strong mental and emotional health, you can make better decisions, have better relationships, and live a happier life. Emotional resilience helps you navigate life's challenges more effectively and embrace opportunities with a positive outlook.

4. Personal Growth: Mental wellbeing enables you to grow as a person, be more productive, and realise your own potential. It fosters self-awareness and self-improvement, allowing you to reach your goals and aspirations.

5. Coping with Stress: Strengthening your mental health helps you cope with daily life stresses more efficiently. You can manage stress, anxiety, and other emotional difficulties better, which contributes to overall wellbeing.

6. Physical Health Benefits: Good mental health is closely linked to physical health. Reducing stress and improving emotional well-being can lead to fewer physical health problems and a stronger immune system.

7. Feeling of Permanence: Creating a stable and balanced mental state can provide a feeling of permanence and stability in your life. It helps you build a solid foundation for long-term happiness and success.

Investing in strengthening your emotional and mental health is a vital part of leading a fulfilling and balanced life. It not only enhances your personal wellbeing but also enables you to positively impact those around you.

We’re on a mission to make our programmes available to the people who really need them – young people, people on low incomes or in marginalised groups and areas.

All of our team have lived experience which has led us to utilise professional help for our emotional and mental health. We all recognise that we have held professional jobs which allow us the luxury of being able to seek such help. More importantly, we know there are many, many people for whom professional help is inaccessible or prohibitively expensive.

And that’s why one of our founders created the programme for himself and since 2023 we have been turning that programme into one that anyone can use and complete. Read more about Our Purpose and Alan’s story here.

We want everyone to have access to EmPowering their own emotional and mental health. To have the ability to take your own set of actions and re-train your emotional health. With lifechanging results.

Yes. And we have more work to do.

Since 2023, we have been turning that programme into one that anyone can use and complete. We have developed and tested with pilot groups globally, the format, the content and the technology and we are overseen by an advisory board made up of specialists qualified in therapy and clinical psychology. The results from clients so far match or exceed the outcomes that our founder experienced, which makes us all very happy indeed.

So far, clients are reporting an average 36% improvement in their feelings of wellbeing (a big increase) – and experiencing a lot of joy in the process – many say its ‘been lifechanging’. Numbers are great, but their stories are even better, which you can read here.

We are now moving to our ‘beta phase.’ We are not yet ready to go to the open market with EmPower, but we know it works and that it works well. So we are looking for further clients who are happy to be early adopters – to design and work your fully professional programme while at the same time providing us with constant feedback so we can really work the details. We’d love for you to to join us in the beta phase – which is beyond a pilot but still maturing. If you’re interested to learn more about getting involved contact our team here.

Yes. We are overseen by an advisory board made up of mental health professionals with specialists qualified in therapy and clinical psychology. Meet our team here.

From the outset of your journey with us safety is at the heart of what we do. Our team review your application to ensure its in your best interest to participate. If we have any concerns, we will discuss this with you.

During all our seminars there is a trained mental health professional in the room/online with our team and you will have the option of one-to-one discussions with them as required. Everything you discuss during these discussions is confidential.

This professional support continues throughout the 12-week programme with a trained mental health professional always on hand.

Given the objectives of the programme and the nature of the content and discussions during the Seminar, we kindly request you to be mindful that some other clients may choose not to consume alcohol. Additionally, certain areas of the venue may not permit alcohol consumption or smoking.

We are not providing therapy during the seminar, nor throughout the 12-week programme and should our team of trained professionals have any concerns will raise these with you/us accordingly and we will signpost you to any additional support outside EmPower accordingly.

There are three core measures of wellbeing which we measure with every participant:

• I can direct and control my own life.

• I have healthy and happy relationships.

• I have good emotional health.

These are core measures of wellbeing which apply to everybody. Beyond those, you will spend the early part of the seminar deciding five more indicators that define ‘getting better’ from your perspective and in your own words. You will work with our team to ensure the measures you choose are authentic to and achievable for you.

There is no such thing as a cure, only ‘better.’

Working on your mental and emotional health is an ongoing process. There is no one quick fix or magic cure for you. As EmPower will teach you, it works if you do the work. And this involves consistently doing your actions that are repeatable. You can expect to see a change in your mental and emotional health by the end of the programme. In fact, all our clients have experienced a 36% increase in their wellbeing.

No. At the heart of EmPower is connection. We know that group connection is an essential component of making EmPower work for clients. It’s one of the three macro-measure of wellbeing of the programme. Our society fails to recognise the importance of connection, but it really is the panacea. Recognising that many people will be reticent to connect about their emotional health, the seminar and programmes are designed to introduce you to this gradually, safely and comfortably.

No. As we have mentioned in previous FAQs EmPower is not therapy, nor a replacement. And there is a time and a place for individuals where therapy is require. EmPower is not appropriate for you if you are currently living with a serious psychiatric condition, actively addicted to drugs or alcohol, are ideating about self-harm or are using certain medications. Future EmPower courses may be suitable once you have received appropriate medical care and treatment.

We do have clients that have joined EmPower whilst continuing with their therapy sessions. If you would be happy to discuss your situation with us please reach out and we can better advise based on your individual situation.

We’re a friendly bunch of human beings all on a mission to strengthen peoples mental and emotional health. All our team to date has lived experience which has led us to utilise professional help for our emotional and mental health. And we have all benefited from participating in at least one EmPower programme and continue to! Get to know our team better here.

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