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Mental Wellbeing
Helping our clients cope with the stresses of moving and life
In the mortgage industry, millions if not billions of pounds go into improving the process to make it smoother and less painful. No one as far as we can tell is helping people handle stress.
Over 50% of people we surveyed state moving home as the most stressful life event, above divorce and redundancy, and whilst we too are trying to help make the process as straightforward as possible by putting you in touch with an expert advisor, we want to do more than that.
The wellbeing section of our site is for anyone interested in improving how they manage and understand their thinking. We do not recommend this material as a substitute for proper medical advice – go see your GP!
Why we’ve built a customer wellbeing portal on our website
Read our post about what the hell we’re up to, and why! Our survey knocked us back as we uncovered just how people are feeling when moving home. See the results here.
OMA Cope With Series
Introducing the OMA Video Series “Cope With:”. Pete our MD reveals what we’re setting out to achieve with the video series and outlines how the industry focuses on process and technology to make life easy but doesn’t necessarily address or help people cope with one of the most stressful life events.
Videos
OMA Cope With Series: You Don’t Need Top Tips to Beat Stress
Have you tried all those “7 top tips to beat stress” actions in magazines, and still stressed? This might be why.
OMA Cope With Series: Arguments About Moving
A common issue and stress point from our survey was arguing with our partner! See what’s going on in the mind when this happens, and what we might do about it.
OMA Cope With Series: Introduction
Pete our MD reveals what we’re setting out to achieve with the video series.
OMA Cope With Series: Introducing Clarity
Jamie Smart introduces the principles of thought and the mind’s natural state is one of clarity and calmness.
OMA Cope With Series: Haggling
Want to get the best price for your property but struggle to stick to your guns or have awkward conversations? This might help.
OMA Cope With Series: Make Moving Less Stressful
Our video guide to coping when moving home, often cited as one of the most stressful things a human can do!
OMA Cope With Series: Not being in Control
With so much going on and most of it in the hands of other people, how can we stay calm and sleep at night?!
OMA Cope With Series: Things going wrong
Moving home can mean a lot of things, most of them are life changing for many of us. So what do we do if something gets in the way?
OMA Cope With Series: A Crash Course in Stress
Jamie uncovers the fundamental nature of the mind, what happens when we get stressed or anxious, and what we can do about it.
Other Resources
Our MD on handling Anxiety
Our MD Pete runs through his journey and shares what he found were the most useful learnings from various disciplines.
OMA Clarity conference
In 2018 OMA and Create Finance invited Jamie Smart, author of best seller Clarity, to discuss stress and performance with the entire workforce.
Discover your inner stress buster
This audio may help you start to realise your capacity for peace of mind, and uncover your mind’s natural, in-built stress-busting system.
Clarity
You’ll learn how to clear your mind and become less stressed and more productive – and as a result, more confident in your abilities.
The Inside Out Revolution
You will learn how to dissolve problems, become discouragement proof, awaken your spirit and meet any situation you encounter with clarity and love – with miraculous results.
NHS: 10 Stress Busters
What you can do to address stress? These are Professor Cooper’s top 10 stress-busting suggestions.
Mental Health Foundation Tips
An introduction to the signs and symptoms of stress, and some simple steps you can take.
Who moved my cheese?
If the title sounds strange, it is, but don’t let that (or the old school graphics) put you off! This is a great story of lessons to live by.
An End to Stress
Pete has shared this Michael Neil talk about a hundred times to his friends and family, as it was one of the first things he watched and really started to understand how stress works.
Wellbeing FAQs
First and foremost, if you are struggling with stress, anxiety, or any mental health issue, we recommend seeing your GP. The material we have collated is for self-help, and for learning about the principles of mind and thought. You can use the NHS 111 service online to help and advice with triage. Depending on the situation they will offer a range of outcomes, from calling emergency services to arranging a 111 call with a nurse. Outside the NHS you may wish to consult a doctor or specialist privately. If you prefer to read / study / investigate things on your own, there are various places to look that you might find useful, including: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Clarity, and The Little Book of Clarity, Sydney Banks & the 3 principles (3Ps), Hypnosis, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), and many others!
Hey, if something here resonated with you, or didn’t – let us know! We’re always looking for improvement and helpful things to share with our teams and other customers. If you’d like to discuss more about Clarity and the three principles, you can make an enquiry here and we’ll have one of their team get in touch!
We want to do more
Pete Mugleston, MD, OMA
In the mortgage industry, we have millions if not billions of pounds going into improving the process to make it smoother and less painful. No one as far as we can tell is helping people handle the stress. It’s often one of the top 3 stressful life events people talk about, and whilst we too are trying to help make the process as straightforward as possible by putting you in touch with an expert advisor, we want to do more than that.