Thought for the dayWellbeing Wednesday

Why is this important? A recent survey carried out by Mind UK on 9,501 UK employees from many different types of employment, asked the question ‘Are you suffering from mental health with your current employer?’ A staggering 70% answered yes. That’s 6,651 employees in the UK coping wit mental health at work! How do Mindfulness […]

How do we educate our employers that we are stressed, but not be punished for it? Watch my Youtube video for my own personal story and how I dealt with this and how I now use my experience to help not only employees deal with work related stress, but how I also educate businesses to […]

Why look at food labels? The words ‘reduced fat’ and ‘less fat’, or ‘less salt’ are used to attract us into thinking it is a healthy choice. What they are actually saying is that they are reduced or less than another or an original version of the same product. It may be a ‘healthier’ choice, […]

How serious is the obesity crisis and what can be done? The UK’s obesity crisis is a lot worse than people may think. In fact 71% of women and 61% of men do not meet the national recommendations of at least 30 minutes of exercise of at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity activity 5 […]

Why might you be feeling more stressed now? It is the season where we seem to feel the most stressed – we are stressed about paying for Christmas, spending time with the family around Christmas, but it’s the time of the year at work for those mid-year performance reviews, end of year deadlines, and whether […]

What to eat when you have the flu, or to try and prevent it There are ways to prevent the flu these day. Vulnerable groups of people are offered the flu jab, so you should get this and you can also pay for this if you’re not categorised into a group.  If you are unlucky […]

How are you going to do this? Stoptober is all about quitting smoking and in 2018 it has never been easier. As an ex-smoker myself I can speak from experience.  First of all, you have to want to stop. It is seen as such an anti-social thing to do these days and you see less […]

World Mental Health Awareness Day Often when we think of people with mental health we think of people who have suffered some sort of loss, such as bereavement, people with financial worries, celebrities, or the homeless. What are we failing to notice about mental health and how can we reduce the stigma? It’s the high […]

What do I mean by this? Please take a few minutes to watch my video blog, because it highlights the problems in our Universities and Workplaces that although more and more institutions and companies appear to recognise that staff and students are experiencing stress and offering yoga, mindfulness courses and in some situations access to […]