“Life is a constant readjustment. It’s whether you readjust consciously that makes all the difference.” This week its National Work Life Week and it is an opportunity for both employers and employees to focus on well-being at work and work-life balance. Employers can use the week...
Be a Soberhero and go 31 days without alcohol this October – say no to the booze and yes to raising money for people living with cancer. And just like every hero’s trusty sidekick, Macmillan will be with you every step of the way to help...
This week MEN'S HEALTH WEEK 2019 focuses on the key numbers in men's health. Men are supposedly obsessed with numbers but when it comes to our own health, there are quite a few more numbers that we should know about. This blog post will feature on the importance...
Most of us will suffer with stress at some point in our lives. According to the Mental health Foundation, 74% of UK adults have felt so stressed at some point over the last year they felt overwhelmed or unable to cope. Stress is a major factor...
April is National Stress Awareness month, so naturally this month, I'll be posting about this topic mainly. Stress is often talked about as being a ‘modern’ malaise, as though it didn’t exist in former times. However, there has always been stress. But these days there always seems...
Mindfulness meditation is a powerful and ancient meditation technique that is proven to help reduce stress, alleviate anxiety and depression, and even help with pain and illness. Forbes recently reported that Brown University had found a convincing link between mindfulness meditation and improved cardiovascular health. Meditation’s...
Anxiety is a type of fear usually associated with the thought of a threat or something going wrong in the future, but can also arise from something happening right now (Mental Health Foundation). Everyone has feelings of anxiety at some point in their life – for...