Kidnapped by worry? March 3, 2021 Escape plans considered… I often worry. Sometimes it feels like I can’t escape it. ‘I am so worried!’ I say and quite believe this to be so. ‘And haven’t I… read more »
This brilliant monster. What’s your relationship with the internet? February 22, 2021 Would we have ever thought that we’d have such a relationship with the internet 80 years ago? In 1943, Thomas Watson, then Chair of IBM, is reputed to have said:… read more »
Mindfulness at home: the hardest place? February 10, 2021 Perhaps mindfulness is hardest in the home. Home is where deep-rooted patterns of behaviour have established themselves, andwhere our reactions are habitual, automatic and often emotionally-charged. Bringing mindfulness into our… read more »
Seeking Therapy through Employers’ Insurance Schemes February 3, 2021 A personal insight. As someone who, after struggling with their mental health at work, went down the route of therapy via her employer’s insurance – Kate Hale, our Admin and… read more »
Working From Home January 25, 2021 Is this the future? What are your feelings about working from home? Are you missing the office? Or delighted to be away? Some of those I work with, like nurses… read more »
Communication breakdown. The dangerous genius of email. January 19, 2021 For many of us, the main method of communication nowadays is by text and email. It’s very handy to ping messages across the globe at the touch of a button…. read more »
Stressed-out schools: what to do? December 6, 2020 Marc Smith is both a teacher and a chartered psychologist and he recently wrote about stress in schools in The Guardian. ‘Sadly,’ he says, ‘many of the stress management techniques… read more »
Stress November 27, 2020 The friendly and unfriendly sort Stress can help or hinder when we are faced with a challenge.If stress helps us to focus on the challenge, whatever it is, then it… read more »
The business of wellbeing November 15, 2020 There’s no doubt about it: the corporate climate is changing toward wellbeing at work. Slowly but surely, companies are realising that there’s more to management than ‘command, control and pay’…. read more »
Resilience. Is it the same as Tough? We hear a lot about resilience these days in the business world. But what is it? November 8, 2020 For many, the work place has never been so demanding, fast-moving or uncertain. It’s hard to handle the pace of change ourselves; it can, understandably, lead to various forms of… read more »