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Digital Stress – Want To Understand Why You Get Zoom Fatigue?

Distracting and addicting tech is a growing epidemic that affects every aspect of our wellbeing. Its well-known that our smartphones can be a distraction. According to Deloitte’s global mobile consumer survey, 80% of smart phone users check their phones within 1 hour of waking or going to sleep. '53% of people...

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I Can’t Breathe #Blacklivesmatter

I Can’t Breathe #Blacklivesmatter   For most of us coming out of quarantine with a deep feeling of uncertainty, witnessing a man being brutally arrested and killed by a police officer leaning on his neck, while he whispers ‘I can’t breathe’ was a devastating blow to most of the world....

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7 Simple Steps To Improve Mental Fitness During Mental Health Awareness Week

What Is Mental Fitness?   Mental Fitness keeps your brain and emotional wellbeing in tip top shape. The willingness to adapt, alongside optimism is essential for navigating this pandemic successfully.   As we start to emerge from this quarantine period, many of us are wondering will it ever be safe,...

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9 Simple Strategies To Manage The Symptoms Of Stress

Boundaries help us to feel safe and routines help us to experience safety. Setting a routine and having boundaries are key to managing our stress. Here are 9 simple strategies to manage the symptoms of stress; 1. Find a distraction. Stop yourself from being ‘in your head’ too much. Watch a...

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COVID-19: The Bog Roll Pandemic

As we prepare for lockdown and all the panic buying continues this weekend, so does the bog roll pandemic! I ponder this weeks events and how BIG the impact of a lockdown really is for everyone, not just economically, but on HOW it will change the way we do life...

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World Sleep Day – 4 Hows To Improve Your Sleep

Sleep - The best, but often ignored, medicine   You may be familiar with the adage that “sleep is the best medicine”: there’s a great deal of truth to this – sleep is the best, if not the only, remedy to a whole host of potential health issues, from maintaining...

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Orthorexia – The New Eating Disorders Narrative

What Are Eating Disorders?   An eating disorder is a mental disorder, defined by abnormal eating habits ,that negatively affect a person's physical or mental health and has some of the highest mortality rates, across all mental illness.   Eating disorders have been documented back to the 12th Century. Before...

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CBD: Wellness Fad Or Natures Miracle?

Wellness Fad Or Natures Miracle CBD is being labelled as one of the fastest growing industries estimated to be worth £2.2bn by 2020 and £1bn by 2025.   Big brands, celebrities and entrepreneurs, coined as ‘Cannaprenuers’ are bringing new innovations and products to the market in a booming industry, with...

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Shifting Paradigms- How To Stop Responding To Addictive Behaviour?

Repetitive Behaviour Something we all experience a snippet of during the Christmas break. The over consumption of high fat sugary food, causing us to feel tired, lethargic and gain afew kilos. Yet, we still keep going, despite the adverse health effects. I mean, this is normal and just for a...

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Social Isolation A Risk That Could Kill Us?

Suffering in Silence Ageing and Social isolation may be as harmful to our physical health as obesity, or smoking 15 cigarettes per day.   The number of people aged 75 or over is expected to double in the next 30 years’ age discrimination continues to blight our society, despite a...

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