Welcome to my blog
There is a lot of information around on the importance of looking after our health, like maintaining a healthy diet and plenty of exercise. This is all well and good if your aim is just to keep your body healthy. But what about your brain?
From chocolate to coffee and sleep, to sharper smarter thinking, join me for an article or three as I share insights, tips and ideas on what it takes to keep your brain operating at full speed, so you can wake up feeling refreshed, happier and healthier every day.
Welcome to my blog
There is a lot of information around on the importance of looking after our health, like maintaining a healthy diet and plenty of exercise. This is all well and good if your aim is just to keep your body healthy. But what about your brain?
From chocolate to coffee and sleep, to sharper smarter thinking, join me for an article or three as I share insights, tips and ideas on what it takes to keep your brain operating at full speed, so you can wake up feeling refreshed, happier and healthier every day.
Why taking time off work is vital to your health and wellbeing
How long does it take YOU to fully unwind from work? Growing up in the UK, the two weeks we looked forward to the most (apart from Christmas) were the those allocated to the family summer holiday. We didn’t need to ask where we were going or how we were getting there....
This Working Life
One outcome of living through a time of a global pandemic has been the realisation that many of us have been simply working too hard, prioritising work above everything else to the detriment of those other parts of our life we hold most dear.
The Great Resignation is the outcome.
If you’ve decided the ways things were isn’t for you anymore, what changes have you made to your own circumstance.
Have you moved to a new location?
Changed jobs?
Or cut down on your working hours?
Safety at work. Why it’s a must, not a nice-to-have
It’s great to have a good job, enjoy spending time with your colleagues and to feel appreciated, respected and valued.
But what happens when that’s not your reality?
Insufficient support, excessive workloads and inadequate time off is not only bad for your health, but it can also put you at increased risk of mental health challenges and burnout.
“The Power to make Workplaces Engines for Mental Health and Wellbeing.” – U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
Work plays a significant role in shaping our self-identity, our health and wellbeing.
Even before the arrival of the global pandemic, there was much that wasn’t working well at work.
The pandemic simply serving to catalyse and bring about some of the much needed changes to make work not just more worthwhile, but something that keeps you healthy and happy.
A new framework published by the U.S Surgeon General has the potential to provide helpful guidelines to enable better workplace mental health and wellbeing.
And that’s got to be a very good thing.
What is Workplace Health and Wellbeing, and Do You Need It?
Are you feeling bombarded by all the health messages around raising health and wellbeing at work? Yes, every man and his dog are jumping on the latest bandwagon of a rapidly growing industry. How can you differentiate between the snake-oil merchants promising workplace nirvana and those who do have the credibility, expertise, and deep understanding of what makes work, work? Truth is, we’re all so busy, overwhelmed, anxious and exhausted the thought of taking better care of our health and wellbeing can end up making you feel more stressed! So where should you start?
Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep, Cheep. Why is birdsong so uplifting?
If you get excited by seeing an albatross coming in to land at Dunedin, catching a glimpse of the Magnificent Fairy Wren or watching a penguin waddling across the Antarctic ice, you’re not alone.
Recent research has found that independent of the natural environment, seeing birds and hearing birdsong is uplifting, to the extent it can lift your mood for up to eight hours.
