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.
When is resilience not resilience? Have we got resilience wrong?
If you’re tired of being told you just need more resilience to help you get through our current bewildering times, so am I.
Too often a lack of resilience is used as an excuse to cover up poor job design, toxic work cultures or unrealistic expectations.
The surprising solution to reducing mindless behaviour
Mindlessness.
It’s embarrassing, hurtful and sometimes potentially dangerous.
So, what is the antidote to all this mindless behaviour?
Is mindfulness the answer?
Partly.
Feeling stuck? How to overcome your sticky situation and get yourself out of a jam.
Are you feeling stuck?
There are a lot of sticky situations about at the moment and if it’s got you by the ankles don’t worry there are ways and means to get yourself free.
Dealing with societal change: Are we right to expect a major shift in how we see the role of work in our future life?
Has Covid changed how you see the role of work in your life?
Are you considering a change, a downsizing, a side-step, or a relocation for greater flexibility, more quality time with your family or for your health and wellbeing?
The global pandemic has challenged on so many levels, none more than the relentless tidal waves of uncertainty, repeatedly knocking us sideways as we attempt to pick up with our lives and move on.
It’s exhausting and harder to deal with than all the change, the anxiety and worry that’s come our way.
Why being a people pleaser isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and how to stop being sucked into always saying yes
It feels great to be seen as a kind and thoughtful person, but no one wants to be seen as a doormat. People pleasing misses the mark because it’s about the pleasing of the other person, rather than helping meaning you’re saying yes sometimes for all the wrong reasons.
If you’ve ever felt resentful, angry, or stressed about being asked to do something, that you said yes to, without analysing the impact of that decision on you – you could be a people pleaser.
This can put you at risk of lowered mental wellbeing, increased stress, and feelings of being taken for granted.
Luckily help is at hand and learning to say no isn’t nearly as hard as you might think.
Why being seen matters, and how to make yourself more visible… other than wearing a Hi-Vis jacket
Our first challenge when setting out for a 3-day hike in the mountains and wilderness of New Zealand was to cross a glacial fed river. But the water was too high and fast-flowing to cross on foot, so we, along with a group of four other intrepid trekkers hired a local...
