Building winter resilience

Liggy Webb is an author of wellbeing books and online resources. One of her recent blogs may be of interest to you. It explores how to boost your wellbeing during winter, when we experience less day light and poorer weather. You can read the article over on her website, and a short extract is below:…

Why don’t you drink?

There is an interesting article over at mind journals, that explores the topic of alcohol consumption and it’s link to our wellbeing. Alcohol is, for many of us, linked to social events and it can make us feel left out if we are someone not drinking at an event. This article explores this topic with…

Wellbeing Calendar: February 2024

Take an action each day for your social wellbeing See below for the Action for Happiness wellbeing calendar for February 2024. The theme this month is friendly February – this one is centred around the importance of our social wellbeing. Action for Happiness’ work is based around their 10 keys for happier living, which shows…

Morning or Night person

It is often something we hear in conversation; someone is a morning or night person. Some people may fall into the middle of the day as their prime time. There are many different factors that impact which time of the day you will be more alert of functional. Our bodies can get used to certain…

Reinvent Yourself

I wanted to share an interesting article from Calm (the wellbeing app) about reinventing yourself. In a world that is constantly changing, you might wish to make some changes into your life too. Change can be difficult to deal with, and sometimes it can be stressful too. The article from Calm gives some suggestions on…

Blue Monday is a lie

Hello and welcome to your annual reminder that Blue Monday is a complete fad. The media would like to tell you today is the most depressing day of the year. How many of you have heard something about Blue Monday today? I for one have seen it a few times, even had a few marketing…

Aways feeling behind?

The pace of life is often quite fast. We can also often have a lot to do in a day, and its easy to feel like you are falling behind with things. It can have a negative impact on our mood if we fall behind. There is an interesting article on this topic, and a…

Reading: Paper Vs Screen

As technology develops we gain new ways to present information. Reading is a really important part of our lives, but how we consume written information has changed with technology. We now read through our screens – whether its an eBook reader, laptop or mobile phone, the way we interact with written text has evolved. The…

How to be more vulnerable with your friends

“Learning to delve a bit deeper withyour buddies has big benefits for everyone involved.” Learning to be able to express yourselfaround trusted friends is an important skill to learn. As we begin a new year,could you become more expressive around friends and loved ones. An interesting article over atFatherly suggests this can help form stronger…