What has money got to do with Wellness? Well messy finances have a way of wreaking havoc on other areas of your life – they’re another source of stress and if you’re stressed chances are you’re not feeling as healthy or happy as you’d like. […]
Kate Cook
Tiredness and lack of energy
You’re tired during the day, irritable, anxious, have difficulty concentrating and are about as alert as a fridge freezer. If you don’t deal with your sleep problem, your health will spiral downwards and your once cheery personality will be replaced by a glum, short-tempered one. […]
School Meals
I was extremely honoured to be a part of the LACA speaker line up (July 10 – 12th, Birmingham). My slot focused on how keeping the staff who look after our children healthy is the first stage of passing that message on to our children […]
Work environment getting you down?
Where would you rather work – a dingy, dull office with little natural light, a work station that is crammed into a corner, with an old, clunky keyboard, little contact with colleagues and nowhere to go for a break? Or … imagine your dream office […]
Drinking – Daily habits part two
It’s the things that we do every day that kill us. Drinking occasionally our bodies would probably cope. However, a bottle of wine each night will do us in eventually. What if each day we were to do small, positive things to enhance our health instead? […]
Smoking – Daily habits part one
It’s the things that we do every day that kill us. If we had just the occasional drink and smoking a cigarette a month our bodies would probably cope. However, twenty a day a will do us in eventually. What if each day we were […]
Control your blood pressure
So you’re 120 over 80. Or maybe you’re 140 over 90. Be honest, do you really know what that means? You’ve had your blood pressure checked. The doctor ‘hmm’s and says ‘That’s fine.’ You take a deep breath and ask, ‘What is it?’ Slowly your doctor […]
Does being overweight really matter?
Suppose that you realise that you are overweight. Perhaps you have not got back into shape after having kids or maybe you have always been a little plumper than you would like. Is it really a problem? A few curves and a couple of extra […]
Launch of “Mindful Wellness” Programmes
The impact of stress in the workplace is a huge negative drain on resources, staff and health. I am working in conjunction with www.mindfulnessatwork.com to launch ‘ Mindful Wellness ‘ programmes of whole health for companies and their employees. The concept of Mindfulness is a […]
Nutrition – your major tool to an improved bottom line
Sometimes we find that even companies that do invest in workplace restaurants can do better in providing food that actually empowers their staff. Often the message of Healthy eating is banged home – but healthy eating is a boring topic likely to get people to […]
