Spring is synonymous with renewal, offering a chance to shed the heaviness of winter and embrace a fresh perspective. As the days grow longer and brighter, flowers bloom and trees regain their healthy green leaves, nature inspires us to embrace growth and renewal in our own lives.

This week, we welcome guest writers John Burnett and Tony Waddington to explore the wide-ranging benefits of walking and connecting with nature for your mental health.

Self-compassion is widely spoken about in the wellness industry. But what is the concept of self-compassion and why is it so integral to good mental health and wellbeing both for you and within your organisation?

April marks Stress Awareness Month and this years’ theme has been set as Lead With Love, encouraging kindness, compassion, and acceptance to foster a more resilient and supportive environment - something any responsible workplace strives to achieve in and amongst its teams. We feel this is a key moment in the wellbeing calendar to explore the power of self-compassion and what this might mean to your workplace.

Whether you’re seeking to treat yourself with a little more compassion this month, or want to turn your focus towards your colleagues, read on to understand more about what leading with love looks like and the benefits it can bring.

A key debate in our modern era is whether the blue wavelengths emitted from our lights and devices disrupt our sleep.

For the first 10,000 generations of human existence, we never had to worry about exposure to blue light in the evenings. Wood fires and candles contained virtually no blue, and nights were dark. But in the last ten years, we have entered the era of ubiquitous blue-rich LEDs in our computer and mobile device screens, and in the lights in our homes and workplaces.

Some sleep scientists claim that removing evening blue light is unnecessary because it doesn’t affect sleep onset. Other experts tell you to protect your health by avoiding blue-containing light after sunset. Who is correct? It turns out, like many debates, it is all a matter of definition of what you mean by “blue”, and what you mean by “disrupted sleep”.

This week, guest writer Dr Martin Moore-Ede M.D., Ph.D., author of Light Doctor, explores the different perspectives and research-led insights on the effects of blue light on our sleep, and what we can do to ensure a healthy sleep routine.