This week’s post comes at a time where our habits around technology will be shifting dramatically - self-isolation due to the COVID-19 outbreak means we may be looking at our laptops, phones, TVs, and tablets a whole lot more. Guest contributor Amy Miller explores the pro’s and con’s of using technology, and how to manage this in a healthy, productive way.
With a surge of awareness around mental health, we’ve also seen a resurgence of natural mood boosters. Strategies like mindfulness, a healthy diet, quality sleep, consumption of herbal drinks over sugary ones, and yoga practice are widely accepted as successful practices for better mental health.
In this post, we detail the top eight natural food and beverage mood-boosters to stock as office snacks, or in your kitchen cabinets, for an everyday routine to encourage positive mental health.
With the way we work changing dramatically in the last decade, there has been a rise in demand for flexible working. Some employers are already seeing the benefits of this change, and employees too.
In fact, according to the CIPD, 87% of the UK workforce would like to work more flexibly, and there is a strong demand for flexible working from men and women and across all age ranges.
Here, we explore the benefits of flexible working, how it changes existing working structures, and the positive impact on mental health involved in a more flexible working day.
With roots in Japanese Zen and Greek philosophy, minimalism has evolved into an art movement, architectural principle, and most recently, as a widely popular lifestyle trend that has dominated the web.
In this piece, we explore how this trendy concept also has practical applications in building and developing a workplace culture that can actually improve the lives of employees.
