4 Ways to Wake Up and Enjoy Life Last week I wrote a blog called wake up and change your life.   Witnessing people living a very different kind of life had got me thinking about those who make big changes, but what about the majority of people who are reasonably happy with most aspects of their life, but for some reason have lost their sparkle. I seem to have come across a number of people in this situation in the last week and I think maybe it has a lot to do with the time of year. &n... Read Full Story

The best way to lose weight Last time I talked about managing stress to help you live longer: Live Longer: Manage Stress One easy way to manage your stress levels every day is with the food and drink that you consume. Here's how. 1. Make sure you eatSounds obvious but so many people are just too busy or they don't make food a priority.  Then they suddenly realise that it's 6pm and they haven't had any food all day.  If you don't fuel your body with food, you'll need regular b... Read Full Story

3 ways to manage stress better and live longer Most people appreciate that living with stress can take years off your life but what's really frightening is that so many people don't know they're living with unsafe stress levels every single day. I recently conducted a survey of over 300 people and found that more than 75% of them had high blood pressure, a real danger sign for the state of their physical health. I was shocked. Here's what I told them, and what I'd tell anyone who regul... Read Full Story

When was the last time you went on a diet in November? There's something about this time of year that makes us want to hibernate, slow the pace down and put off all good intentions to the New Year. But why put so much pressure on January when you've got 40 glorious days left to change the way you look and feel for the Christmas Holidays. It's time to ditch those resolutions and see this year out with a bang. Want to know how to drop a dress size or trouser size before this year is out?... Read Full Story

Sounds fantastic doesn't it?  If only we could all feel great every day.  Surely it's possible isn't it? Something I notice as I speak to people about health, fitness and feeling great, is just how many people don't seem to think that it is possible.  They seem all too happy to limit their potential feel good factor by making excuses as to why it can't happen.  They say things like, 'I'd love to feel great every day but I just don't have the time', 'I'm too tired' or 'I'... Read Full Story

At the beginning of the month I ran a half marathon.  Not much to note there - I've run the same race for the last few years, but this time is the first time as a new Dad.  I knew with the recent weeks of missing sleep and squeezing in quick training sessions where possible it was going to be more difficult than usual to stay motivated and probably very easy to say I'm not up to my usual fitness so I'll just give it a miss this year.  But in 2000 I vowed I would complete the ... Read Full Story

I've come out of town for a few days to get a break from the hustle and bustle of London and down here by the ocean things look very different. Today I saw surfers out before breakfast, at lunchtime and then through the afternoon until it got dark.  I suspected that many of them might be 'new locals' who relocated here from cities around the UK to benefit from a different routine so I checked with a few of them as they came out of the water.  Sure enough there was a graphic desig... Read Full Story

Bad News, Good NewsBad News: Stress Awareness Day saw the release of many statistics relating to stress in the workplace including the shocking 91% of staff saying they are stressed at work.Good News: NICE - the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - will today launch new guidance for employers about how to improve mental wellbeing promotion. The guidance will include information on how to prevent stress and identify problems early. It promises to help save a 1,000-employe... Read Full Story

It's National Stress Awareness Day today and members of our team have been out in various businesses delivering a variety of yoga, relaxation and stress relieving wellbeing sessions. It's been a really encouraging and rewarding day.Many of the sessions were oversubscribed and we met loads of people who, rather than reporting that they feel weighed down with stress and are struggling to cope, arrived at the sessions fully appreciating that a certain level of stress is inevitable in an ambitio... Read Full Story

When it comes to getting staff excited about wellbeing, there's nothing like a good challenge. Take this recent headline about Nestle for example: Nestle staff walk more than eight kilometres a day in major wellbeing initiativeIt really goes to show how the right wellbeing initiatives can capture the imagination of staff and motivate them to action and to great results. We're all for this.During a recent leadership programme we ran a similar initiative and participants managed to walk up to... Read Full Story