By now, many of you will know what I mean when I say, ‘slivers of recovery’. If you don’t, it’s fairly simple: small things that you can do throughout the day to rest. Specifically, to take the heat off your sympathetic nervous system, responsible for the body’s fight or flight […]
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Today I want to talk about the importance of connectedness for health. Many of you will already know I’m a huge fan of Lynbreck Croft and the two farmers who run it, Lynn and Sandra. Lynbreck Croft is a regenerative farm located in the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands
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In September 2019, my oldest friend Adam and I signed up for Bear Grylls’ ‘Survive the Highlands’ challenge. And this provided a good analogy for the importance of deliberate rest that I want to share with you today… Simulating a Survival Situation Five days, four nights, 10 men, and me
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Welcome to part three in our series about health ownership. For part one, I shared some tips for getting started on this journey, and part two was all about autonomy. This time, we’re going to be focussing on the small stuff: how even small changes can make a huge difference
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For those of you who don’t already know me, my name is Leanne Spencer. I’m a keynote speaker, author of three bestselling books, and have been in the wellbeing space for about 11 years. During that time, I’ve gathered a lot of experience – one experience in particular, I’m going
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Following on from our previous blog post, I want to discuss autonomy. Autonomy is a crucial part of health ownership, which is what this month is all about. It simply means being in a state of self-governing; being able to act upon your own values and interests. And having this
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Our latest series of videos is about something that has come up a lot recently in my new business conversations and chats with clients: health ownership. Can I talk a little about it, can I help people to understand they have more control over their health than they might think?
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It’s the last part of our series encouraging you to think about what we, as human beings, need to thrive in an office environment. And this applies to both remote working arrangements, and the collective office. So far, we’ve discussed natural light, movement, and meeting culture. This week, I want
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The Wellness Trends For 2023 That Every HR Person Should Know About The challenges we all face today are well-known; the cost of living crisis, the energy crisis, economic uncertainty (or, put another way, the certainty of recession). Not to mention the perceived threat of AI and of course, the
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Thanks to a combination of perimenopause symptoms, January blues, and the lack of natural light and heat that most of us are experiencing, my mood hasn’t been great recently. So, I decided to sit down and create a checklist of everything I could do to improve it. This series of
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