Next up in our series about stress awareness is an indicator that you might be travelling towards chronic stress. I’ve already talked about apathy and anhedonia, as well as the physical symptoms. This week, I want to talk about being unable to relax or “shut off”… The Stress Hormone Otherwise […]
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The second part in our Stress Awareness Month series is all about physical symptoms. Last week, we discussed apathy and anhedonia: lacking motivation or ability to derive pleasure from something you once enjoyed. But stress doesn’t just change our behaviour, it can affect our bodies, too. So, let’s explore the
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April is Stress Awareness Month, an annual event to raise awareness of the causes of stress and open up conversations about the impact it’s had on our lives. Stress poses a huge risk to our health; it can lead to a number of physical problems, including heart disease, digestive issues
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Welcome to the final instalment in our series of Thrive in Fives about AI and healthcare. You may have noticed, I’ve been creating a lot of content around social relationships. More specifically, the importance of human connection in the age of artificial intelligence. But there are also a lot of
Welcome to part three in our series of Thrive in Five videos for September about AI for health. Recently, I’ve been developing some new content around the importance of social relationships in the digital age, the message being that I think they’re going to become more important than ever. In
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Welcome to a fresh season of Thrive in Fives. I hope you had an amazing summer. I spent it relaxing, of course, but also developing new content. New content about social relationships and the importance of human connection, particularly in the age of AI. Now, I’m not anti-AI. In fact,
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It’s the last in our series on the 4S’s: sweat, steps, shiver, and strength. So, of course, for this final Thrive in Five, we’ll be focussing on strength. Now, there are many different ways to do a strength workout – that’s not what this blog is about. But simply, if
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Most of you will already know that I’m currently working on a new keynote. And, as an exercise, I want to share a rather fun little anecdote that perfectly illustrates the power of small changes. A Small Change Recently, my partner Antonia and I spent some time back at Lynbreck
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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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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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