How many times have you heard the word stress mentioned this week? How many times have you said it to someone about yourself in the last month? Pre-covid, research found that more people in the Western world are experiencing more stress today than ever before. We also...

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Asics explores the relationship between exercise and mental health
One of the standout presentations at the recent MadWorld Summit was from Asics, the sportswear brand. The company delivered the findings from its Movement for Mind initiative, a movement-based programme that has the potential to improve both employees' mental and...
Host your own virtual employee wellbeing week
With many of us working from home for the foreseeable future, we're helping businesses to develop their own internal employee wellbeing week or festival.We'll adjust content to ensure it's relevant to your workforce and sessions can be scheduled at times to suit your...
Wellbeing for working parents – advice for supporting the juggle
Whilst we’re locked down in our homes most working parents are reminded that balancing home schooling, childcare, and Zoom calls is a daily challenge. And yet, whilst our environments, family and work set up are all different, there is comfort in experiencing the same...
Physical health webinar – helping staff stay active while WFH
Lockdown restrictions, the cold weather, work to do, Netflix to watch... there are plenty of reasons why it's tricky right now to get out and exercise. However our latest webinar - Stay Active While WFH - is designed to subtly inspire and motivate attendees to give...
Working from home best practice – Buffer
In recent posts we have seen how SMEs have run a variety of initiatives and programmes to help their employees' wellbeing whilst working from home. We now take a look at Buffer, the international social media business, which can provide something of a working from...
Five tips for a healthier lunch while working from home
Research has shown that the foods we eat can have a direct effect on how our brain performs physically, emotionally and intellectually. Like a car running efficiently on premium fuel, our mind and body also requires premium fuel in the form of high-quality foods, rich...
Working from home – five tips to boost your wellbeing
Working from home was a novelty at first, but it looks like it’s certainly going nowhere for the time being for many workers based in the UK. Considering this, are you doing your best to boost your wellbeing whilst working from home? Here are five suggestions to...
SME employee wellbeing – Pure Planet case study
Many believe that staff wellbeing programmes are exclusive to large companies with resources to invest. However small companies can still reap the benefits, and our series of SME employee wellbeing examples will highlight the smaller firms excelling in this area.One...