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Networking is a dirty word! For many of us, the word ‘networking’ is a dirty word.  It brings with it connotations of pitching up at large, impersonal events, full of boring people we don’t know, as we awkwardly scan the room for a friendly face, handing out business cards and hoping that somehow this ‘networking’ […]

Keep your cool at work and home with these tips.

I know sun burn is bad for you and the sun can cause cancer, but it also really good for us in so many ways:

​The art of relaxation isn’t a skill limited to planning nights out or long weekends and holidays. It also involves the ability to pause frequently throughout the day.

Team work makes the dream work may be a well known cliché but how many of you work in a dream team? You know, the sort of dream team you see in the movies with everyone high fiving each other having just sealed a massive deal!! No….

Do you believe you achieve more by multitasking? How often do you feel that the only way to get through your workload and other commitments is to juggle several things at the same time? Therefore you might be surprised to learn that recent research has found that the brain is not designed for multitasking and can only […]

It’s the morning after the weekend before and my head is feeling completely full of numbness.  It’s Monday and I’ve just spent the last 2 days saying goodbye to a group of people who have all been on a year long course in Transactional Analysis. We’ve just spent the last 2 days saying goodbye to […]

Obviously, I have no idea. I don’t know you or anything about your personal circumstances. I don’t know where you live, what resources you have, or any of the real or psychological obstacles you have to overcome. I’m going to assume you’re one of the fortunate ones. Someone whose basic needs for food, shelter and […]

Diet isn’t just to do with food, it’s about everything we consume; what we ingest or take into our mind, our homes, our time…