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Umbrella Wellbeing Assessment Tool

Do you know if your employees are flourishing or languishing? Healthy employees with robust wellbeing are more likely to be engaged and productive at work. The flip side is also true—when people experience poor health and wellbeing, so does their engagement and productivity, with a direct hit on the bottom [...]

2020-02-24T14:13:32+13:00August 1st, 2017|

More evidence for the power of mind-body interventions

Stress experienced positively can feel exciting and useful when we are juggling multiple demands. Using our body’s adrenalin response to meet a challenge, ace a presentation or achieve a tight deadline can be both useful and satisfying. On the flip side though, experiencing a tension headache after feeling wound up [...]

2020-02-24T14:27:41+13:00June 29th, 2017|

How to start a meditation practice

Given such overwhelming evidence that meditation is beneficial for our physical and mental health, there’s no better time to get started. There are many ways to meditate, and no “right” way. Developing a daily habit of meditation will provide the most benefits. From zenhabits.net, here are some simple tips to [...]

2017-06-29T14:13:38+12:00June 29th, 2017|

Learning to meditate – a personal reflection

My first attempt at meditation should have been successful. I signed up for an intensive mindfulness training retreat in Wales, in an idyllic setting, with expert teachers. I knew all about the science of meditation, and the neuroscience as well. I understood the body and brain mechanisms by which meditation [...]

2017-06-29T18:33:35+12:00June 29th, 2017|