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Thinking

We pride ourselves on providing our clients with new knowledge from research. We use our articles, media coverage and newsletters to lead the wellbeing conversation in New Zealand.

How to stay slow

  Too much to do? Not enough time? Feeling frantic/overwhelmed? Feeling I’m not doing anything properly?   How many of these comments above resonate with you? It’s a dilemma that we are hearing more often, [...]

February 16th, 2017|

Find your flow

Enhancing your wellbeing and productivity at the same time … “Flow” describes the mental state where we are fully engaged in the activity at hand, to the extent that we lose track of ourselves [...]

February 16th, 2017|

Our Top 10 Resilience Tips

Going into the last hectic weeks of 2016 keep these resilience tips in mind: Sleep well – important cognitive neural pathways are strengthened and repair work occurs. Use relaxation exercises, baths, herbal teas and light [...]

December 5th, 2016|

When habits go bad

In last month’s newsletter, we featured some of our ideas for Hardwiring healthy habits. We hope you have had some success strengthening habits you want to have. What about unhealthy habits, habits that have gone [...]

November 3rd, 2016|

Hardwiring healthy habits

This month is mental health awareness month. October is also the time of year when end of year fatigue is starting to creep in, with the consequence that paying attention to health may drop. This [...]

October 6th, 2016|

Put it into practice

Umbrella can help your organisation put the theory into practice and improve workplace health and wellbeing.  Whether you are looking for workplace mental health or resilience training, coaching, consulting, psychological services or an in-depth wellness assessment and wellbeing program, we can help.  Find out more about what we do.