#wellbeing

Grace McMahon

Jan 3
4 min

Beat the back to work blues

The most wonderful, yet stressful, time of year has graced us with its presence and left quicker than a flurry of snow - remember being merry and bright the blink-of-an-eye-ago? Goodbye December and sparkly, party numbers, hello January and thick winter coats to get us back to the office in a toasty manner (or perhaps it’s still your dressing gown getting you to the WFH spot?). Although the year is new, the weather is not, the dark mornings are not, you might be returning to

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World Mental Health Day 2022: Starting a conversation about mental health

Beingwell

Oct 10, 2022
4 min

World Mental Health Day 2022: Starting a conversation about mental health

When it comes to talking about our mental wellbeing, opening up can feel daunting and difficult.

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Three wellbeing lessons from our favourite Christmas films

Natalie Collins

Dec 23, 2021
3 min

Three wellbeing lessons from our favourite Christmas films

As if we needed another excuse to tuck into our festive favourites, now we can do so safe in the knowledge that (at least) a select few films offer helpful insights into how we can take better care of our wellbeing. The Holiday Why we love it: Beautiful people; Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet and (a surprisingly earnest appearance from) Jack Black make for a concoction more sickly sweet than mince pies and mulled wine. Optics aside, the film follows the ever-popular form

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Conflict! 5 ways to navigate & resolve it

Natalie Collins

Nov 11, 2021
4 min

Conflict! 5 ways to navigate & resolve it

Conflict, clashing disagreements, arguments, differences of opinion. A normal part of every relationship, be it romantic, friendly, family or work. We can’t be expected to agree with each other on everything, but when conflict arises it brings some really unpleasant emotions with it. So much so, many of us may try to avoid it. Perhaps you’ve drifted from a close friend during the pandemic, or have been struggling to communicate with a work colleague following your return to t

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Sam Ntatalika

Sep 14, 2021
3 min

Can we form a new habit in 21 days?

According to the good-old Cambridge dictionary, a habit is ‘something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you’re doing it: I always buy the same brand of toothpaste out of habit.’ If you drive, think about parallel parking. Uttering these two words is enough to make any learner driver break out in a cold sweat, but if we’ve been driving for a long time it’s second nature. It’s a habit. We are wondrous creatures of habit. According to one study, 45%

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Diego Lambertucci

Jun 22, 2021
5 min

Pride - a personal perspective

Hi, I’m Diego! I’m Beingwell’s UX/UI Developer and to commemorate Pride Month I’ve hijacked this post and sent our copywriter for a mindfulness break while I talk about Pride. To give you a bit of an introduction to this month, let’s flashback to 1969… Imagine being in a club every other weekend or so and suddenly a police raid happens for no apparent reason, it happens in the only place where you can dance, kiss, hug, hold hands and be yourself without thinking you are being

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Don’t let perfect get in the way of good!

samantha9422

May 18, 2021
3 min

Don’t let perfect get in the way of good!

As the infamous Fairground song lyric goes: ‘It’s got to be-e-eeee-e perfect’. Or does it? Evidence suggests that...

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Starting a conversation about mental health

Natalie Collins

Apr 27, 2021
4 min

Starting a conversation about mental health

When it comes to talking about our mental wellbeing, opening up can feel daunting and difficult. Many of us worry that the conversation will be awkward and uncomfortable, we’ll say the wrong things, or we’ll come across as rude. Some of us often feel we are burdening another with our woes. Being open, and having a support system in place for when things do get tough can be so beneficial for everyone, and especially those struggling with their mental health. When we talk about

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Natalie Collins

Apr 8, 2021
4 min

How can we stress out less?

Life can be stressful. Life during a pandemic, for many of us, has been stressful squared. From managing intensified anxieties around our health, work-life and relationships, to more existential concerns about what ‘the future’ might look like for us - stress is an understandable response to the events of the past year. And yet, we know long term it can wreak havoc on our wellbeing. So, before we get stressed about feeling stressed, Beingwell expert and Life Coach Grace McMah

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