First of all, what is multitasking? Pick an answer. A - The superpower that some very productive people show when really busy. B - The ability of our mind to be engaged in several different things at the exact same time in parallel. C - Quickly switching our attention from one task to another and back again. How many of us have answered A? There’s a huge temptation to consider people doing multiple things at the same time as superheroes. It’s easy to believe this myth and fee

Blue Monday, apparently the most miserable day of the year. Yippee. But we’re wondering, is it science or a self-fulfilling prophecy that fates us into feeling blue? Typically, Blue Monday falls on the third Monday in January, this year it’s the 17th - brace yourselves. An accumulation of feeling the financial pressure from Christmas, the weather is pretty bleak, we’re starting to fall off the New Year ‘reso’ wagons, and there’s not a huge amount to look forward to now the fe

How often do you open up, get real with yourself, and express your needs to others? And how often is doing that followed by a gnawing-in-the-pit-of-your-stomach feeling? That right there, is what Brené Brown (bestselling author and vulnerability expert) coined a ‘vulnerability hangover’. It’s that lingering fearful feeling we get when we put ourselves out there and allow ourselves to be vulnerable with those around us. Telling your partner how you’ve been feeling recently, ta

Is there a sound louder than the bottle bag clinking away as you take it to the recycling at the end of the year? If there is, I haven’t heard it. Following on from the (very) merry festivities of Christmas, many of us take up the challenge of dry January to give our liver a much-needed break. Last year a record number of Britons gave dry January a go, a trend that’s set to increase amid spiralling health concerns as we continue to wade through the COVID crisis. So, whether y

The New Year is upon us, it’s crept up quickly - Christmas has been and gone, we blinked and all of a sudden it’s January. This time of year is associated with fresh starts, new beginnings and a better us. Now that’s all well and good until we start setting very high expectations and unrealistic goals that we expect ourselves to meet and keep up with - for the entire year. Whether it’s learning to juggle, getting your driving license or exercising 8 days per week (yep, exactl

Now that we’ve been enduring the pandemic for what feels like an eternity (almost) many of us have been reevaluating things we spend our time on, that we put effort into, that we care for and what brings us joy. A big one being our work. The toll of the pandemic has seen increasing feelings of burnout and deterioration in our mental health. Maybe you’ve noticed feeling more cynical towards your job, or exhausted at the thought of your workload? According to a new survey by Mi

As Christmas gets closer many of us find sleep more difficult to sustain. The worry of what we’re buying the family, the parties that often include heavy meals and flowing alcohol, and for parents the dread of getting the kids to bed on Christmas Eve (or even worse, what time are they going to wake up on Christmas morning). Not surprisingly, many parents say they are more likely to sleep less (and drink more) over the Christmas period. So what can we do? First, decide what a

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

We’re approaching that time of year again folks! IT’S CHRISTMAS. Some of us might be leaping for joy, ready to sprinkle fake snow, glitter and lights all over the place. We might be ready to reunite with family and friends for the festivities. And for many of us, it’s a stressful time despite the joy, there's lots to do, think about, and organise - not to mention the ever filling calendar of festive celebrations might already be beginning to overflow. Don’t worry, we’ve got o

The most wonderful time of the year, filled with love and joy, gift-giving and quality time spent with family and friends, is actually a not-so-wonderful time for many of us. While Christmas is celebrated and loved by many, the season can also bring pressure, stress and emotional exhaustion. Christmas can be a difficult time for those of us who face triggers, loneliness, childhood trauma, lost loved ones, and difficult circumstances. While we all face triggers, some of us fin

Now that we’ve been enduring the pandemic for what feels like an eternity (almost) many of us have been reevaluating things we spend our time on, that we put effort into, that we care for, and what brings us joy. A big one being our work. The toll of the pandemic has seen increasing feelings of burnout and deterioration in our mental health. Maybe you’ve noticed feeling more cynical towards your job, or exhausted at the thought of your workload? According to a new survey by M

If we weren't excited enough to be partnering with Jenny, the Lunchbox Doctor, we now have TWO astonishingly brilliant nutritionists in our Beingwell family. Welcome Daniel O'Shaughnessy, the Naked Nutritionist! Daniel is an award-winning BANT registered nutritionist and author, who just so happens to be a certified functional medicine practitioner (that's super rare in the UK), and Dad to the most adorable Dachshund sausage dog! FYI, Daniel isn't naked in his intro vid (sorr

Dr Alex George, the UK’s Ambassador for Mental Health, presenter and author (you might know him from Love Island 2017) posted a picture of the medication he takes to help him manage his mental health on Instagram. And what a brilliant use of a platform with 2 million of us following him He’s been on a mission to tackle the stigma around mental health that, despite great efforts from many, sadly does still exist. As part of his efforts, he posted a photo of the medication he t

Bullying may feel like a term from a forgotten era for many of us, something we associate with playground antics or the big kids at the back of the school bus. Yet, new research reveals that workplace bullying affects an estimated 15% of the UK workforce. employees in the UK – that’s an estimated 4 million people. Whilst many of us have a good idea of the not-so-subtle art of the playground bully (pulling pigtails, calling names, or bulldozing their way through friends) it ca

If you’ve ever lost anything you’ve loved, you’ve likely felt grief. Grieving something is a horrible feeling, but one we will all face, in varying degrees throughout life. It might be as trivial as reaching the end of a brilliant Netflix series you’ve been watching. Maybe it’s grieving the baby stage as your children grow up and reach new milestones. Or it's hugely challenging; the loss of a loved one, a miscarriage, a break-up, coming to terms with life-changing events. So

We have become a looks-based society, that’s for sure. We only have to scroll through our social media, watch TV, or glance through magazines to feel that beauty is judged from the outside and not from the inside. Although as we get older we may become more disparaging of this concept, we might also be trying our hardest to keep age at bay and find ourselves struggling to stay youthful in appearance. We’ve all heard of the middle-age spread but did you know that the term appl

Beingwell are over-the-moon, watermelon sugar high, OTT, excited to be working with nutrition expert Jenny Tschiesche. You might have seen Jenny on the telly, heard her on the radio, or bought one of her cookery books. Known as the Lunchbox Doctor, Jenny is a BANT registered nutritionist, best-selling author, and nutrition workshop facilitator. But enough from us, we'll leave it to Jenny to tell us more: "Jenny has been delivering nutrition workshops with SportsAid athletes a

If you’ve been in the pursuit of perfection, to be extraordinary, to find greatness, to be the best - we have some news for you. While having goals, purpose, ambitions are wonderful and keep us moving forward, many of us set these so impossibly high that we cannot actually achieve them. Or when we try to, it all goes wrong, we make mistakes, or it doesn’t turn out quite as we’d hoped. And then how do you feel? Deflated, disheartened, perhaps even unworthy? Our perfectionistic

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

It’s tempting, isn’t it? To believe the promises of those six-week body boot camps, to gawp at the toned tummies and bouncy bottoms advertised in fitness magazines, and to fantasize about how much better life could be if we could just lose a little weight… It may feel disheartening then, to learn the research shows exercise is actually pretty unhelpful for weight loss. That’s because, on average, pretty much everyone burns the same amount of calories a day. That’s true even w