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Combat Corporate Stress – The Workshop Components
November 30, 2010No Comments
The Combat Corporate Stress workshop was born from a love of helping people and developing positive lifestyle changes. The workshop comprises of 4 modules: – The Stress Response – Stress Specific Nutrition – Physical Stress Solution (stretching session) – Mental Stress Solution (Thai Boxing based exercise workout) The full workshop consists of all 4 modules [...]
Tackle stress now – with better nutrition
October 18, 2010No Comments
High stress levels negatively affect your immune system! The weather has turned colder and this is the time of the year where many people start picking up colds, flus and any other bugs floating around, add to this the ecconomic down-turn and the current added pressures with-in the workplace (every company is looking to get [...]
Prof. Gary Small, a psychatry and biobehavioural scientist at U.C.L.A. highlights the negative aspect of smart phones and other technological advancments that are putting increased levels of stress on our mind. With our ability to stay connected and in touch with every aspect of the world are we paying less attention to the jobs we [...]
A very interesting report has been published by the Chartered Institute of Personel and Development (C.I.P.D.) The publication is guidance for directors and managers of businesses of all sizes in the public, private and third sector. The guide summarises the requirements of statutory law and the common law as it applies to the duty of [...]
Do you unplug on holiday?
September 13, 2010No Comments
A very interesting recent study in America by www.expedia.com shows that people are finding it really hard to unplug from work. With the ease of staying connected with smart phones and wifi becoming more and more available it is becoming easier to check your e-mails, voicemails and continue to do some work whilst on holiday. [...]
Excellence is a habit – Help combat stress by taking the 100 rep challenge now!
August 31, 2010No Comments
Excellence is a habit, a very succinct and accurate quote and one that applies to every aspect of our lives. Rannoch Donald the mastermind behind the 100 rep challenge has used this saying as his template for his positive move to help get the country moving. The 100 rep challenge is a great tool and [...]
“Stress doesn’t kill us – but it makes everything that does kill us much worse.”
August 23, 2010No Comments
A great report looking at the work of Robert Sapolsky a world leading expert in stress. Hugely enlightening and informative this blog really helps us understand more about the effects of stress, how it effects us and how it impacts on us, our firends, family and businesses, if you take the time today to read [...]
A great supplement in the Independent (28th July 2010) is focussed on mental health, including articles from Sue Baker a Director for‘Time to Change’ (an organisation trying to end mental health discrimination), boxing legend Frank Bruno (sharing his experiences and feelings tackling bipolar), an article on workplace stress by Professor Cary Cooper (a professor of [...]
Calculate the cost of stress to your business
July 12, 2010No Comments
Use this brilliant new costings tool, to see how much stress annually costs your company. The spreadsheet compiled by the NHS National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (N.I.C.E.) shows the cost stress is costing your business using figures based on the national averages. You can edit these figures and use your company’s speific data [...]