Last week I qualified as a Mental Health First Aider with MHFA England and James Chapman at All About the Mind (who I thoroughly recommend if you're a wellbeing professional who is looking to do MHFA training) As someone who has suffered mental ill health in their life, I understand the value of having someone in your life who can lend an empathetic ear or encourage you to get appropriate help, particularly in the midst of crisis. Mental ill health is extremely common in the

In a recent workshop on the Introduction to Mindfulness, I was asked to explain the difference between awareness and mindfulness. Safe to say we went somewhat off on a tangent, as there are subtle differences between the two, but it has value as it highlights the different ways which mind-body practises can be used. In order to explain this we needed to take a deeper look as to what awareness is, how to cultivate it, and why we might want to cultivate it. Awareness is the abi

Coherent Breathing is a practise where the practitioner's rate of breath is consistent, their exhale and inhale being of equal length

Mindfulness has been scientifically shown to produce improvements in Stress management  Emotional reactivity Emotional resilience

Are you a HR employee within an organisation, someone holding an Employee Wellbeing role, or a employee who believes their organisation coul