Coping with worry during lockdown

Coping with worry during lockdown

The world is changing rapidly. COVID-19 is causing nations everywhere to batten down the hatches, implement strict lockdown and take other drastic measures to stop the spread of this insidious disease. While these measures are necessary—a global pandemic needs a...
Keeping children occupied during a lockdown

Keeping children occupied during a lockdown

We’re all keeping safe and staying at home during this lockdown. Other than key workers, everyone should be staying put. But this means cooping your kids up all day, every day, potentially for a long time. And not all kids are going to respond positively to this. If...
The importance of taking time and switching off to avoid burnout

The importance of taking time and switching off to avoid burnout

2020, then. It’s a stressful year for everyone—it seemed to start pretty well, but then COVID-19 happened, and we find ourselves hurtling into a summer that might be more of a damp squib than a sunny scorcher. That’s not to say we should approach it with negativity in...
Kindness during the pandemic—Mental Health Awareness Week

Kindness during the pandemic—Mental Health Awareness Week

Every year, the Mental Health Foundation—the UK’s leading charity for everyone’s mental health—campaign around a specific theme for a week in May. They’ve been doing this for nearly twenty years (the first themed week being in 2001)—and this year, the theme is...
Dealing with change at work

Dealing with change at work

The only constant in life is change. Sounds like a pithy sentiment, but it’s absolutely true—we can certainly rely on things to be different day-by-day. Often, because we aim for it, change is good and positive. It’s brought about by following goals, and making the...