Posts tagged with: workplace wellness tips

You Can’t Boost Your Immune System, But You Can Suppress It

In recent weeks, I’ve noticed a significant rise in the number of supplements and techniques claiming to ‘super-charge’ the immune system. Unfortunately, most of these claims are misleading and unfounded; we can’t boost our immune system. However, we can suppress […]

5 Ways To Focus When Working From Home

Whether you’ve been working from home for years, or have only recently started remote working, here are five ways that you can improve your focus and beat distraction, particularly if you are forced to be productive in a less than […]

What Type Of Break Is The Most Effective?

Some workplaces actively encourage employees to take breaks during the day as a way to re-charge, improve their wellbeing and their performance, as evidenced by the growing number meditation rooms, nap pods and ping pong tables, particularly in the technology […]

Could Sitting For Too Long Make You Immune To Exercise?

(5-minute read) We all know that it’s essential to exercise regularly, but many of us also struggle with our sedentary lifestyles. Unfortunately, the evidence is mounting to describe the adverse outcomes associated with sitting too much, whether in our work […]

Why Is It So Hard To Switch Off?

For most people, the majority of the day is filled with work, and we spend more time interacting with colleagues than friends or family. Often, our work does not have a definite start and endpoint, so it’s no wonder that […]

How To Find Out If Your Passion Is Healthy Or Harmful

(4.5 minute read) We all have inclinations toward certain activities that we like and find meaningful. If this inclination feels intense enough, we may describe our attraction as a passion. Passion is a powerful force. It can inspire us to […]

How To Make Improving Cognitive Performance A Walk In The Park

We are spending more time indoors than any generation before us. Some research suggests that we spend almost 90% of our time inside. There are plenty of good reasons to go outdoors but did you know that spending time in nature, and even looking at pictures of nature, can measurably improve cognitive performance?

5 Ways To Achieve Your Goals This New Year

Most of us have set a goal at some point in our lives. Unfortunately, too often, we get distracted, something gets in our way, and the goal is not achieved. There are countless goal-setting approaches available, and some of them even work. The problem is not setting the goals, it’s sticking to the behaviours that you need to reach them. In this blog, I’m going to share a simple, effective, evidence-based goal-setting tool, that could actually help you to stay focused, avoid obstacles and achieve your ambitions.

The Surprising Science Of The Perfect Nap

From pilots to military personal, busy businesspeople to tired parents, tactical naps are a proven, powerful way to boost cognitive performance; an important consideration in light of findings that performance impairments are equivalent to being drunk, after 18 hours of […]

How to use coffee more efficiently and effectively

Over 80% of adults consume caffeine (1), but do you know why caffeine works, or how to use it efficiently? If you aim to use caffeine to enhance performance, there’s a good chance that you are consuming more caffeine than […]