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09Mar

Get the Best out of Life: Resilience and Stress Management

Barbara Sahakian

exercise, mindfulness, stress, wellbeing

Mind

Cambridge Professor Barbara Sahakian shares her tips for building resilience and managing stress. Find out more at the Cambridge Science Festival.
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04Mar

A Happier, Healthier You: The Welldoing How To Guide

Welldoing

anxiety, books, depression, mindfulness, wellbeing

Soul

This is just a quick post, to proudly announce that we have published an eBook: A Happier, Healthier You: The Welldoing How To Guide We have collected contributions from a wonderful array of experts, psychologists and writers, who offer their best advice on subjects that will – we hope – serve to make life less stressful and more enjoyable and balanced for you too. This How To Guide is all about your mind and body, with advice ranging from how best to start the day, how to build inner strength, how to find the job you love - and everything in between. And it's...
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24Feb

Why You Need to Switch Off

Karunavira

mindfulness, self, society, stress, technology, wellbeing

Soul

We all recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance, but many of us still find it hard to switch off, even while we’re on holiday. A recent survey revealed that while the three main reasons for going on holiday were to spend time with loved ones (50%), to get some rest and relaxation (34%) and to take a break from work (22%), over two thirds (69%) continued to check their work email, with just under half (44%) admitting to checking in once a day or more. Why do we continue to act in ways that we know are not good for us and what is the impact of a...
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16Feb

The Basics of Mindfulness: Why Does it Work?

Andres Fossas

compassion, mindfulness, wellbeing

Soul

Andres Fossas continues his basics of mindfulness series, this time revealing why this practice is so effective and beneficial.
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15Feb

Managing Stress with Mindful Eating

Laura Dawn

mindfulness, nutrition, stress

Body

If I asked you to simply stand up, both feet on the floor and just stand there, would you consider that stressful? Okay, not exactly. But what if I asked you to stand for five hours? Or better yet, for a full day with no pee breaks and no sleep, or for a full month? What if, while you were standing there for the next full month, I asked you to stand on one foot and then balance an egg on a spoon? Stress is like that. One thing on its own is not necessarily stressful, but stress can slowly build up over time. The daily to-do list gets longer, and at the same...
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05Feb

How to Embrace Mindfulness at Work

Louise Chunn

mindfulness

Work

Is it possible to synchronise the world of work – all cut-throat competition, profit margins, productivity and cold, hard cash – and the higher principles of mindfulness? You might imagine that combining the two might make for an almighty clash. In fact, mindfulness is one of the hottest ideas in business right now. At the recent World Economic Forum a panel featuring Jon Kabat-Zinn (who virtually invented the modern idea of mindfulness), Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post  and a board member of Goldman Sachs was a sell-out. Not only did it...
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27Jan

The Basics of Mindfulness: Where Did It Come From?

Andres Fossas

meditation, mindfulness

Soul

Mindfulness has become entirely mainstream, but where does this ancient practice originate from?
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20Jan

How to Shop More Mindfully

mindfulness, society

Soul

Great advice to help you shop more mindfully and stop buying all those things you don't need.
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15Jan

Can Mindfulness Change the Face of Britain?

Louise Chunn

mindfulness, society

Soul

No-one is in any doubt that we are facing a crisis with the increasing levels of mental illness in this country; one in four of us experiences a mental health problem every year. But what if there was something small – taking as little as ten or 15 minutes –that could help millions of us living with stress, depression and anxiety? And, as if that wasn’t enough, it could also help people focus, reduce anger, and aid in preventing any number of physical ailments. We’re talking mindfulness, of course. And that’s what led me to a meeting room in the House of...
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12Jan

The Basics of Mindfulness Practice

Andres Fossas

mindfulness

Soul

Wherever you happen to be sitting right now, take about a minute or two to notice the physical sensations of your body pressing against the seat/cushion/floor underneath you. If you’re standing, try to notice the physical sensations of your feet pressing against the floor. While you’re at it, see if you can identify the contours of your body touching the seat or floor by feeling the sensations that are present there – rather than by simply thinking about them. This exercise of attention is referred to as mindfulness and has become tremendously popular in recent...
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