Have you ever wondered how to make your own tea blends? Tea is one of the oldest and most popular drinks around the world, and its medicinal properties have been harnessed for millennia. …

I love to play. Who doesn’t? Play is instrumental to a child’s development, giving them the social, physical, and emotional skills that will give them every opportunity to do great things later in life. However, as we grow older, the practice of play is often lost. But what if we…

Like any product or service, you want your colleagues to get the most out of your wellbeing Proposition. But how can we deliver value if we don’t know who we’re serving? That’s where user personas come in. User personas are not only an invaluable tool for understanding the needs and…

In 2011, the university sector was going through a significant period of change. Pension arrangements were being changed or closed for tens of thousands of colleagues across-sector due to significant deficits. As you would expect, the move saw nationwide industrial action, and employee engagement was at an all-time low. Why…

Who doesn’t love to sleep? Climbing into bed, ideally with fresh sheets, and snuggling up to the duvet is one of the best feelings in the world. Now you have an excuse to do it allllll day… it’s Festival of Sleep Day! The Festival of Sleep Day encourages people to…

Veganism is well known to be a healthy way of life. I’m not ready to commit to it fully, and to be honest, I probably never will, but conscious of my carbon footprint, I challenged myself to pull way back on meat eating at the beginning of the UK Covid…

Stories have been used to pass down knowledge, learning, and experiences for millennia. A good story engages our curiosity, emotions, and imaginations, and has the transformative power to bring about change. What is storytelling? When you think about storytelling you might think of a childhood experience, like all the tales I’ve told of…

Today is World Mental Health Day, and annual event held on 10th October organised by the World Health Organization (WHO). This year’s theme, Mental Health in an Unequal World, was chosen by the World Federation for Mental Health. The pandemic has highlighted the many inequalities in our societies due to…

I’ve had a bad back for years. It was a result of my own stupidity as a 19-year-old trying to impress an old girlfriend by attempting, poorly, a backflip on a trampoline. I’m not proud of it, but it does make a funny story about one of my many near…