Hands up if you’ve had Covid lately? I’m in the middle of my second bout … first time around was June 2022 and it hit me a bit harder the first time than this time around but that being said, it’s still able to pack a punch! As I take a more relaxed approach to… Read more »
We’re all adjusting to life being a little different at the moment whether as working parents who are trying to balance work with activities for their children, family mental health and being safe, or as carers of elderly relatives, or as employees getting used to connecting virtually to get things done, or as front-line workers… Read more »
Image VSRao from Pixabay Last week the BBC published a health news article based on some French research which found that people working long hours had a 29% greater risk of stroke, and those doing so for 10 years or more had a 45% greater risk. Long hours were defined as more than 10 hours… Read more »
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Having just come to the end of dementia action week, it seems an appropriate time to address some key thoughts around dementia in this month’s blog. Let’s start with some facts In 2015, an estimated 850,000 people were living with dementia in the UK. By 2021, it is estimated… Read more »
Gerd Altmann Pixabay I’ve just finished enjoying a book by Liane Moriarty entitled ‘What Alice Forgot‘. Without giving the whole plot away, it tells the tale of a woman who wakes up after a bump on the head worrying about her pregnancy only to find out that she is not 29 and pregnant as she… Read more »
We live in an age where loneliness has been described as a social epidemic with a study by The Co-op and the British Red Cross stating that over 9 million people in the UK across all adult ages – more than the population of London – are either always or often lonely. This isn’t just… Read more »
How much sleep do you get a night? Is it something you are aware of? It seems more and more of us are becoming aware of our sleep patterns as we recognise the impact of sleep on our daily lives. If this is not something you’ve thought much about and you want to give yourself… Read more »
