Wellbeing for Real Life: what is resilience and how do we build it?

I was recently asked to write a module on resilience for clients of a healthy lifestyle service provider. We had previously put together modules on anxiety, depression and stress management. The feedback that we were getting from some team members delivering the modules was that they found the subjects rather complex and difficult to discussContinue reading “Wellbeing for Real Life: what is resilience and how do we build it?”

The Weekly Wellbeing Round-Up #21

Welcome back to the weekly wellbeing round-up!  After a few weeks of posts focusing on more specific topics like the miracle cure of physical activity and mental wellbeing, we are back to a good old-fashioned trawl through the week’s wellbeing news, digging out the most interesting, relevant and useful bits.   Let’s get stuck in… FoodContinue reading “The Weekly Wellbeing Round-Up #21”

The Weekly Wellbeing Round-Up #15: making a plan to improve your wellbeing.

When I first became a GP, I decided that many of my patients who needed to make lifestyle changes also had undiagnosed conditions that resulted in problems with their understanding,  memory and planning processes.  There must be something wrong with them, so my reasoning went, because they left my consulting room chastened by me aboutContinue reading “The Weekly Wellbeing Round-Up #15: making a plan to improve your wellbeing.”

The Weekly Wellbeing Round-Up #3: My Weekend Wellbeing Clinic

How was your weekend?  Maybe like me on sunday afternoon you found yourself in a glorious alternative reality, as the match commentator stated that it was 5-0 to England.  At half time.   It doesn’t get much better than that!  My weekend had started less positively, as I found myself getting up (a little resentfully, ifContinue reading “The Weekly Wellbeing Round-Up #3: My Weekend Wellbeing Clinic”