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Since 2010, National Work Life Week campaigns for employers and employees to consider how to find more balance between their home and work, paying attention to personal wellbeing.  This years’ focus on the 6th to 10th October, looks at how we can Flex for All, and how flexible working isn’t just a nice to have, […]

We were very fortunate to inherit a cooking apple tree in our garden.  Some years we’ve had an abundance of fruit, and then other times, only enough to make the occasional apple crumble.  Anyone with fruit trees knows the experience of glut and scarcity, and the knowledge that ‘next year’ will be different. This year […]

One in five UK workers are off sick because of burnout, and the early signs often go unnoticed. Stress isn’t just caused by global headlines; it shows up in our everyday lives too. From queuing on the bypass to juggling work and family commitments, money worries, or simply feeling isolated, it’s easy to slip into […]

Mental Health UK’s Burnout report for 2025 found that an overwhelming 91% of UK adults experienced high or extreme stress at some point during the past year.  With 34% experiencing stress ‘always’ or ‘often’, the same score as 2024’s report.  1 in 5 (20%) of workers have burnout-related absenteeism. Dr Hannah Nearney, a psychiatrist and […]

An amazing free leadership programme starts in September and runs worldwide. Every year, I tell anyone who will listen about this thought-provoking leadership programme that happens every year. I attended in person and online in 2016, and I still use the material and lessons learnt today. It is a free, 8-week programme on the foundations of […]