How does taking a break improve our performance

A recent survey showed that • 22% of workers feel judged when they take a break from work in the middle of the day • 39% of workers only occasionally, rarely, or never take a break • 94% of employees who take breaks feel like their breaks refreshed their perspective...

Happy Easter

Easter is a time of hope and renewed energy as the decay of winter passes and new life appears in the form of spring flowers, nesting birds and new born lambs. A GP colleague of mine had a favourite saying which he loved to tell our patients. ‘Energy begets energy.’ ...

Let’s slow down to get quicker results

We live in age of food ordered and delivered to the door in 40 minutes, orders ready for in-store collection in three hours or next day delivery to your home address. It can make us think that if we have to wait for or work at something, it’s not worth the trouble...

Body Clock

I love a well written book on the subject of neuroscience. I’ve just bought the book, ‘Life Time’ by Russell Foster, Professor of Circadian Neuroscience at the University of Oxford. It explains that listening to our body clock as well as the one on our wrist,...