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Every day we learn more about the brain. It’s the most important and most mysterious organ of the body, as it controls everything we do.
However, we do know that a few simple changes can give your brain a great work out, keeping it in shape and helping you to stay mentally healthy for the rest [...]

The following article is adapted from materials used on our Energy and Well-being course and 90 minute session – Eat Well, Perform Well.
Brain Food = foods that improve brain function.
Your brain is a complex organ. Like our bodies we can keep it in tip top condition by watching what we do and don’t eat:

Folic acid, vitamin [...]

With ever increasing volumes of work and the need to be more conscious of the work/life balance and well-being, how can individuals and organisations overcome becoming stressed about it all?
At work, stress is caused by a multitude of reasons and situations with different people showing different levels of resistance. In this article we are going to look at [...]

Everyone has a different approach to being organised for learning and to suggest that everyone takes the same approach would clearly be folly. However, it is worth setting up an environment that is conducive to effective learning. Here are a few things to think about that are taken from our exclusive delegate only Post Course [...]

Keep your body and mind in tip-top condition with these simple exercises specially chosen because they help you to relax and maximise your learning capabilities.
Busy day? New things to learn? Create a pause… as if you were pressing the pause button on your remote control… allow your mind to wander to a favourite place, holiday, person [...]

We all want to feel on top of our game – but how can we achieve it? Here Anthony Landale looks at the key issues and the ways in which organisations are encouraging their people to feel more vital.
There’s a new word that has recently entered the management lexicon. Vitality. It seems as though companies [...]

Are we fooling ourselves, do we really want work-life balance? Are we really prepared to give up financial rewards for a healthier lifestyle?
This is an important question for organisations and staff. The costs of work-life imbalance are real. Exhausted people can’t concentrate, don’t have creative ideas and communicate poorly. But even in organisations where there [...]

Hallmark Cards is the UK’s leading greeting card company producing some of the most innovative ranges on the market. So how come its people need training in creativity?  Anthony Landale takes a look.
Did you know that Britain is the ‘greetings card’ centre of the world? In total we send an astonishing 2.2 billion cards every [...]

Do you dare to choose balance as a life priority?  According to Lisa King, OD Manager at the Common Services Agency, practical tools and more honesty can get people what they really want.
Are we fooling ourselves, do we really want work/life balance? Are we really prepared to give up the financial rewards of work [...]