WELLBEING

After such an extraordinary year, don’t make the same old ordinary New Year’s Resolutions when it comes to your health and wellness.

With National Stress Awareness Day coming up on Wednesday 4th November, Tara Best, Mindset and Neuro-Linguistic Programming practitioner has shared her tried-and-tested techniques for preventing stress.

The “double whammy” of the impact of lockdown and the reoccurrence of winter ailments means we’ll need to pay particular attention to nurturing our immune system.

Interior design plays an important role in managing moods and creating relaxing, cosy or productive environments where we need them. Indoor lighting is also key to happy, healthy living, and when done correctly, it can boost both your physical and mental wellbeing.

South Africa is home to wide open spaces and beautiful natural landscapes, incredible wildlife, welcoming friendly people, and fresh produce, all of which can nurture the mind and the soul without having to set foot in a spa (although there are many of those too). Here is a pick of some of the wellness highlights in South Africa….

Weavers’ House Spa at the Swan at Lavenham Hotel, Suffolk is re-opening Saturday, 1 August with a new ‘Re-invention Treatment Menu’ and special hygiene measures in place to ensure guests can enjoy a safe and peaceful haven.

We’ve rounded up our top tips to boost your energy so that you don’t have to keep reaching for that extra cup of coffee!

Dr Rosh, leading aesthetics practitioner & medical director of Cheshire aesthetics and wellness clinic, KLNIK, gives his advice on the effects of alcohol on our skin Dehydration and hangovers  Alcohol is a toxin, it can have damaging effects on your skin. One of the biggest effects alcohol has on the skin is dehydration. Alcohol is a diuretic, meaning that it forces water out of…

If you’re feeling exhausted with all the Zoom meetings you’re logging into but frustrated that you don’t seem to be doing much, you’re not alone.  Talking to a screen is so much harder than talking to a room full of people face to face.  Sadly the age of the endless…

Cheryl Lythgoe, Head Matron at Benenden Health, shares five tips for promoting positive mental wellbeing. Every year one in four of us will have a mental health problem, according to mental health charity Mind, with the current pandemic having a massive impact on the nation’s mental wellbeing. Our own research has shown…