The Best Free Sleep Apps

June 16, 2018 by Gill Thackray Leave a Comment

Can you remember the last time you had a really good night’s sleep, waking feeling truly well rested? Or are your 40 winks more like 20? If you’re tired all the time, constantly cranky and seeking a solution, taking a look at sleep apps might just be the answer. We’ve donned our onesies to do your homework for you and taken a look at the best free sleep apps. Getting a good night’s sleep is a skill, so we take a look at free apps to help you sleep that will;

Track your sleep cycle
Offer guided meditations
Improve your sleep
Provide deep relaxing sleep music

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Ten Mindful Fingers Gratitude Practice

June 9, 2018 by Gill Thackray Leave a Comment

If you’ve ever thought that you don’t have time for mindfulness we’ve got the perfect remedy. The ten mindful fingers gratitude practice. This practice combines gratitude, mindfulness and positive psychology to reduce your stress levels and increase your happiness. Already thinking that you’re too busy? It can be completed in 60 seconds or less. We take a look at the benefits of gratitude and how to practice mindfulness using just your fingers.

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Be More Fika

June 6, 2018 by Gill Thackray Leave a Comment

Fika. What is it and why should we make time for it? We take a look at the Swedish tradition of Fika and how creating a daily ritual of Fika can help you to develop resilience, reduce stress and increase your wellbeing.

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The Benefits of Unplugging

May 17, 2018 by Gill Thackray Leave a Comment

Unplug? If the mere suggestion of being tech free fills you with horror this blog is for you. A rather conservative piece of research from Microsoft suggests we check our emails on average 274 times a day and that doesn’t include those social media notifications that are constantly distracting you. We take a look at the benefits of unplugging from technology and entering a digital diet.

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Resilience at Work Podcast_Episode 009

February 10, 2018 by Gill Thackray Leave a Comment

Hey There Friends,

Welcome to Resilience at Work, the ninth episode of The Positive Change Guru Podcast, the podcast for a positive community. We want you to be inspired, achieve your dreams and take action. Our mission is to help you achieve your goals and unleash your awesomeness by providing you with practical, actionable tools for positive change. So what better place to start than with the subject of our ninth episode, the resilience at work podcast all about resilience, what it is, what gets in the way of it and how to get on down and develop some.

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Resilience at Work Toolkit

February 3, 2018 by Gill Thackray Leave a Comment

Resilience at work toolkit? Why do we need that? We spend a huge amount of our lives at work and yet often it’s cited as one of the major sources of stress. We know that the world is changing rapidly and frequently organisations and individuals are unable to keep up with that unprecedented pace of change. The result? Stress and burnout. Working for a Healthier Tomorrow the 2008 report authored by Dame Carol Black recognised business as a key player in promoting adult health and wellbeing. But still we lose an average of 17 million work days due to stress, anxiety and depression according to the Mental Health Foundation. The World Health Organisation has named stress as the ‘health epidemic of the 21st century’ The antidote? Resilience. Take a walk through our resilience at work toolkit where we examine what it is, the latest resilience research and how to develop more of the stuff. Step inside and we’ll show you how to keep calm and carry on.

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What Is Cognitive Reserve?

January 24, 2018 by Gill Thackray Leave a Comment

What is cognitive reserve? It’s one of the key factors in brain resilience and the concept of cognitive reserve, or CR, is pivotal to the health of your brain. We take a deep dive into what it is and how you ca create more of it. Join us for a foray into cognitive fitness.

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Increase Your Wellbeing & Resilience With Sleep

January 20, 2018 by Gill Thackray Leave a Comment

Could you really increase your wellbeing & resilience with sleep? Can you remember the last time you had a really good night’s sleep and woke up feeling well rested? Are you burning the candle at both ends and feeling it? Or wondering why you’re tired all the time? Maybe you’re constantly cranky? Or perhaps you’ve never really considered how your sleep affects your health but you frequently feel rundown?

Poor sleep is linked to an array of health problems from weight gain to depression and diabetes. Lack of sleep wrecks our immune system and is linked to an increased risk of cancer, alzheimers and cardiac problems. We spend a third of our lives asleep and yet the World Health Organisation has declared a sleep loss epidemic in the western world. Just why is sleep so critical to wellbeing and resilience?

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Personality Type & Stress

January 19, 2018 by Gill Thackray Leave a Comment

Personality type and stress, we’re all different and here at PCG we say that’s a good thing, it’s what makes life interesting. It’s also what can make life complicated at work and at home when we’re stressed. Examining your personality and type and stress offers an opportunity to take a look at what might jam your inner gears. What results in stress for you may not be the same for others, we all have different triggers and respond in incredibly different ways to stress. So how do you work it all out? A good place to start is with yourself. Take our free personality test here https://positivechangeguru.com/discover-your-personality-type/ and read on.

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Mindfulness an Introduction: Human Being or doing?

September 1, 2017 by Gill Thackray Leave a Comment

Are You A Human Being Or A Human Doing?

Mindfulness. Everybody is doing it from Google, UK Parliament, the US Senate to Price Waterhouse Coopers, Starbucks, Google and Deutsche Bank but what is it and why are they bothering? Mindfulness an introduction is here to guide you!

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