Wellbeing

The Covid-19 pandemic has placed a huge strain upon working parents, especially when childcare and schooling is disrupted. The results of WorkLife Central Annual Member Survey 2020 revealed the prima... Read More

Even in ordinary times, many parents struggle to balance work and family commitments. Add working from home and the challenges Covid-19 has brought into the mix and these struggles are amplified, cre... Read More

In a time when everything is felt so intensely - the grief, the fear, the sadness, the connection - it can be easy to be led by our emotions and our inner monologues. However, being led by our though... Read More

Samuel Johnson, that great 18th century wit, stood by his claim that the happiest part of your life is that which you spend “lying awake in bed in the morning”.  At the moment, my tw... Read More

In today's world, there seems to be no distinction between our work-lives and our home-lives. Most of us are contactable at any time and no matter where we are in the world thanks to our ever-pre... Read More

Does serenity really come from accepting what you can’t change and changing what you can? Sidestepping the religious association with this question, the quick answer, is yes… it oft... Read More

A week into 2020 and you may already be feeling exhausted, its no surprise that many of us consider January to be one of the hardest months. The short dark days, the limit of funds after a Christmas ... Read More

As mental wellbeing becomes a growing priority for City businesses, some companies are creating roles that are fully focused on supporting and improving the wellbeing of their staff. Bird & Bird... Read More

In our recent WorkLife Central survey this Summer we asked our respondents to share any tips they had for finding a positive relationship with technology, we had so many great ones we decided to sha... Read More

Now that the school summer holidays are nearly upon us, can you feel a dual sense of excitement and panic creeping in? The lovely, long, light days, lots of travel and quality family time. But the s... Read More

The boundaries between our work and home lives are getting more and more blurred.  At the recent WorkLife Central Accelerator Conference, our Wellbeing Panel discussed the best ways to implemen... Read More

Bryony Gordon, journalist, author and mental health campaigner, spoke to WorkLife Central members at our Accelerator conference in March.  Here we share a few highlights from her engaging and m... Read More

How does the connection between physical and mental wellbeing work in children? Sarah Kendrick, Head of Service for the children's mental health charity Place2Be, explains this and offers some s... Read More

Suffering from the New Year work blues? Want to build a positive mindset at work for the coming year? Michael Brown, business coach, author and leadership trainer, advises on ways to rebuild our car... Read More

The pressure to stay connected online can sometimes lead to tech addiction. Emma Robertson, Co-Founder of leading online safety organisation Digital Awareness UK, looks at developments in ‘dig... Read More