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Men’s Health Week: improving work life with Reiki

The theme of Men’s Health Week 2018 (11th-18thJune) is “Men & Families – making healthy connections”. I love this multi-faceted theme! We can take from it that improved family connections can improve the health of men (and women, for that matter), that family can be very influential on the wellbeing of men, and that the emotional wellbeing of both men and women is dependent on connection with other humans and finding the right tribe. Unfortunately it seems that men in general are not nearly as good at making and sustaining healthy connections as women are and this is one of the contributing factors to men’s health being overall a lot worse than women’s health. Men die younger, have more preventable diseases, more accidents and a greater risk of lifestyle related disease than women, which is why Men’s Health Week is a thing! Men seek advice and interventions for symptoms at a rate that is much slower and less frequent than women, almost certainly contributing to their higher rates of disease and early morbidity. What we really want everyone to do is to work on prevention and looking at underlying causes, rather than just band-aid solutions and treating symptoms. Western culture dictates that men should be outwardly strong, independent and largely silent about what is going on inside of them on all levels – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Men are

By Arwen Perrie|June 14th, 2018|Benefits of Reiki, Managing Anxiety, Reiki and Wellbeing, Stress Management, Wellbeing|0 Comments

Work Life Balance: the holy grail of modern women?

Secrets of that illusive thing called work-life balance that you'd love to know! Recorded on the eve of International Women's Day, watch this video to hear tips from women who are succeeding in their quest for better work-life balance as they #pressforprogress, and also how women are driving the adoption of a wellness culture in their workplaces. Taking time out for ourselves as women, especially when we play many roles including mother, partner, daughter, friend on top of the role we play in order to earn money, can be very difficult. But if you stop to think about what would happen if you collapsed in a heap because you hadn't been looking after yourself then everything is put into perspective. Looking after yourself is actually the least selfish thing that you can do! If you'd prefer to read all about it Kochie's Business Builders published my article 4 Reasons why Small Business need a Workplace Wellness Strategy in March. To get back some energetic balance and wellbeing why not book a session with me now! Don't hesitate to get in touch if you want to chat more about how work-life balance is affecting your wellbeing.

By Arwen Perrie|April 9th, 2018|Benefits of Reiki, Managing Anxiety, Reiki and Wellbeing, Stress Management, Wellbeing|0 Comments

How to start the 2018 work year right!

Are you ruining your last few free days by allowing yourself to spiral into a pit of despair about how life might as well be over because your holiday is over? Have you already gone back to work and you’re just not finding yourself springing out of bed like you did over the Festive season? If you’re like most people work takes up a huge chunk of your time and if you feel in any way negative about how you are spending this time it can be the start of a cycle of negative energy that impacts all aspects of your life. Remember that your thoughts and emotions are energy too! Why does this happen? Well who wouldn’t want to spend their life on holidays?! Right? Wrong. Actually when you do something you love it doesn’t feel like work – it’s a cliché but a valid one. When you feel like you are making a difference, you are contributing to society, to your clients (internal or external), you are doing something humanity plus that is good for the future of this planet in multiple ways then working brings so much positive energy into your life that it is not something to be feared or shunned. It’s very likely that you can’t just change what you do for a living at the drop of a hat but you can change your

By Arwen Perrie|January 17th, 2018|Benefits of Reiki, Essential Oils, Managing Anxiety, Reiki and Wellbeing, Wellbeing|0 Comments

Work Life Balance for Career Wellbeing

How is your Work Life Balance? Really? Your energetic balance and the ability for your spiritual, emotional and physical body to heal itself is affected by the balance of your life. Do you make enough time to do things other than work? Do you switch your brain off from work stuff for enough time each day, and especially on weekends? These are a couple of articles that we thought were worth sharing on this topic. The first article discusses that more and more organisations are actually only looking to employ people who value balance in their lives. If you're heading to a job interview soon, be prepared to answer questions on how you would handle situations that may impact on your work life balance! The second article talks about why you should NOT eat lunch at your desk!! Spring is coming and your lunchtime should soon look like this picture!! How do you ensure that you have optimal work life balance? We'd love to hear from you on what works best for you and how you manage the emotions behind this balancing act (think - guilt)! If you struggle to commit to balance, even though you know you should, then Reiki could help. Reiki will bring all of your energies into balance and meaning that your mind is clearer, you are better able to focus and prioritise, you can tap into your intuition and what is really

By Arwen Perrie|August 24th, 2017|Benefits of Reiki|0 Comments

Solving problems by working less

Solving problems by working less. This fabulous article on TED Ideas about how reducing our working hours could go a long way to solving many global problems including gender equity, societal inequality, unemployment and climate change; along with the more obvious solutions of reduction in stress (the black plague of the 21st century) and improved efficiency and higher risk management through lower error rates. Check it out here, and make sure you leave work on time today! If you need some support with stress management then please check out our Services. Reiki and Aromatherapy are both incredible tools that are available to you to help you improve your wellbeing and feel better, think better and do better.

By Arwen Perrie|July 25th, 2017|Benefits of Aromatherapy, Benefits of Reiki, Stress Management|0 Comments