Mind

Following on from a challenging year, many of us want to focus on our mental wellbeing this year After experiencing the bulk of 2020 in disarray following the coronavirus outbreak, many of us have realised the importance of looking after our mental health. There have been so many challenges, from having to change our daily lives and not seeing friends and family to homeschooling, losing loved ones or getting ill ourselves. These extraordinary circumstances have forced perspective on us as we reevaluate what really matters and, it turns out, for a lot of us this includes mental health. Research carried […]

The UK’s largest arts centre, the Southbank Centre, is bringing a top-class programme of writers, actors and singers to you at home Although we’re in lockdown, there’s no reason that your cultural calendar should be home to tubleweed! Thanks to the Southbank Centre, there’s an amazing programme of talks with acclaimed artists coming to a home screen near you, very soon. Fearne Cotton: Speak Your Truth The wonderful Fearne Cotton will talk about her new book Speak Your Truth in this broadcast event. At the start of 2020, Fearne discovered she was at risk of needing a throat operation and […]

Parents, we salute you. Here are some messages of support to help you feel better about homeschooling or caring for a child throughout a pandemic With lockdown well and truly underway, parents have been left with little choice but to homeschool their children once again. Things might be feeling impossible right now. It may feel like there is so much being asked of you – too much, even – and like there is no end in sight. At Happiful, we might not be able to provide you with the tools or resources to make homeschooling easy, because, well, it isn’t […]

Life, career and business coach Carly Ferguson joins Happiful’s podcast to share her thoughts on making working from home, work for you Carly Ferguson is all too familiar with the working life changes COVID has brought about for many people. As a practising life, career and business coach she’s had to totally reinvent the way she meets and interacts with her clients although, she shares, this change has brought positive benefits after the initial work to transition. “I have many more global clients now and that’s one of the great benefits for people looking for a coach, you don’t have […]

A kind gesture can go a long way, so here are four simple ways you can make a loved one feel appreciated Now we’re cookin’! Whether it’s an old family recipe, or experimenting with something new, mixing it up in the kitchen can be a wonderful way to show someone you’re thinking about them. Why not surprise a friend or family member by leaving a delicious pre-made dish on their doorstep, or drop off ingredients for their favourite meal and do a virtual cook-along? Sounds like the recipe for success! Do your homework We all have our own personal pursuits, […]

Peanut has launched a new initiative, Moments, after a survey revealed that 40% of women feel the pandemic has caused social media to become aggressive and a ‘breeding ground for political debate and misinformation’. Peanut’s recent survey of its two-million-strong community discovered that 55% wished there was more support for each other on social media, 42% hoped for more genuine conversations, more than one in four women feel insecure about their life; and one in five fear they are not ‘successful enough’. As the survey suggested that nearly 80% of women use social media on a daily basis, and 65% […]