Here’s the latest article for Carve Magazine on dealing with depression: You may be down today, but you could be…

Here’s an article written for Carve Magazine on sleepless night.

Scientists are still discovering the causes of depression but there are nine known currently, and only two of them are down to your personality or family history. The rest are lifestyle induced.

This year has proved the ultimate challenge on our health and wellbeing for many reasons, not least because we are moving further and further away from what keeps us well. Not only are we living in a more digital age that is far removed from how our prehistoric minds function but now we have also been removed from the one main thing we thrive on as humans... connection.

Lifestyle medicine focuses on enabling a healthy lifestyle to prevent and treat chronic conditions. Lifestyle medicine is based on the scientific evidence which is constantly emerging about how a healthy lifestyle can be an incredibly powerful tool for positively affecting our health and wellbeing.

Stress is often perceived as a negative reaction, but it isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Our ability to feel stress has traditionally generated a physical reactive response. When we feel stressed, our body believes it is under attack and shifts to what is commonly referred to as ‘fight’ or ‘flight’ mode, causing a release of a mix of hormones and chemicals.

It’s so encouraging the way mental health is now being taken more seriously in society and in the workplace. Businesses providing support to their staff with well-being isn’t just the right thing to do but it also makes business sense.

More than anything it's important to remember that people who take their own lives do so because they have lost all hope for the future, but while ever there is life there is hope. People always get better eventually albeit a difficult path, but if you end your life there is nothing anyone can do to help you, that's it! So please reach out. #bekind

Christmas is fast approaching and soon, the end of 2019. As we begin to think about 2020 and what might be in store for us, many people will make commitments to improve their wellbeing.

A new study by workforce performance business CR Worldwide has stated that an increase in workplace stress associated with younger workers in the UK has resulted in a rise in businesses investing in wellness and nature breaks.