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LOVE YOUR LOAF - HOW BAKING BREAD CAN BOOST YOUR MENTAL HEALTH

The Make Me A Guest Blogger Series, with thanks to Hannah Bironzo ‘The Gypsy Baker’

10.11.2020.

Put your hand up if any of you rushed out to buy baking ingredients in the first few months of the pandemic. The initial months of the crisis prompted a keen interest in baking and particularly the crafting of bread. Flour and dried yeast became scarce. Sourdough went...

MANAGING STRESS AT WORK

The Working Well Series from Make Me A Plan Productivity Expert, Penny Le Kelly

04.11.2020.

It doesn’t matter who you are or what your job is, we can all experience stress in the workplace. Whether it’s the pressure that you put on yourself to achieve a standard, or whether people around you expect you to drop everything to carry out what they see as...

FEAR

The Relationship with Self Series from Make Me A Plan's Wellbeing Expert, Tamsin Cain

03.11.2020.

Having just celebrated Halloween, it seemed like an apt time to broach the subject of fear. Fear is an extremely powerful emotion. It is a natural response that has a strong effect on both the mind and body with the aim of keeping us safe in dangerous situations. ...

ON HORROR

The Philosopher-in-Residence Blog Series from Make Me A Plan's Principal Planner, Anna Pascoe

29.10.2020.

One of the things that intrigues this Philosopher-In-Residence most is plankind’s relationship with horror. A powerful word; from which most would purport to recoil. Yet horror remains big bucks: box office bestsellers, front page features, social media screenshots,...

ALCOHOL AND THE EFFECT ON YOUR PRODUCTIVITY

The Working Well Series from Make Me A Plan Productivity Expert, Penny Le Kelly

21.10.2020.

Go Sober for October? Dry January? Giving up alcohol for Lent? There are plenty of different times of the year where we are reminded to think about our relationship with alcohol. As we come to the end of ‘Go Sober for October’, let’s take a look at...

SOCIAL ANXIETY AND MAKING CONVERSATION

The Relationship with Self Series from Make Me A Plan's Wellbeing Expert, Tamsin Cain

20.10.2020.

Do you feel that you’re bad at meeting people or struggle to hold a conversation, maybe you get the feeling that you don’t fit in, that people don’t like you or think that you’re weird? You may just feel up tight or that you hate small talk? ...

ON MENOPAUSE

The Philosopher-in-Residence Blog Series from Make Me A Plan's Principal Planner, Anna Pascoe

15.10.2020.

Usually, it’s this philosopher’s wont to cover topics of interest, or the moment. The thing I love most about writing this blog is the freedom I have to choose completely different topics, engaging in an array of things is part of my personality. So, reader,...

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY

The Working Well Series from Make Me A Plan Productivity Expert, Aria Robbins

07.10.2020.

With World Mental Health Day (10th October) being right around the corner, we at Make Me A Plan couldn’t miss this opportunity to talk to you about creating some healthy habits at work and why they are SO important. Did you know that we...

MAKING YOUR HABITS HEALTHIER

The Relationship with Self Series from Make Me A Plan's Wellbeing Expert, Tamsin Cain

06.10.2020.

October is officially Stoptober and Stoptober is a 28-day NHS stop smoking challenge to help you quit smoking and start breathing easier. Now, not everyone smokes - or wants to stop, but all of us have habits that we would like to make a little healthier, whether...

ON EXPERIENCES

The Philosopher-in-Residence Blog Series from Make Me A Plan's Principal Planner, Anna Pascoe

01.10.2020.

We humans are ever so fond of experiences – looking forward to them, getting the most out of them, nattering about them afterwards. During lockdown proper (as opposed to lockdown imminent, this Philosopher-In-Residence writes with a furrowed brow), I trundled my way...