Stress Awareness Month

Stress Awareness Month

by | Mar 30, 2023 | Blog

Being aware of our stress levels is incredibly important.  The older we get the more we are susceptible to its effects on us. The observance of Stress Awareness Month every April started in 1992 to increase the knowledge about the causes and how to decrease stress in...
Puppets for a Positive Impact

Puppets for a Positive Impact

by | Mar 21, 2023 | Blog

World Puppetry Day takes place on 21st March every year. Puppets have been featured in my life since I was probably about 8 years old. Do you remember Sooty and Sweep? Rod Hull and Emu? Nookie Bear? Pelham puppets? (my older sister joined me with that craze!)....
How did Laughter Yoga start?

How did Laughter Yoga start?

by | Mar 13, 2023 | Blog

Laughter Yoga is an increasingly popular mind and body workout – but do you know how it originated?   Today, 13th March 2023, Laughter Yoga is turning the grand age of 28.   There’s an interesting history behind this rapidly transforming holistic practice....
How to prevent Quiet Quitting

How to prevent Quiet Quitting

by | Feb 22, 2023 | Blog

How to prevent quiet quitting Are you aware of the phrase quiet quitting? I used to be a disengaged, unmotivated, miserable team member. Honestly, I practiced quiet quitting back in 2002 – in an admin job which diminished my soul faster than ice melting in hot water....
7 Tips to Keep You Positive on Blue Monday (and beyond)

7 Tips to Keep You Positive on Blue Monday (and beyond)

by | Jan 8, 2023 | Blog

7 Tips to Keep You Positive on Blue Monday (and beyond) You may already be aware that Blue Monday was initially a marketing ploy in 2005 by a British holiday company to make us buy more holidays after Christmas – on the back of psychologist Dr Cliff Arnall who...
The Comedian vs Laughter Yoga

The Comedian vs Laughter Yoga

by | Dec 12, 2022 | Blog

Comedians have their place.. there’s often a work “joker” – they’re fabulous in-house comedians. Or there’s Peter Kay… Were you in the LOOOONG queue for Peter Kay tickets? Honestly, I clicked to see how long I would have to...
The Incredible Benefits of Kindness

The Incredible Benefits of Kindness

by | Nov 10, 2022 | Blog

I’m writing this blog ahead of World Kindness Day (13 November) and personally I always strive to do random acts of kindness whenever it’s possible. But what I didn’t know was how many health benefits this has on the mind and body! So in this blog I thought I’d...
5 Ways to Prevent Burnout in Employees

5 Ways to Prevent Burnout in Employees

by | Nov 7, 2022 | Blog

As burnout is on the increase in the workplace, let’s look at 5 ways to prevent it, and help totop up inner energy levels. As you may be aware, burnout is a unique work-related stress. This can be recognised as having:– Severe lack of motivation and energy– Increased...
Why Using Our Phone Less Can Help Us Live A Happier Life

Why Using Our Phone Less Can Help Us Live A Happier Life

by | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog

Why Using Our Phone Less Can Help Us Live A Happier Life Smartphones have become a huge part of society and, subsequently, something we struggle to be without.  We’re rarely more than a metre away from our phone!  They go everywhere with us, and the result is we are...
Grief and Laughter

Grief and Laughter

by | Sep 14, 2022 | Blog

IS IT POSSIBLE TO COMBINE GRIEF AND LAUGHTER? Let’s chat about grief firstly… When my stepdad passed away there was a huge empty void but I was also looking after my tiny then 6 week old daughter. I’m a great believer of a life ending and a new life...
5 Ways to Boost Motivation and get some Real Oomph

5 Ways to Boost Motivation and get some Real Oomph

by | Sep 6, 2022 | Blog

Motivated to get back to your work routine? Or lacking motivation? Perhaps you’re feeling distracted? “Not yet I’m busy doing something else…” It’s hard to get back into routines after schools go back – we’re often more on a go-slow and need to wind it up. That summer...
Work your Creative Brain with Laughter

Work your Creative Brain with Laughter

by | Aug 26, 2022 | Blog

Companies are enjoying Laughter sessions in more ways than just fun – Brainy benefits. They are getting ahead of their competitors with the creative brain which Laughter Yoga gives them. Why? Laughter and Play – 2 of the key elements in Laughter Yoga...
Boost Your Immune System to stop Covid

Boost Your Immune System to stop Covid

by | Aug 4, 2022 | Blog

How strong is your immune system? Sometimes you may not know until you get poorly. Frequently. As Covid keeps doing its rounds in variants, I want to raise awareness of how Laughter. I mean hearty laughter (as in Laughter Yoga) helps to really boost your immune...
Why Your Well-Being should be Your Priority

Why Your Well-Being should be Your Priority

by | Jun 30, 2022 | Blog

According to the Oxford English Dictionary the definition of wellbeing is “The state of being or doing well in life; happy, healthy, or prosperous condition; moral or physical welfare (of a person or community).” Is that how you are both being, and feeling, in your...
Why Carers have a Good Laugh

Why Carers have a Good Laugh

by | Jun 5, 2022 | Blog

Since 2016 carers groups have come to me asking for Laughter Yoga sessions. At first, even I was a bit sceptical whether they would be able to laugh openly, knowing their circumstances. But you know what? People who struggle most, like unpaid carers, benefit the most...
Why Laughter Yoga is needed for Wellbeing in Companies

Why Laughter Yoga is needed for Wellbeing in Companies

by | May 30, 2022 | Blog

Laughter Yoga acts as a social connector, a stress buster and a positivity boost.  And so much more as you are about to read.   Our bodies cannot tell the difference between intentional laughter and genuine laughter and very soon intentional laughter becomes...