WellBeing World January-March 2016

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No.9 Jan/Feb/March 2016 Happy | Healthy | Inspired

One kind word can warm three winter months

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The Way We Work: Is it Working?

Mindful Nation UK Sitting, the New Smoking!

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

For the Love of Sport Fruit: Fun and Fearlessness!

Loneliness – in the Midst of all the Noise Call Your Mother, She Worries … … and much more to Inspire, Relax and make you Feel Good!

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WELCOME

Welcome

WORDS: Beverley Le Cuirot, Founder and Editor

This edition is all about love. We need to love and respect ourselves to support our own wellbeing, fortify our health, and to give us greater capacity to love others; our families, friends, our work, the planet … here’s to the celebration of love for everyone as we step into 2016 with open hearts and open minds.

The New Year is often a time to make changes but it is also the perfect opportunity to reflect on all that you have already achieved in your life and to celebrate all that you are; to find joy in the here and now, and to express gratitude for all that you have.

For those looking for some inspiration about the direction their lives or careers may take, we are delighted to welcome contributors from all over the world; the UK, USA and locally here in Jersey, to share their respective wisdom, including Jean Oelwang, President and Trustee of Virgin Unite, who I had the very great pleasure to meet when she visited Jersey in 2015. There are many others also; offering their expertise, from making more of the skills you have; to finding the right job for you, to setting up your own company, and everything in between, I thank them all – and hope it serves to ignite the fire in your belly!

Mindfulness continues in its ascendancy, and we have a good many articles which look at the different aspects of mindfulness in this modern world; and how it might help us in our lives, our work and for the benefit of the economy as a whole.

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We revisit the Sugar debate; something we have covered before but it doesn’t go away.

It is now more critical than ever, although one good thing is the growing awareness of its contribution to the obesity crisis on our doorstep. There are also other issues on the horizon, such as the consequences of extended periods of sitting, now considered to be as dangerous to our health as smoking. As always we aim to provide a positive, solutions-based angle to all of our reporting.

And we have many other topics too; all of which contribute to our wonderful world of wellbeing. As ever, we hope you enjoy the read and look forward to your comments.

Thank you for making 2015 a huge success for WellBeing World – and here’s to an even better year in 2016 for everyone.

Wishing you good health and happiness, always,

Beverley beverley@wellbeingworld.je

Pictured above: Beverley and Clarke Carlisle at the JET Conference in Jersey … more of which on pg 40/41.

So pleased that Clarke likes WellBeing World!

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CONTENTS

Contents FEATURES

The Way We Work: Is it Working?

WellBeing, a Global Consumer Trend Mindful Nation UK Sugar Smart City

WHAT’S NEW

Get Up, Stand Up. Sitting, the New Smoking!

Staying Healthy with Ayurveda Internationally Acclaimed Nutrition Programme

WORK

Career Detox, Anyone?

Use What You Have to Get What You Want Loving What You Do Passion and Commitment at Work Creating a Life By Design How Mindfulness Will Turbocharge Your Career Recharge Your People. Ignite Your Business

DIGITAL

Keeping Health and WellBeing on Track Have you got FOBO – Fear of Being Offline?

MIND

Living Love from the Inside Out Supporting Employees on their Path to Recovery Outgoing but Anxious?

BODY

Wake Up and Get Off the ‘Someday’ Island Love Yourself; Love the Planet Light, Swift, Responsive and Respectful Animals Have Spines Too! Animal Chiropractic

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FITNESS

Musivation! Music and Motivation 52 Getting You Back on Track to What You Love Doing 54 For the Love of Sport 56 An Instant Rush of Happiness 58 WellBeing Ambassadors of the World Unite!

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WOMEN

Love Your Ladyparts

MEN

Men – Cancer CAUTION Captain of Your Relationship

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FOOD

Eggs – You can’t beat ‘em!

Fruit: Fun and Fearlessness!

SUGAR - The Bittersweet Truth Behind Obesity Can’t Stop Eating? Is Your Belly Full of Worry?

FAMILY

Free Range Kids Love Really Does Matter!

Loneliness. In the Midst of all of the Noise Call Your Mother, She Worries …

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HOME

Keeping it Cosy 84

COMMUNITY

Music and Merriment for Body and Soul Let Dance Be Part of Your Life

BOOKS

86 87

The Flourish Handbook The Miracle Morning / Destressifying Clean and Lean for Life / The Gut Makeover

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WELLBEING DIRECTORY

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Guest Contributors: Jean Oelwang, Virgin Unite – UK Faith Canter – UK Dr Jessica Morrod – UK Douglas Ruark – USA Matt Mayberry – USA Dr Travis Bradberry – USA In Jersey: Alex Wiles Carey Ann Scott Christophe Chateau Dan Le Couteur Dr Emma Ross Gemma Dawkins

Hannah Jacques Jane Holmshaw Kate Wright Lauren Perchard-Rees Lee Bennett Lorna Jackson Lorraine Pannetier Louise Augre Peter Slater Pippa Campbell Dr Prasanna Kerur Sam Duffy Sarah Gray Lucy Sanderson Beverley Le Cuirot

The Way We Work: Is It Working?

WORDS: Jean Oelwang, President and Trustee of Virgin Unite

We had the pleasure of listening to Jean’s inspirational words at the Leadership Conference in Jersey, and to then meeting her to find out more about the work of Virgin Unite. Here’s an insight from Jean into the ‘100% Human at Work’ initiative and some of the key findings from their ground-breaking ‘New Ways of Working’ report:

There is no longer a divide between work and home; we’re living in a world in which change is happening faster than ever: environmental pressures, population growth, massive advancements in technology, and significant shifts in the demographic of the workforce, to name just a few. This has inevitably sparked changes in the ways in which we work and people’s aspirations and desires for their work are also shifting.

We spend on average 33% of our lives at work, people are retiring later, the next generation has different expectations for their careers and their employers; this is creating an amazing opportunity for companies to be at the forefront of change and to start to build purpose-driven organisations that prioritise people and planet alongside profit.

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The B Team was launched in 2013 by Virgin Unite as a group of global business leaders catalysing a better way of doing business for people and planet. The B Team has developed an initiative called ‘100% Human at Work’; focused on creating a more equitable, prosperous world for all

where people can flourish at work. We want to turn work upside down to become a place where people can contribute to society, the planet, their company and to their own personal growth. We believe we need to stop looking at people as resources and start looking at them as human beings.

Image: Chris Willan

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As part of this, we've been working with a wonderful community of over 100 businesses from around the world to form the 100% Human at Work Network; a collective that are passionate about being the best places to work, innovating and experimenting around people and enabling people to thrive at work.

The insights from the 100% Human at Work Network, many of which were captured in our New Ways of Working report, have made us more excited and optimistic than ever before about the future of work.

Here are some of the key trends from the report …

Purpose matters. As Tim Brown (CEO and President of IDEO) observes, only organisations with a “reason for being” will be sustainable and successful in the future and attract the next generation of talent.

Technology presents challenges and opportunities for managing our work

life balance. Finding ways to tackle the ‘always on’ culture and to use technology to manage time more effectively, will be good for employees and businesses.

The world needs ‘Hybrid leaders’. Leaders who can work collaboratively across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.

Leaders who lead through moral courage, long term thinking and compassion for the betterment of humanity and the planet.

Jobs for life will not be the norm.

Changing workforce expectations, the ability to use technology to perform more project / portfolio work and skills shortages in many industries have all transformed the jobs market and the way people approach their careers. This has all brought greater expectations of the ability to move between projects, organisations and roles and a radical shift in the traditional models of attracting and retaining talent.

Some of Virgin’s own initiatives to create a 100% Human Workplace, include …

• Flexible Working. Virgin Management and Virgin Unite have scrapped standard working hours to allow people to choose the best working pattern to fit in with their lives outside work.

• Rewarding our people. Stars of the Year is a recognition programme for the whole of the Virgin Group to reward and celebrate our ‘Stars’ who bring the Virgin brand to life – people who go the extra mile, achieve the outstanding and go beyond the call of duty.

• WellBeing. Virgin Management launched the Virgin Pulse programme to support employees to monitor their own health and wellness as well introducing mindfulness workshops and financial wellbeing sessions.

This is just a sample of the things The B Team and Virgin are starting to see and do to shape the future of work. What an amazing and timely opportunity we have to reinvent the world of work to deliver an abundance of meaningful jobs within an environment that is 100% human.

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Virgin Unite is the entrepreneurial foundation of the Virgin Group, uniting people and entrepreneurial ideas to create opportunities for a better world.

They work in three ways:

1. They shine a spotlight on unacceptable issues raising awareness and kick-starting action.

2. They create collaborations, bringing together the best people and organisations to change business for good, protect the planet and create better global governance.

3. They empower entrepreneurs by helping them to access the skills, support and funding they need to succeed.

Overall, they are uniting a powerful global community of entrepreneurs, philanthropists and inspirational leaders, who share in the belief that entrepreneurial ideas, together with the right people, can create change around the world.

All overheads are covered by Sir Richard Branson and the Virgin Group, meaning that 100% of all donations received go directly to the frontline.

More info: www.virginunite.com Article first published on www.virginunite.com

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FEATURES

WellBeing,

a Global Consumer Trend!

WORDS: Beverley Le Cuirot & Lucy Sanderson

When we created WellBeing World in 2011, the word ‘wellbeing’ was still viewed by many as a niche, even alternative interest; others could see a future requiring preventative healthcare for the burgeoning ageing population – and the role that ‘wellbeing’ would play in this, particularly so in terms of lifestyle and self-care. Five short years later, and a search on Google for the word ‘wellbeing’ brings 67,000,000 results (with WellBeing World in Jersey at no.3 out of nearly 50,000,000) – not bad for a ‘niche’ business! It is wonderful also to see the broader topic of ‘wellbeing’ being so readily accepted by the mainstream media and people at large.

If you didn’t realise it already, your wellbeing is at the heart of most of the products and services you use – that’s because this is what all brands and businesses think about, right? Not quite, but many in fact are basing messaging on a true reflection of what is now a huge consumer trend – and that is driven by you.

Looking good and feeling good have been two of our long-standing

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pre-occupations; according to analysts Datamonitor – in the year 2000 vanity drove a market worth £4.6 billion in the UK alone. This then combined with a focus on health to create what is now the biggest driver of the personal care market – total wellbeing. If we take the interest in self-diagnosis and self-care alone, Datamonitor cites health as the fastest growing information area on the Internet. "People have always

been prepared to pay to look good but consumers are now increasingly willing to spend money on feeling good both physically and mentally," Datamonitor analyst Rhod Jones said.

"For consumers, much of the appeal of products promoting wellbeing, whether in food, nutritional supplements or in beauty is for products to be "natural."

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Over the last 30 years or so, consumers have reshaped the agenda concerning health and wellbeing.

From the 80s fitness craze – visions of Diana Morin, the Green Goddess; where leg warmers, spandex and aerobics flooded the airwaves on TV and media and every affiliated business cashed in; from aerobics attire to water bottles and shower gels, to the food and drinks we consumed – everything became about exercise and getting fit with aerobics in all of its brightly coloured, related products.

Subsequently, time has seen an increase in the regular use of vitamins, herbal remedies, complementary therapies and treatments, organics, anti-ageing products, food as medicine and various ancient forms of exercise – most recently being joined by mindfulness and the mind/body connection, as all important elements of our wellbeing. Holistic health care and prevention rather than cure; regular and habitual use of these wellbeing properties flows fluidly as an undercurrent within virtually every single product or service we engage with as consumers.

From the food we eat to the loans we take out, our wellbeing is what we are now mindful of when making a purchase. Caution and a desire for good value, and many a time, a well researched buy (thanks to the influx of online shopping, where we can read reviews, seek advice and compare prices); we are more clued up as we part with our cash. This means that businesses and brands, the world over, need to appeal to our main objectives when we shop.

How better to do that than to offer products and services which tick most of our boxes?

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So, well done consumers, you are the driving force behind the wellbeing ‘trend’. A trend which only seems to be growing and growing as we embrace it for all its worth. And add to this, we market all of these products and services with our related behaviour and free promotion we actively provide using our social media platforms and pages. It cannot help but grow.

People are more informed about environmental issues too; so many businesses are constantly striving to fall in line with what makes for a better planet. The wellbeing trend is global in every sense of the word, from the people it effects (the consumer) to the broad scope of issues it addresses worldwide.

far cry from the cosmetic surgeons and spa industry giants who had previously spoken at the event.

Not long ago, the main signifier of success was wealth; this is now also shifting. Increasingly you show the world that you have made it by having a healthy attitude; ‘wellth’ if you like.

To be wellthy means to be proactive when it comes to fitness, and conscious when it comes to diet. The wellth movement doesn’t separate mind and body either – a holistic approach ensures a healthy mindset, writes Henrietta Thompson in Trends. In 2016 businesses will be increasingly catering for our new wellthy aspirations, from apps and wearables to the hottest health-conscious restaurants and fun, new fitness classes.

“From the food we eat to the loans we take out, our wellbeing is what we are now mindful of when making a purchase.”

Many wellness industries, including the spa and beauty industry, have embraced the lean toward overall wellness and wellbeing. Recognising that the two go somewhat hand in hand, events such as The Global Wellness Summit (which was originally focused on the booming global spa business, investment, travel, spa education, and the beauty industry) and now includes finance, medicine, architecture, workplace wellness, real estate, fitness, nutrition, manufacturing, technology and much more. The summit which took place toward the end of 2015 was actually entitled, ‘Building a Well World’ and the keynote speaker was the famous wellbeing guru, Deepak Chopra – a

So, pop on your Fit Bit, jog from your eco friendly home, drive your eco friendly car (guilt-free is a coveted ‘status’ in this world of wellbeing ‘consumerism’), eat your healthy and suitably sustainable food and pay back that carefully selected, ethical loan, sign up for a ‘pay it forward’ random act of kindness gift of a coffee at your fair-trade coffee shop, catch a green juice along the way, work your flex-hours that your employer offers to best suit your needs, and head to the gym for Yoga or Pilates … wellbeing is at the forefront of this consumer driven world and it’s up to you, the consumer, to keep it there.

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FEATURES

Mindful Nation UK

WORDS: Beverley Le Cuirot, WellBeing World Founder & Publisher

Mindfulness is everywhere. In recent years, there has been an explosion of interest with widespread media coverage, bestselling books and a remarkable uptake of online resources.

You only need visit your local bookstore to see the huge growth in mindfulness books on the shelves (and we mean shelves – not just one or two); whole swaths of them, it is wonderful to see. There are 16,368 mindfulness books on Amazon.co.uk … and counting. Not to mention the huge increase in academic research on the subject with more than 500 peer-reviewed scientif ic journal papers now being published every year.

It’s taking a strong hold in the workplace, too. As we go to press, the Head of HR at BlueBay Asset Management shared with People Management magazine how City traders became more mindful.

Headquartered in London, BlueBay is one of Europe’s largest specialist managers of fixed income credit and alternative strategies. It was therefore no mean feat to walk onto a busy trading floor and tell investment professionals that they should take time out to breathe before making important financial decisions.

HR professional, Natalie BenitezCastellano was all too aware of the risks to her reputation of introducing a mindfulness programme; and yet, this she did, ensuring the course was relevant and work-applicable. Pitched as achieving a mental state of complete awareness purely in a ‘business sense’, and highlighting the benefits that increased focus, calmness and concentration can bring to a highly pressurised working environment, the initiative has returned a direct impact on BlueBay’s bottom line, with participants reporting increased focus, a feeling of being less distracted, and more attentive in 10

meetings, and sleeping better as a result of practising the techniques.

And it’s not just the private sector that is engaging with wellbeing and mindfulness; in January last year, following an eightmonth public inquiry into the possible benefits of mindfulness for British society, the interim report of the Mindfulness All-Party Parliamentary Group (MAPPG) was published. Fast forward to 20th October 2015 and Britain declared its intention to become a ‘mindful nation’ with the Westminster launch of the final report, Mindful Nation UK. The report is the culmination of several years’ work to bring mindfulness training into British politics: first by introducing politicians to the practice, and then by exploring its relevance to public life, in the form of a Parliamentary inquiry. Along the way, more than a hundred MPs and members of the House of Lords have taken a mindfulness course in Parliament, and hundreds more witnesses—researchers, teachers, public policy makers and course participants—have contributed.

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The Mindful Nation UK report examines the role that mindfulness could play in areas of public policy, such as health, education, the workplace and criminal justice, as well as looking at how the training can be offered with integrity. In his foreword, Jon Kabat-Zinn, the molecular biologist and Professor of Medicine Emeritus University of Massachusetts Medical School, says the report: “May be a singular and defining document … addressing some of the most pressing problems of society at their very root.” He also suggests that the report is an inspiration and model for other nations and governments seeking to meet similar challenges.

The report concludes that though the evidence is of varying reliability, it does show that mindfulness is effective in many areas. A key recommendation is the improved provision of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), which is already offered by the NHS for

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people with recurrent depression.

With approx. one in three families having known mental health issues; and up to 10% of the UK adult population experiencing symptoms of depression in any given week, it is considered that mindfulness has a role to play. No single therapy works for everyone; we therefore need a wide range of evidence-based treatments including Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) such as MBCT which has been recommended for the treatment of recurrent depression by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) since 2004. The report says it has been disappointed by the lack of provision across the country of this costeffective treatment.

It also says that, equally importantly, is the need to take PREVENTION

strategies seriously if we are to reduce the burden of mental ill health, and that we should encourage the flourishing and wellbeing of a healthy nation. Mindfulness is one of the most promising prevention strategies and is regarded as popular and non-stigmatising, unlike some other mental health interventions. Jon Kabat-Zinn compares mindfulness to jogging. Back in the 70s, the latter was seen as an unusual form of exercise practised by only a few people; now it is recognised and promoted as an easy and effective exercise used by millions across the world with great benefits to personal health. There is a widespread acceptance now around the benefits of physical exercise, although, as yet, no comparable universal understanding of how to maintain one’s mental health. Mindfulness could play that role as a popular, effective way for people to keep their mind healthy. Kabat-Zinn believes it is on an even steeper adoption trajectory than jogging.

Developing the mental capital of the nation will be crucial to our future prosperity and wellbeing; qualitative research shows that mindfulness develops exactly these aspects of mental capital, encouraging a curious, responsive and creative engagement to experience.

This should be of real interest to policymakers given the importance of improving productivity, and nurturing creating and innovation in the economy.

The report shows how far we have come in the mainstreaming of mindfulness in just a few short years. There are many questions left unanswered and much work remains, for now, though, let’s pause, breathe, and celebrate the moment.

Mindfulness means paying attention to what is happening in the present moment in the mind, body and external environment, with an attitude of curiosity and kindness.

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Sugar Smart City

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Tackling sugar addiction as a community Brighton and Hove are taking action against sugar addiction and we’re certain the initiative will take off across the UK and Channel Islands - as with any community based project, #SugarSmartCity needs everyone to get behind it in order to tackle the harmful reality surrounding too much sugar.

The facts are stark and pretty scary in regard to sugar and the results of too much of it in our diets - one in three children is overweight or obese by the time they leave primary school and overall, we are eating three times more sugar than we should. On researching the Sugar Smart City initiative in Brighton and Hove, it was found that over 300 children were admitted to hospital for teeth extractions in 2013 and treating diet related issues in the city cost the NHS some £80 million pounds, in one year. Now think how many cities and towns there are around the

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UK, the maths is simple, we need to subtract the amount of sugar and add some time and energy in to tackling this bittersweet issue.

Food revolutionary and all round nutrition hero, Jamie Oliver, is right behind the #SugarSmartCity scheme and is helping by inviting food outlets in the area to implement a voluntary 10p sugar levy on drinks with added sugar. As well as ‘sugar tax’, the Sugar Smart City initiative aims to work alongside schools with the view to taking action on sugary drinks and snacks. Food education

programmes are being introduced in to every primary school and parents, teachers and students are all getting involved in the movement. Cafes and restaurants are taking action on ingredients, information and labelling and most are making water freely available - suitable businesses are able to sign up for a healthy choice sugar smart award too as an initiative in the city. Healthier vending machine options are also being looked at and made available. No stone is being left unturned in the battle against sugar addiction.

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“Food revolutionary and all round nutrition hero, Jamie Oliver, is right behind the #SugarSmartCity scheme and is helping by inviting food outlets in the area to implement a voluntary 10p sugar levy on drinks with added sugar.”

Extra sugar is linked to tooth decay, obesity, excess energy intake and diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease, to name a few. The group with the highest intake of sugar are the teens, for whom sugar sweetened drinks make up 30-40% a massively percentage of their sugar intake; sugar which has no nutritional value whatsoever. By introducing a sugar levy, studies show that such action could have a significant impact on health in the UK, potentially reducing obesity levels by up to 200,000 people, and reducing sugary drink consumption by 15%. The levy could raise revenue of up to £1 billion per year which would support preventative strategies in the NHS and in schools around obesity and diet-related disease. That’s the sort of sugar rush we’re talking about.

With more and more information about the hazards of too much sugar, it’s still quite surprising how mindless we can be in regard to how much of the stuff we eat. Until you see for yourself how many tea spoons of sugar you’re ingesting, it can be difficult to recognise the scale of the problem. Herein lies the issue with our sugary intake, we don't seem to realise that we’re sweet enough and its going to be an uphill road, educating entire communities to the harmful effects - moreover, instilling a new view on what we eat (or drink) and how we eat (or drink) it.

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Jamie Oliver says, “Locally based initiatives, such as Sugar Smart City, are exactly what we need to try and tackle the rise in obesity and diet related disease.” He’s absolutely right - we can’t carry on as we are going - if we do, our children are likely to be the first generation that have a shorter lifespan than their parents. Education, alternatives and promoting wholesome and unprocessed food and drink is the direction we need to head in, in order to quell the quandary of circumstance surrounding our diets and the resulting ill health that communities face at large.

The Sugar Smart City initiative is bringing about changes in respect of schools growing their own food as well as making changes in the type of food and drink they buy in.

Portion control in the school canteen as well as sugar monitoring will only enhance the programme - ensuring options are available which suit taste but also wellness, and bringing about rewards for businesses that champion the effort, make for a well balanced community programme. It is hoped that the pioneering initiative in Brighton and Hove will be the start of other towns and cities taking part and bringing about some sugar savvy in collective areas of the UK.

How sugar smart are you?

We looked at a few common foods to help you visualise the amount of sugar, in teaspoons, that you’re eating…

Can of Coke = 8.5 teaspoons (no surprise there …)

Breakfast bar = 4 teaspoons Granola = 4.5 teaspoons (add yoghurt, for a ‘healthy’ breakfast and you have an extra 4/5 teaspoons) Glass of milk = 3 teaspoons Small box of Raisins = 7 teaspoons Cheese sandwich = 1.5 teaspoons Small serving tomato pasta sauce = 4.5 teaspoons We don’t need to be mathematicians to notice that the numbers soon add up. It’s time we got sugar smart. No more Brighton rock for us.

According to the American Heart Association women should have no more than 6 teaspoons of sugar per day; men no more than 9 teaspoons.

Please note: this is an indication only, not a recommended daily amount.

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WHAT’S NEW

Get up, Stand up.

Sitting, the New Smoking!

Sitting has had people standing up and taking notice for a while and workplace regulations provide employers with guidelines in regard to their duty of care to ensure that workstations bear as little risk as possible to the health of their employees. Sitting is regarded as such an important focus in terms of wellbeing, that standing offices are popping up all over the place, and the latest in desk tech is a rising desk, which can be altered according to height; for sitting, or for standing.

New high tech desks are one thing, but perhaps not feasible for a lot of offices so, how can we ensure our posture doesn’t end up sending us out to pasture? Sitting has been dubbed ‘the new smoking’ and we need to be mindful of the hours and hours we spend on our posterior.

The risks of ‘over-sitting’ are pretty weighty indeed. When you sit for long periods, it places a huge pressure on your back; muscles become tight under pressure and instant movement can lead to injury. Leg muscles become immobile and your circulation slows. Bolt upright, slouched or ‘perfectly positioned,’ sitting too much (whether you take regular exercise or not) is extremely bad for your health and wellbeing.

Even 1 hour of daily sport cannot compensate for 8 or more hours in the sitting position.

The human body is built to move.

Our muscles are at their most healthy when they are being used regularly; sitting for eight, nine or more, hours per day is therefore going to have an adverse effect on our mobility. Stiff, locked limbs are often the result of muscles not having enough movement – instead supple and flexible, strong and

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reliant, if they are getting regular movement and challenge. As we get older, our muscle memory, from sitting far too much, can leave us with difficulty getting around, or even worse, immobile.

Obesity and colon cancer - caused by reduced circulation (which hinders productivity and creativity too, by slowing down the oxygen to the brain). Increases in blood sugar levels and blood pressure damage the inside

A little while ago, we touched on telomeres in WellBeing World, (those little chromosome protection caps found at the end of our DNA strands, which have an effect on our ageing process), well, it’s been proven that our telomeres actually shorten when we spend too much time sitting down. The Swedish study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found ‘that the telomeres in [those] who were sitting the least had lengthened. Their cells seemed to be growing physiologically younger.’

of our arteries, raising the risk of diabetes, heart disease and stroke as well as kidney and liver problems.

Prolonged sitting contributes to an array of health and wellbeing issues.

Today’s lifestyles, working habits and travel propensities mean that we sit down more than we ever have; more than our bodies like and need.

So in order to tackle the problem of inactivity, it is important to be conscientious about how and for how long you are sitting. With prevention being better than cure in regard to the harmful effects of prolonged sitting, particular exercise and plenty of general movement is the ideal way to keep stiffness and ill health at bay.

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Feel at your Best, at your Desk

Many offices implement exercise programmes at work, with particular focus on Pilates as a fantastic way to look after your muscles from the core; improving posture and overall wellbeing. Now you can benefit from the opportunity of an expert service brought to your own office - with The Future Health Programme, created for people who work at a desk and therefore need to sit for long periods of time.

The Future Health Programme has been designed to work for you, at work. It will prevent, correct, and improve postural defects; and will teach you how to adjust your posture for your own health and wellbeing now and for the future.

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There is no need to change, no need for large amounts of space and very little disruption to your day at the office. Just 20 minutes, working on your posture, back or neck conditions and a tailor-made stretch session with relaxing music to leave you feeling revitalised and ready to take on your day.

You and your people are the backbone of your business, so it’s important to ensure increased energy for maximum productivity whilst mitigating any risk from ill health or injury. Contact Magda at Future Health to find out more about how she can help you feel at your best, at your desk.

More info: futurehealth.je@gmail.com

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Staying Healthy with Ayurveda

WORDS: Dr Prasanna Kerur, Ayurvedic Consultant/Physician, Ayush Wellness Spa

Winter is perceived by many as a season of dismal cold and gloom and is the season of excess Kapha accumulation according to Ayurveda. This is reflected in our tendency to hibernate at this time. The slow and sluggish winter mornings offer temptation to stay in bed longer, however the more time we spend in the ease and cosiness of our beds, the more we become a target to lethargy, depression and diminished digestion.

Ayurvedic principles focus on managing Kapha during winter by adapting naturally to appropriate food and lifestyle activities counteracting lethargic and depressive phase. Even further, Ayurveda advocates that winter is not a weakening season but actually the best season to improve your immunity.

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Eat Right

Don't skip meals. Eat warm, well

balanced portions of cooked food.

Include plenty of soups made with Mung bean, Adzuki beans, Pumpkin, Carrot, Ginger and Chicken.

Cook with spices – they're not only

great flavour enhancers, they can also help you stay healthy and beautiful.

Use energising herbs and spices like Ginger, Mustard, Cumin seeds, Cardamom, Black Pepper, Basil, Turmeric and Sesame Seeds to boost the digestive fire; and choose healthier alternatives to sweeteners such as Honey.

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Eat pure, fresh foods and stay away from processed foods that contain additives and chemical preservatives.

Drink warm liquids throughout the day. Warming herbal teas containing Ginger, Liquorice, Cardamom, Peppermint or Basil are ideal. Apart from the physical warming properties, this will ensure that we are able to digest and eliminate our food properly and also help prevent catching a cold and cough that all too common during the winter months. Warm water first thing in the morning helps activate the digestive system and chase away the morning chill.

In moderation: Dairy, Cheese, Red

meat, Shell fish, Mushrooms, Alcohol.

Avoid: Late dinners, deep fried food, cold food and beverages.

Pump That Blood

Cold weather draws heat from where it is most needed – our vital organs.

Getting blood out to the periphery of the body can be a slower process resulting in cold hands and feet.

Exercises with repetitious movement will assist in blood circulation and can be easily done sitting in your office chair. Taking a step further, regular vigorous cardio based exercise, such as swimming and yoga will help keep the body's metabolism steady and active.

Homecare Tips

Self massage using Sesame or Almond oil before your bath will keep the body warm and energised.

Use soap free cleansers on the skin

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to protect skin and also use coconut butter as a natural moisturiser. Give your skin lipid support from within by including soaked and blanched almonds, soaked walnuts and ghee (clarified butter) in your diet.

Dress Warmly

Choose natural fibres such as wool or silk for protection. Natural fabrics allow the skin to breathe better. If your skin tends to chafe with wool, try thick cotton. Always dress in layers so you can add or remove layers for comfort. Bundling up too much can cause moisture loss through sweat. Sounds such an obvious thing, but really make sure you're dressed for the weather.

Specialist Treatments

Padaghata: a unique Ayurvedic pressure by foot massage done by

experienced therapists using their feet.

This helps to reduce lethargy, aches and pains and stiffness.

Udvartana: herbal powder massage

helps to kick start the body’s metabolism and improves circulation and leaves you feel invigorated.

Hot Stone Massage: brings warmth

into the muscle tissue by enhancing circulation.

More info about Ayurvedic Treatments: www.ayushspa.com or call: +44 (0) 1534 614 171.

Ayurvedic medicine (also known as Ayurveda) is India's primary healthcare system.

Named after the Sanskrit word meaning ‘science of life’, Ayurveda is a natural holistic form of healing, involving nourishment on every level, including relationships with family, friends, the greater society, and the world. Choices about nourishment are very much linked to other human beings and other life forms; as a result healthy (and unhealthy) decisions are considered to have great impact.

One of the world’s oldest healthcare systems, Ayurveda evolved in India more than 5,000 years ago. It is a natural holistic form of healing, creating harmony between the body, mind, and spirit; the balance of which is said to prevent illness, treat acute conditions, and contribute to a long and healthy life.

It is not a ‘one-size-fits-all’ system, instead, its regimens are tailored to each person's unique Ayurvedic constitution, taking into account his or her needs, and includes nutrition, exercise, personal hygiene, social interaction, and other lifestyle elements.

Daily routines, called dincharya, and seasonal regimens, called ritucharya, are followed; these individualised plans are believed to help users of Ayurveda attain robust physical health, as well as mental and spiritual harmony.

Ayurvedic theory states that all areas of life impact one's health, so it follows that the Vedas cover a wide variety of topics, including health and healthcare techniques, astrology, spirituality, government and politics, art, and human behaviour.

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WHAT’S NEW

Internationally Acclaimed Nutrition Programme Available Locally A nutrition and weight loss programme which avoids calorie counting, preparatory shakes and other dietary fads, has arrived for the first time in the Channel Islands. Pippa Campbell of Reforma has become the only certified coach in both Jersey and Guernsey able to support the Metabolic Balance System, a unique programme which relies on science and responds to your own unique metabolism to improve hormone balance and overall wellbeing.

Pippa 42, with two children and an extensive career in health and fitness, fully understands the pressures of modern family life and how difficult it is to balance the stresses and demands of work and family, while also eating well and taking care of your health. The programme she advocates eschews any faddy or drastic dietary plans and some of the more familiar requirements such as counting calories or taking specially prescribed foods, shakes or pills and instead uses the body’s own natural system to reduce fat and foster wellbeing.

First devised in Germany in 2002, the programme is the brainchild of Dr Wolf Funfack, a nutritionist and food technology engineer who together with his colleagues developed a nutritional system based on an analysis of a person’s unique blood values. The result of more than 25 years’ scientific study, the innovative programme has since been embraced by more than half a million people around the world in 35 countries, including some prominent celebrities in the music and film industries.

How it Works

The Metabolic Balance programme is 100 per cent personalised and actively supports your own bio chemistry and nutritional needs. By following a bespoke plan, a set of simple rules and guided by your metabolic balance coach, you begin to strengthen and

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balance your entire hormonal system and to naturally manage your weight.

Once you embark upon a balanced, all natural system of nutrition, you cause a natural restoration in your body to occur and simultaneously you create a fitter, more energetic individual, where permanent weight loss is a part of that process.

in the Channel Islands.” According to Pippa, some of the improvements that become evident are improved sleep, better physical and psychological wellbeing, and an enhanced immune system. She explained: “By restoring nutritional balance you recreate your body’s natural equilibrium which also makes it easier to cope with the stresses and strains of modern living.”

Pippa would lead you step by step through the “The programme [Pippa] advocates four phases of the process eschews any faddy or drastic dietary and would remain your consultant throughout the plans and some of the more familiar programme, answering requirements such as counting calories your questions, providing or taking specially prescribed foods, advice and support and shakes or pills and instead uses the guiding you through any body’s own natural system to reduce fat change in eating habits that are required. To begin, and foster wellbeing.” a blood sample is analysed by the medical experts at the programme’s laboratories and a The nutritional programme has been customised plan is prepared, which adopted by a number of celebrities is unique to you. It is designed to including most notably singers, Boy minimise hunger or food cravings George and Sam Smith and comedian, since the foods chosen in your plan are James Corden, who have each enjoyed designed to have a positive effect on substantial weight loss; the results of your overall wellbeing. which have been well documented in the media. They were introduced to the The Benefits programme through Amelia Freer, the Pippa told us: “I’ve been fascinated acclaimed London based nutritionist, for some time by the far reaching columnist and best-selling author. The results of this nutrition programme, benefits of the system gained further with its emphasis on science and was acclaim in 2015 when Sam Smith delighted to have the opportunity revealed he had lost 14 Ibs in just two to study in London so that I could weeks and the social media world went become the first certified coach here into a frenzy – largely with admiration!

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What to do Next

Pippa begins the process with an initial consultation when you discuss your objectives and what you hope to achieve from participation. For some it will be led by a desire for permanent weight loss; others may be simply looking for a healthier diet and lifestyle that will promote their overall wellbeing. The programme calls for an investment of £890 – why not give Pippa a call to discuss your options: +44 (0) 7797 728 864.

More info: www.reforma.je

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Career Detox, Anyone?

Long hours, demanding boss, unreachable targets, stress levels sky rocketing, and what was that thing called ‘job satisfaction’ again? Oh, and not nearly enough money to justify any of that stuff… Sound familiar?

Crikey, we hope not – a situation like that ought to have triggered some sort of change way back. You spend the vast majority of your time and lots of your energy in your job, so it better make for a comfortable and happy place to be. Not every day in any job is perfect, there’s always a bit of leeway for tension, a simmer of stress here and there, and no doubt there’ll be times when you’d possibly rather be elsewhere – but overall, your job should bring you satisfaction, or what’s the point?

The thing is, when we’re considering a ‘career detox’; a change in job or profession, or whether we’re embarking on a dream pursuit by turning something we love to do into a business, we need to shift our thinking from ‘enough’s enough’ to ‘OK, enough is plenty’. It’s 2016 and we can all have a bash at turning our career dreams into a reality. What did you want to be when you were a child?

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Pop star, part time zoo keeper or cosmonaut? What were you good at when you were younger? What are you good at now? What did you aspire to be, and who did you aspire to be? Are you that person today …?

The social construct that we should be in one career for a lifetime is a notion of generations past. Especially for millennials; having change in your career ideas and goals is not only socially acceptable, but also encouraged. That being said, if you’re going to shift your ideas of what you want out of your career, be prepared to also shift your expectations. With great change must come perseverance and great dedication. Don’t sell yourself short by convincing yourself that you don’t have the qualifications, experience, or personal drive to try a different role in your pursuit of working at something you love.

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From studying and retraining, to quitting a profession and setting off in an entirely new direction; anything is possible and it’s made all the more doable with the wonderful, World Wide Web. Quite literally there is a world out there that is ready, in fact, more than ready, it’s eager to hear from you, online. You can literally reach the ends of the earth at the touch of a button and if you are creative and have something to sell, then there are thousands of online shops waiting for you to showcase your wares. You could turn your hobby into an income, in an instant. Just take your passion seriously and you’d be surprised at what you can turn into a career. There are online courses that cover a vast array of professions and qualifications and if you’re a self-starter, you could be building your own website as a means to getting yourself out there within a matter of months, if not weeks.

A career detox requires some planning; it might happen upon you like a tidal wave, an epiphany of sorts, whereby you realise what it is you need to be doing. For some, a career detox may have always featured as part of the plan; working in a role which suits you in your twenties may not factor into your life plan in your thirties, forties and beyond and as such, that’s when the ski seasons stop and use of that degree you worked for comes into play.

If you’re feeling burnt out and work is getting you down, it sounds like a career detox is exactly what the doctor ordered? It might turn out that you just need a break, in which case, look into taking some time off. Some organisations allow extended holiday time, and some offer year long ‘sabbatical’ time to travel or study. So take a grown up gap year.

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If you do come to the conclusion though, that a change is necessary and you want to opt for a career detox, here are a few steps you might like to consider: What do you love to do?

What are you good at?

What ignites you?

What do you dislike doing?

What hours do you like to work and in what kind of environment?

Are your hobbies a viable option for income?

Could you earn sufficiently from a new role and where might you need to budget?

You may not be able to define what ignites you … but think about the times when you lose track of what you are doing, because you are in the FLOW. THIS is what ignites you. Discuss your thoughts and findings with those who are closest to you – you’ll probably find their support gives you that extra confidence and there’s no harm in seeking a trust worthy second opinion. Don't let your work stress come to a head without taking control of your ‘career’, it’s not defined by what you started out doing, and it does not define who you are today. Change is possible at any time. You just have to decide what you want that change to be.

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WORDS: Dr Jessica Morrod

Use What You Have to Get What You Want.

There’s a commonly held belief that “what got you here won’t get you there”, heck, there’s even a book with that title! I’m not usually the controversial type but in this case I think there’s something seriously wrong with this statement as it stands or rather how it is often interpreted.

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The idea that you have to do something differently to move forwards isn’t the problem. It’s the implication that you have to let go of what you already have in order to achieve what you want that I wholeheartedly disagree with. I’m all about letting go and showing up but let go of the right things; the things that hold you back, that limit you. What got you here is exactly what will get you where you want to go; you just need the odd reframe and a few minor tweaks.

“Stop Working, Start Living”. You can get your copy here: http://jessicamorrod.com/stopworkingebook

Whatever your driver you will need to change something about what you’ve been doing to get a different result. As Einstein said “No problem can be solved with the same thinking that created it.” So let’s get specific, what needs to change?

A great leader is one who inspires their team. To inspire others you have to let go and show up as you and let your team do the same. Inspire your team and they will look after your customers. It’s a win:win way of being. To kickstart your team transformation I’ve created a FREE ebook “5 ways to get more from you team in 2016”. You can get your copy here: http:// jessicamorrod.com/teammotivationebook

If you want to get the most out of your team it’s time to put the job descriptions aside and focus on the people you employ. It’s too easy to get caught up in what you employed someone to do. You write a job description, shortlist, interview and employ someone who on paper can do that job. But what about the rest of the person?

“It’s well established that most people use around 20% of their skills 80% of the time. It’s a bit like only ever using 20% of your computer or phone battery power – it doesn’t exactly last long or really serve you.

So what’s the solution?”

In the early part of the year, there is always a lot of focus on how to make this ‘my best year yet’. Maybe you’re looking to stop working for someone else and start living your life by becoming self employed? You could already be a business owner, manager or team leader who feels like you could achieve more if only you could get the most out of yourself and your staff ? Either way, the number one thing, the biggest limiting factor to your success is how well you use the skills you already have!

It’s well established that most people use around 20% of their skills 80% of the time. It’s a bit like only ever using 20% of your computer or phone battery power – it doesn’t exactly last long or really serve you. So what’s the solution? How do you use more of the skills you have, to achieve what you want?

Deciding to stop working for someone else and start living your life for you is a big decision. The world of the entrepreneur, the self employed can look shiny, exciting and attractive. In fact it’s all too easy to leave one job and instead of creating freedom, you create an even more full time job! Of course there are all sorts of benefits to doing your own thing, but know what you’re getting into before you start. To get you started I’ve created a FREE ebook

In the end it all comes down to getting clear on a few things. Two of the biggest challenges people face are knowing what they really want and appreciating what they already have. As a race humans are often fantastic at seeing the potential, value, skills, opportunities and possibilities in other people or indeed in other organisations. When it comes to seeing those same things in ourselves or our teams we struggle. It’s like we can’t see past the end of our noses, can’t see the wood for the trees. In truth that’s why I’m in business! To provide the mirrors, the clarity, the focus, the perspective, the inspiration and the structure that helps people be the leaders in their lives and businesses. To help people let go and show up.

So how will you make 2016 your best year in life and business ever … what do you want and need to let go of ?

How will you show up? Get in touch, I’d love to know!

Dr Jessica Morrod is a UKbased coach, speaker, author, creator and educator. She specialises in creating days that change lives focusing on brain, body and business connection. She believes the key to business, life synergy is to find and use your Genius so you can learn to let go and show up!

More info: www.jessicamorrod.com – or contact Jessica at: showup@jessicamorrod.com

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Loving What You Do WORDS: Kate Wright & Sam Duffy

Steve Jobs famously said ‘The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.’

If we can only love what we do we will find the key to personal happiness and probably financial success. Simple … or frustrating?!

It’s all very well for an iconic businessman such as Steve Jobs to tell us we must keep searching until we find what we love to do, but how on earth do we mere mortals work out what this is and make it happen in a way that will actually earn us a living?

Sometimes it is possible to build a career based around our passions.

We know many people who have successfully turned their passion into a business – personal fitness trainers, entrepreneurs, writers, to name a few, however, for many of us, setting up our own business or changing career direction may not be a realistic option right now. In this case, our best option must be to love what we already do.

As coaches, we have come to understand that the key to doing what you love or loving what you do is to understand yourself: What makes you feel happy?; what makes you want to leap out of bed in the morning and get on with the day? If we don’t really understand this, how can we know the right steps to take?

Too often we focus on actions and doing without really considering why we are doing it and if ultimately they are the right things to do.

What we do should come second to understanding who we really want to be. What kind of person do we want to be? How do we want to live our life? If we first understand this, the actions that follow will be the right ones and lead us to the changes we need to make to be happy.

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A Success Story!

Two years later, James is happily working Monday to Thursday as an IT Developer, having completed his training and moved away from IT Support. He also plays gigs with his band at the weekend and, last summer, he went into a studio and achieved his dream of recording an album of his own music.

So after three months soul-searching, he spoke with his old boss openly and honestly about what would make him happy; about the kind of person he really wanted to be in life. He said he wanted: To be more creative and train to become an IT developer To work a compressed week – 5 days in 4 – so he could spend an extra day a week writing and playing music To ideally take a few weeks unpaid leave each year to record music

We love James’ story as it demonstrates how it is absolutely possible to change your life and love your current job – without having to take drastic action. Well, we’d leave out the three months out of work, if at all possible. By simply spending some time really understanding who you want to be, you can identify realistic long term goals and make really positive life changes. A good coach can help you do this.

Take James. A few years ago James decided that after months of feeling unhappy in his IT support role he had no option but to hand in his notice and set up his own business. But if he was really honest with himself, he missed his former colleagues and the buzz of the business.

To James’ enormous surprise, his former boss agreed to his requests.

The company needed a new IT developer and it would be much less risky and less expensive to train James than to recruit someone new.

And in these changing times when no business can afford to close at 5.30pm, the boss could also see how actively encouraging flexible working could work for his business as well as his employees. So the deal was done.

There is also great learning for business managers in James’ story.

Implementing changes and schemes that improve your employees’ happiness at work is simply good for business. As Steve Jobs implied, great work only comes from people who love what they do!

Sam Duffy is a business coach and learning specialist with more than 20 years experience in learning and development. She specialises in coaching leaders and managers for performance, productivity and resilience. You can contact Sam at: sam.duffy@smoothglass.com Kate Wright is an HR Consultant and Business Coach with 19 years of HR experience across a range of industries. She specialises in performance, career and small business coaching.

Kate can be contacted at kate@katewrightconsulting.com

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What is Coaching?

Coaching is a useful way of helping individuals to develop themselves, boost performance and achieve their goals. It can also help deal with issues and challenges before they become major problems.

Career Coaching: Focuses on the individual’s abilities

Different types of Coaching:

Personal or Life Coaching: Provides support to

Executive / Leadership Coaching: Improving the

performance of the most influential people within the organisation leads to improved business results.

Small Business Coaching: Running a small business can be a lonely business. Coaching can help individuals to explore ideas, set goals and make plans to develop their business.

Performance Coaching: Aimed at enhancing an individual’s job performance to increase their effectiveness and productivity at work.

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and aspirations, to identify suitable career options. This leads to increased clarity, personal change and forward action. individuals wishing to make some form of significant change within their personal lives. Coaches help individuals to explore what they want in life and how they might achieve their aspirations and fulfil their needs.

Team Facilitation: Coaching is particularly valuable to teams during times of change, to address improvements needed and help with planning. Coaching a team before a presentation can dramatically improve performance – as well as self confidence.

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Passion and Commitment at Work

WORDS: Peter Slater, Jersey-based Branch Manager, Waitrose Red Houses

High staff morale should be a priority for any business. Jersey-based Branch Manager of Waitrose Red Houses, Peter Slater, examines just what is needed to engender passion and commitment in a workforce.

It is essential that employees feel connected to the company and empowered to help achieve common goals. At Waitrose we place a great deal of important on encouraging our staff to add value to their role and the company as a whole.

The John Lewis Partnership and Waitrose are shining examples of how an employee-owned business helps achieve these aspirations. All 91,000 permanent staff are partners who own the 42 John Lewis shops across the UK, 328 Waitrose supermarkets, catalogue businesses and the online

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businesses (www.johnlewis.com and www.waitrose.com), a production unit and a farm.

An employee-owned business is one in which employees have an ownership stake in the company they work for. This means that the company’s shares are held in trust for the benefit of all employees. The John Lewis Partnership can never be sold and shares are not traded.

The profit is then returned to our shareholders, our partners, who each receive the same percentage of salary as a bonus each March.

The success of the Partnership owes much to the co-ownership values of its founder, John Spedan Lewis, who handed control and ownership over to the employees in two trust settlements in the last century. The first settlement set up the current partnership and enshrined the principles of profit sharing. Financial control of the business was handed over and gave Spedan Lewis the right to be reimbursed for for the ordinary shares he relinquished. In 1950 ultimate control was handed over to a trust that owns the entire partnership for the benefit of all its employees.

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The Partnership is one of a handful of companies to have a written constitution placing the happiness of its partners and worthwhile, satisfying employment at the heart of its successful business. The constitution also sets out the Partnership’s democratic governance system. This includes the direct election of partner representatives to the company’s board and a Partnership Council.

The Partnership Council is made up of partner representatives from across the business. Its role is to hold management to account and to act as a sounding board for employee opinion.

The Partnership reaps the benefits of employee ownership by sharing ‘knowledge, profit and power’.

Partners are more engaged in the business, they know that their opinions matter; they’re able to feed their views to management through the formal democracy bodies, and through the company’s weekly inhouse magazine, and they know that they will be rewarded for their effort.

Waitrose, which has been in business in the Channel Islands for nearly five years, is currently the only employeeowned business locally. With three branches in Jersey and two in Guernsey, the business model gives all branches the opportunity to have their say.

At a local branch level our Partner Voice team consists of a representative and a deputy from each section of the supermarkets and each branch has anywhere between 15 and 20 representatives in total.

The objective of this is to make each regional branch of Waitrose a better place to work for the partners and a better place for customers to shop.

Partner Voice Representatives gather partners’ views and opinions and represent them at regular meetings

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with the manager. This makes the manager accountable for listening to Partner opinions, ideas, suggestions and challenges and ensures that, where possible, their views are reflected in local decisions and local business plans.

“The John Lewis Partnership can never be sold and shares are not traded. The profit is then returned to our shareholders, our partners, who each receive the same percentage of salary as a bonus each March.”

All representatives are voted in by their team. Partners are encouraged to vote for those colleagues who they believe are best suited to represent their views. In the Channel Islands, five partners act as forum representatives who take responsibility for working alongside the manager to understand and resolve common operational and business issues and gather Partner opinion and experience through feedback. This gives partners a sense of ownership over the brand and the decision-making.

In both its constitution and in its day-to-day business, the Partnership’s main purpose is the happiness and wellbeing of its partners; who are committed, passionate, involved and engaged. This dedication, we believe, is clearly seen in the greater levels of customer service from our Partners and all the way through to our commitment to responsible sourcing of our products and our pricing.

The benefits of a healthy, happy workforce cannot be overestimated in the success of any business.

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Creating a Life By Design WORDS: Carey Ann Scott, Arbonne Independent Consultant and Area Manager

They say that one of the best things about being an entrepreneur is getting to do work that makes you happy. As a part-time entrepreneur, I absolutely agree, in fact it’s how I measure the success of my business.

Yes, that’s right; I’m a part-time entrepreneur, who juggles a busy family life alongside my day job as a leverage consultant. Who says you can’t focus on what’s important (in my case, family and health); earn a salary; be the visionary behind your own business; and follow your heart, all at the same time? There are entrepreneurial marketplaces opening up all the time, giving us opportunities like never before and it is easier now than ever to start your own business outside or even alongside salaried employment.

So what exactly are these entrepreneurial marketplaces and how are they building a new wave of everyday entrepreneurs? The earliest and most obvious were e-commerce platforms such as eBay, Amazon and Etsy, where over 90% of sellers are 28

individual traders creating either a primary or additional income stream.

Another is the ‘sharing economy’ where businesses like Uber, AirBnB, Rentmyitems and NearDesk help people share their skills, property and other assets in return for a fee. It may be controversial but it is changing the face of business and driving costs down. So much so that in September 2014 the UK Government launched a review into making the UK the global centre for the sharing economy.

Then there are ‘network marketing’ companies like Arbonne, Stella & Dot, Utility Warehouse and Avon amongst others, that are giving regular people (just like me) an opportunity to build their own home based business.

Network Marketing (NWM) has been around for many years but is often misunderstood, mainly due to the minimal regulations in the very early days but also due to outdated information online. Having been an Independent Consultant with Arbonne for nearly two years with a thriving business, I am proud to be a network marketer and it’s my mission to show people what is possible within this incredible industry.

So what is Network Marketing? And how does it work?

Take Arbonne; a 35 year old Health, Beauty & Wellness company with over 350 products available to purchase online. All products are botanically based and vegan with a strict ingredients policy, resulting in a premium brand with extraordinary results to match. Because the products

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are marketed by consultants rather than via expensive advertising campaigns, and sold online rather than through retail outlets, it saves millions every year. These savings help to keep the product price down and are reinvested into cutting edge product development in state-ofthe-art laboratories in California. It also means generous commissions for consultants when their clients shop online.

Starting a NWM business is extremely low risk in comparison to a traditional business. Think of it as starting a franchise but with very low start up costs (the registration fee is under £50); a ‘business in a box’, if you like. For your registration fee you immediately have your own Arbonne website domain name (your own online shop) and all the training and support you could ever need.

has been removed. Time and financial freedom means something different to everyone, but for me it offers a way to create a life by design rather than by default. This doesn’t happen overnight (nothing meaningful ever does), to make it happen you need to actively create your own opportunities. All you need is an open mind, determination and of course Wi-Fi! In 2014 NWM retail sales volume reached US$182 billion worldwide, with around US$72.8 billion in sales commissions paid to consultants that’s US$200 million paid out every single day to consultants just like me. In the UK alone retail sales rose 10.9% between 2013 and 2014 and show no signs of slowing down.

with their products being shipped directly from their home country.

With today’s ease of worldwide communication via social media and other web platforms it has never been easier to go global and to dream big.

You are where you are today because of the choices you made yesterday.

So if you keep doing what you are doing where will you be in five years?

Instead of asking yourself what if it doesn’t work, ask yourself: what if it does?

More info: www.careyannscott.arbonne.com

As well as commissions on sales, consultants earn an override on team sales. This means that I can only be successful by helping others find success too, and I can tell you that feels great! In NWM if you genuinely have other people’s best interests at heart then it will only lead to great things for you. It is one of the fairest, most ethical business models because there is room at the top for absolutely everyone who is willing to put the effort in.

Entrepreneurs will have already spotted the major advantage of a NWM business over traditional employment (where you trade your time for money). In NWM you can earn a recurring income from commissions and overrides even when you are not involved in the transaction. Over time this income can build substantially and it is this time leverage that can create real time and financial freedom because the association between time and money

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Arbonne is currently in the USA, Canada, Australia, UK and Poland with Taiwan to follow later this year and then poised to launch into a new country each year thereafter. The reality of this means that, from my mobile and lap top in Jersey, I can introduce clients and consultants to Arbonne from any of these countries

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How Mindfulness Will Turbocharge Your Career WORDS: Dr Travis Bradberry

Mindfulness is an increasingly popular notion in the workplace, with companies such as Apple, Yahoo, Starbucks, and Google using it to their benefit. Google, for example, offers employees a 19hour course on the subject, which is so popular that thousands of Googlers take it each year.

So what exactly is mindfulness? Mindfulness

is a simple yet effective form of meditation that enables you to gain control of unruly thoughts and behaviours. People who practice mindfulness are more focused, even when they are not meditating.

Mindfulness is an excellent technique to reduce stress because it stops you from feeling out of control, stops you from jumping from one thought to the next, and stops you from ruminating on negative thoughts.

Overall, it’s a great way to make it through your busy day in a calm and productive manner.

Ellen Langer, a Harvard University psychologist who studies mindfulness, described it this way: “Mindfulness is the process of actively noticing new things. When you do that, it puts you in the present. It makes you more sensitive to context and perspective.

It’s the essence of engagement. And it’s energy-begetting, not energy consuming. The mistake most people make is to assume it’s stressful and exhausting—all this thinking. But what’s stressful is all the mindless negative evaluations we make and the worry that we’ll find problems and not be able to solve them.”

And why is mindfulness becoming so popular in the workplace? While the

benefits of mindfulness are many, perhaps the most important reason

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that companies such as Google are sold on it is its ability to directly improve performance. Langer has conducted a host of studies that show that practicing mindfulness improves your performance on all types of tasks.

Still, the mindfulness movement isn’t all about performance; there are a number of other important reasons why companies are making mindfulness a priority. Five of these reasons follow; all great illustrations of why we should all be using mindfulness to our benefit.

Mindfulness is the ultimate stress-reliever. Stress is more

than a performance killer; it’s a people killer. According to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly two-thirds of all hospital visits are for stress-related problems, and 75% of health-care expenses are stress related. Stress can cause high blood pressure, autoimmune diseases, cancer, heart disease, insomnia, depression, anxiety, and more. Mindfulness is a great stress reliever because it takes you out of fight-or-flight mode and brings you into a relaxed state of mental clarity and calm.

Mindfulness improves your ability to focus. Mindfulness

improves your ability to focus on one thing at a time. This focus carries over into everything you do. Mindfulness teaches you to avoid distractions

and bring a heightened level of concentration to your work. While you may have fallen prey to multitasking in the past, mindfulness will help you to kick this nasty, productivity-killing habit. A focused mind is a productive mind.

Mindfulness boosts your creativity. Creativity hinges

on your mental state. Mindfulness helps you to get into a creative frame of mind by defeating the negative thoughts that stifle creative thinking and self-expression. The fact that mindfulness focuses on “the now” helps you to think freely and creatively.

Mindfulness improves your emotional intelligence.

Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the “something” in each of us that is a bit intangible. It affects how we manage behaviour, navigate social complexities, and make personal decisions that achieve positive results.

EQ is your ability to recognise and understand emotions in yourself and others and to use this awareness to manage your behaviour and relationships.

Decades of research now point to EQ as the critical factor that sets star performers apart from the rest of the pack. It’s a powerful way to focus your energy in one direction with tremendous results. TalentSmart tested EQ alongside 33 other

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important workplace skills and found that EQ is the strongest predictor of performance, explaining a full 58% of success in all types of jobs. Of all the people we’ve studied at work, we've found that 90% of top performers are also high in EQ. The heightened awareness that exists in a mindful state allows you to more clearly feel, label, and understand

your emotions. This turbocharges your emotional intelligence because it greatly increases your self-awareness, which is the foundation of a high EQ.

50% more often than those who didn’t. There’s something about feeling present and calm that brings out the best in people.

Mindfulness makes you a better person. A Harvard study

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found strong connections between mindfulness and prosocial behaviour.

Subjects who meditated showed compassion and kindness to others

Mindfulness can improve your performance now as well as your capacity to perform in the future.

Give it a try, and you’ll be surprised where it takes you.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Dr. Travis Bradberry is the award-winning co-author of the #1 bestselling book, Emotional Intelligence 2.0. and cofounder of TalentSmart. He has written for, or been covered by, Newsweek, TIME, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Harvard Business Review.

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Recharge Your People. Ignite Your Business.

WORDS: Beverley Le Cuirot, Founder & Director, WellBeing At Work

Over the last few years, the forces that have shaped the business world have included recession, austerity, technology, uncertainty, new business models, demographic change, and of course the never-ending need to innovate, increase sales and manage risk. Amid all of this, a new imperative is now rising to the top of the CEO’s challenges – wellbeing.

Evidence shows a clear correlation between increased productivity and an investment in employee health and wellbeing – which is why wellbeing is fast becoming the next big thing for leaders in 2016. A passion is growing in the minds of many forward-thinking leaders as to how best to introduce or how to improve an existing wellbeing programme and how to demonstrate its impact on the bottom line – are you one of them?

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The trends are easy to see. A ‘perfect storm’ combination of factors is changing every aspect of our lives, mostly to the long-term detriment of our health and ability to perform; the still-increasing reliance on processed foods, sugar, and the desire for fastfoods and instant gratification have fundamentally changed the nation’s diet. As a result, adult obesity is climbing at an alarming rate. Add to this our sedentary lifestyles; together

with our 24x7 enabling technology putting us in a permanent mental state of ‘on’.

For business, wellbeing is without doubt the new challenge. Chief Executives not only have a moral obligation to look after the wellbeing of their employees, but it is increasingly clear that they will gain a sustainable business advantage by putting wellbeing at the core of

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their strategy. The good news is that, like other challenges, as the issues develop, so do the solutions.

WellBeing At Work has been working with organisations since 2011 (and myself before that), developing their strategies and supporting them in their journey to successful results, with internationally acclaimed programmes, recognised by colleagues and winning an Award or two along the way.

simple; programmes focussed on the key factors influencing engagement (via employee wellbeing) will be a win-win for both employers and employees. But simply having a programme in place is not enough.

To be truly successful, senior leadership needs to embrace the programme and develop and promote the idea of a culture of wellbeing throughout the organisation. Business

To change the problem you have to change the habit. Better habits replenish people, and they in turn will ignite your business. Our WellBeing At Work practitioners know how to do it; they’ve been driving behaviour change for years. There is substantial evidence that links daily lifestyle habits with long-term health and productivity outcomes, and that is what the WellBeing At Work experience is based on.

So where to start.

The idea of corporate wellbeing is evolving. More and more we are seeing wellbeing strategies implemented, organisations are developing a culture of health and wellbeing by integrating health, wealth and career development into wellbeing programmes. There is also an increasing trend to extending programmes to the families of employees.

Encouraging to see; it is recognised by more and more employers that an investment in employee wellbeing is just that; a sound investment of time and money. In the past, the business case for wellness has traditionally focussed on reducing absence, increasing productivity and lowering benefit cost for employers.

The HR Review Global Wellness Survey has showed that, whilst these remain important areas, the number one reason for implementing a wellness or wellbeing strategy is and should be to increase employee engagement. It is also reported that organisations that enjoy engagement scores in the top quartile report twice the net profit to those in the bottom quartile. The conclusion then is

leaders who demonstrate a sincere interest in the health and wellbeing of their employees are also the most effective in engaging their employees.

As with all aspects of good leadership, without this ‘top down’ approach, employees will view the programme with a degree of cynicism, defeating its goal of increasing the level of engagement.

It is also vital to fully understand the workforce; to know what is important to them, what they consider crucial to support their wellbeing. Very often clients think they know what their employees want or need, and very often as a result, we hear that their wellness programmes are not successful, or as successful as they could be.

To meet the demands of business, organisations need employees that are productive and engaged, therefore whether it is called wellbeing or wellness is immaterial. What is important is that organisations are working towards an integrated approach to the physical, mental and financial aspects of employee wellbeing, which is valued by the majority of employees, both in and out of the workplace.

More info: www.wellbeingworld.je/wellbeing-at-work or contact: beverley@wellbeingworld.je

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Keeping Health and WellBeing on Track WORDS: Beverley Le Cuirot, Founder & CEO, WellBeing At Work

Fitness wearables are increasingly being integrated into corporate wellness programmes as they have been widely shown to motivate employees to be more active and track their sleep patterns – both of which can lead to increased wellbeing and improved productivity.

In the workplace, wearables create a sense of community and can be used for fun team challenges, which helps to reinforce positive behaviour change. They are also on the up; the latest HR Review Global Wellness Survey shows that workplace challenges and gamification increased in popularity from 41% in 2009 to 54% in 2014.

There are new devices available on the market all of the time. Indeed, if you haven’t ripped the tags off your latest tracker, stop right there. A new kid in town has just been announced, and it might be worth the wait.

According to Shape magazine, Fitbit just raised the bar with their latest device: the Fitbit Blaze. This touchscreen smart fitness watch rivals the Apple Watch in design and functionality, and comes with a price tag of just £159.99 on pre-order.

The Blaze boasts continuous heart rate and activity tracking, sleep tracking, automatic exercise

recognition, smartphone notifications, music control, wireless syncing, and on-screen workouts using FitStar (the training app that Fitbit acquired earlier this year). You can even map running or biking routes and see realtime stats (like pace and distance) by connecting to your phone's GPS if it's nearby. And, of course, you can link with friends and family, track food and weight, and earn badges in the Fitbit app, as with their other trackers.

And it gets better. In the coming weeks, our very own Wellbeing Zone is scheduled to integrate with leading trackers Fitbit and Strava, so users can see their activity and sleep pattern data directly in their online logbook. Further integrations with other leading wearables will follow. This means that employees will be able to use their own wearable tracking device whilst using the Wellbeing Zone, our employer-provided online wellbeing resource which creates a centralised

hub (intranet) for all wellbeing activities within your organisation.

Individual personal information remains confidential at all times – whilst aggregated info provides valuable data about the wellness of the organisation as a whole. It also provides a central resource and communications facility; one of the five key elements of a successful culture of wellbeing.

It’s simple and it builds good lifestyle habits through personalisation, tracking, positive feedback, education, rewards, and fun, too. Our clients love it. They come back to it day after day, which is key to creating good habits. It’s personalised, it’s easy to use, it’s with them on the go, and they’re using it to create meaningful connections with colleagues.

More info: beverley@wellbeingworld.je

“In the coming weeks, our very own Wellbeing Zone is scheduled to integrate with leading trackers Fitbit and Strava, so users can see their activity and sleep pattern data directly in their online logbook.”

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Have you got FOBO - Fear Of Being Offline?

WORDS: Lucy Sanderson

Yes, it’s now a recognised ‘issue’; FOBO effects over 70% of the population (predominantly teens and young adults) and apparently, these very same digital devotees are only able to go without being online for up to ten minutes, anything after that means – FOBO time (fear of being offline).

The thing is, our young people are super tech when it comes to communication and cyber socialising, they’re rarely apart from their phones, iPads are a breeze by age 2 and as our tweens turn to teens, they’ve lived their whole life online, with devices as sort of appendages …

Once upon a time, kids would pass notes around to friends, now they text or WhatsApp each other. The house phone used to be the hub of all arrangements, now everything is done on mobiles. Pictures and photos used to adorn teen bedroom walls the world over, now images are displayed over social media across Instagram and Facebook. We’ve gotten used to a minute by minute lifestyle online and to unplug for but a moment could lead to missing out ... On what? What’s with the fear of being offline? FOBO, the digital version of the banded about, FOMO - fear of missing out, is an actual issue and with actual issues come the need for

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actual remedies. So, what can be done about FOBO? Our digital advancement brings with it a wave of convenience; ways with which to save time and energy. But it also attests to many a whiled away hour, procrastinating and checking in online. The idea behind platforms such as social media, is to enable better communication – most people claim to use things like Facebook to keep track of friends and stay in touch with family, but studies show that in fact, the vast majority of people using Facebook are chatting to people they see on a regular basis via social media as well as on the

phone or in person. Everything has been reshaped by technology; ever changing, ever growing – as such, our reaction to the behaviours attributed to technology is varied, most likely depending on what age you are. A large number of teens and young people say that they’d rather stay connected online over actually hanging out, they’re online the whole time they’re awake – the millennial generation in constantly switched on.

No wonder there’s a mild panic when sluggish buffering and lack of WIFI slows down the flow of information, messaging or images – but we need to quell the panic and put FOBO in its place.

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A Gallup poll confirmed that 81% of people keep their phones with them almost all the time and 63% while they are sleeping and 60% check emails regularly while on holidays. According to a recent Facebook study, ‘Coming of Age Onscreen’, 70% of girls and boys aged 13-

24, need to check their phones wherever they are. “To come of age today is to be constantly connected, to move seamlessly across platforms and devices … Today, teens and young adults carefully craft their image online. And most of all, they want to connect with an ever-expanding world.”

What are the signs and how do we face our FOBO?

• The first thing you do when you enter a place is find out the WIFI password • If somewhere doesn’t have WIFI, the likelihood is that you won’t go there • You avoid places which are out of reach of a good signal or WIFI • You check your phone as second nature - at least every 15/20 minutes • You carry a charger around - nothing worse than the dreaded 1% battery warning!

• You keep your phone beside you when you sleep • You go online right before you go to sleep and as soon as you wake up • You treat your phone like a friend - it’s not your friend and Siri isn’t real (just saying) • You’re more likely to have your face in your phone over chatting in real time with real people…

Wherever there is modernity, there is a label or a name for some related issue or ailment caused by culture change. So, alongside FOBO, we have dubbed phone addicts as having nomophobia – this really is an actual thing; people who claim to suffer from phone separation anxiety, or PSA are now known as nomophobes. Has there ever been anything that sounded quite so absurd? These labels are banded about as a reaction to the addictive nature of kids and technology. Although it is undoubtedly important to recognise any tendency for dependency on technology, our kids need to stay ahead of the game with tech as their future will be digital. But if you feel like your kids are getting a bit ‘FOBO’ how about trying out Well Being World’s very own acronym - we say, fight FOBO with SOGO … Switch off, go outside. It’s really as simple as that.

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Living Love from the Inside Out WORDS: Douglas Ruark

Over the course of my life, love has gone from a feeling I knew very little about, to becoming one of the most important feelings to me, along with being grateful and compassionate. I now know that love has no limits and continues to grow stronger within me every day.

When I was growing up love and affection were never shown, and I can’t recall a time I ever heard the word love mentioned. I never heard “I love you” from either of my parents and it all seemed normal to me. At the time I didn’t know it, but when I think about it now, I associated love with being perfect and saying the right thing, getting good grades, not getting into trouble and attending school even when sick to have perfect

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attendance. It meant only speaking when spoken to, volunteering to do all the chores, and never fighting back when I was getting punished because I felt it was what I deserved. That was love to me.

In my younger years I was considered underweight for my age, and was diagnosed with an ulcer probably as a result of always trying to be perfect and doing what I thought was right.

As I entered my early teens and was told by my parents to get a job, I began to associate love with money and what it could buy for my family. I even paid rent once I started working, to live in my own bedroom. My focus around love was always what could be done for others, and I continued to think this way throughout most of my adult life.

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A few years ago, a colleague at work gave me a book from Don Miguel Ruiz called “The Four Agreements.” I remember feeling really uncomfortable as I was reading it and not sure why.

I decided to read it again. This time I realised the agreement that was making me uncomfortable was the one about being impeccable with your word. Initially, I thought this only pertained to how I was speaking to everyone around me, but then it became clear it was also how I was speaking to myself.

It was recommended that I start paying attention to my thoughts, beliefs, and feelings about myself.

I decided it would be a good idea to write them down. I had gone through years of abuse and being bullied growing up, but the words said to me during that time didn’t come close to the horrible and nasty things I said to myself. My thoughts and feelings about myself were that I was not enough and never would be. I thought I was ugly, that if you passed me on the street and smiled, you were laughing at me. I didn’t matter. I felt people were around me only for what I could do for them, that I was stupid and would never amount to anything because I didn’t have a college degree. I believed what I had to say wasn’t important.

About Douglas

Douglas hails from San Francisco.

His own moving story of Life After Breakdown which featured in our Winter 2014/15 edition rang bells with many of our readers. And so it is our pleasure to include what

I can't recall exactly how it happened, but around the same time I was introduced to mirror work recommended by Louise Hay. I decided to give it a go. At first it was uncomfortable to say, “I love you” to a mirror. I couldn’t even look into my eyes. I thought it was stupid. But I kept at it and I soon came to realise that love was an inside job, something I had to choose for myself every day.

I’ve now come to understand that I have to love myself first and that means choosing every day to be the best for myself; to trust my inner voice over the noise of the outside world wanting me to fit in; to be authentic and to speak my truth with kindness and compassion for what is best for me; to believe in my purpose and to live with joy and happiness;

we hope will be the next of many articles from our ‘Man in San Fran’.

Douglas has extensive background in personal development work and was a highly in-demand certified personal trainer coaching clients one-to-one for many years. He now

to know that I do makes a difference, and that life loves me exactly the same as everyone else.

Loving myself is honouring all of my feelings, forgiving others, and myself, and honouring my body with exercise and eating the right foods for nourishment.

Love is about taking full responsibility for my own life.

Love is a deep gratitude.

Love is a commitment to growth.

Love is forgiveness.

Love is something I choose every morning and allow it to guide me with every step I take.

Love is being kind and compassionate to others.

Love is life and has now become everything I understand.

offers his extensive knowledge to help his clients in Life Coaching.

He is known for his kindness, compassion and warm smile; and easily builds connection and understanding with his many friends and colleagues around the world.

Follow him at: www.douglasruark.com or at: www.facebook.com/MyWishForYouToday

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Supporting Employees on their Path to Recovery WORDS: Lee Bennett & Jane Holmshaw, Wellbeing Practitioners at Jersey Employment Trust

Improving mental health and treating mental illness are now recognised as major public health challenges for Jersey. Once a taboo and misunderstood subject, mental wellbeing is at the top on the political agenda, as the Island realises that relative financial prosperity does not equate to mental good health – indeed, our fast-paced lives and reliance on technology can aggravate things further.

One in four of us will experience a mental health problem at some point in our lifetimes and more people in Jersey than ever before are now receiving treatment, although part of the reason for this is that awareness and understanding of mental ill health has grown in recent times.

The States launched a Mental Health Strategy last November which sets out a pathway to improve the Island’s mental health and the Jersey Employment Trust will play a leading role in its implementation.

2013, and in a recent survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, 40% of participants noticed an increase in stress-related absence and mental health problems in the past year.

Part of it will be educating employers and ensuring that they have the tools to look after the mental wellbeing of their employees. It makes good business sense: looking at recent UK figures, the number of days lost to stress, depression and anxiety increased by a quarter between 2009 and

In an age of connected technology 24/7, phone alerts, texts, emails, status updates, posts and tweets, during and outside working hours, employees increasingly feel unable to switch off.

The concept of the ‘working holiday’ has entered the modern vernacular, due to the availability of remote working coupled with job insecurity fears.

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The Jersey Employment Trust is evolving to reflect this changing world. It is why our biennial conference, held last October, focused on ‘Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace’ and our keynote speaker, former professional footballer Clarke Carlisle, inspired the audience with his own powerful testimony.

At the conference, delegates – most of them employers – broke up into workshops to devise ways of improving mental wellness.

Afterwards, JET chose the best ones to create ‘Top Ten Tips for Promoting a Healthy Workplace’.

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They are:

Organisation Change

1. Effective policies and procedures with the use of relevant agencies.

2. A culture which supports diversity and wellbeing e.g. promoting physical exercise, healthy diet and an active social programme.

3. Strong senior leadership who ‘walk the walk and don’t just talk the talk’.

4. Focus on prevention rather than cure, e.g. flexible working arrangements, effective organisational planning to reduce stress, use of mentors and having guidance for line managers.

Communication

5. The importance of knowing your staff and signposting to appropriate support when needed.

6. Empowering people to communicate – Let’s talk!

7. A trusting relationship between employer and employee.

Increasing Awareness

8. Having mental health first aiders within the organisation.

9. Having positive role models/ champions of mental health issues.

10. Completing a cost-benefit analysis of long-term benefits of employing/retaining employees with mental health issues.

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The Top Ten Tips are useful and employers should reflect on them but, for JET, it is far from the end of the journey. We have successfully placed hundreds of Islanders who have experienced, or are experiencing, a mental health condition into work. We might bemoan work at times – we all do – but research has consistently shown that meaningful employment has a positive contribution to our wellbeing.

Because there is still a stigma surrounding mental illness, many employers don’t know how to deal with it when it affects their staff. Our clear message is that it makes a lot of sense to support staff on their path to recovery – not only is retaining staff more cost effective but also workplaces should reflect the diversity of our community as a whole.

Employers should do all they can to reduce negative stress – and our Top Ten Tips is a good start-point – and deal with mental illness effectively when it arrives. Remember, it is more likely to be ‘when’ than ‘if ’.

But help is at hand. Almost 200 Islanders found work through JET in 2015 and our support doesn’t stop at job-seeking – we work closely with employers and clients to build strong and lasting relationships.

We also offer bespoke workshops though our training and consultancy service, Workforce Solutions, to give employers the tools to identify the early warning signs, have the appropriate conversations using the right language, and then plan for a mutually beneficial outcome.

It promises to be a busy year for JET, especially as the Mental Health Strategy is implemented, but it will be a fruitful one. Improving mental health practices is not only good for business, it is also good for the Island as a whole.

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Outgoing but Anxious?

Over-thinking all over the place.

WORDS: Lucy Sanderson

Are you gregarious and outgoing, seemingly bursting with confidence and regularly referred to as, ‘the life and soul of the party’ by your friends, family and peers? But are you all of those things and still teaming with anxiety? Do you over-think things and worry unnecessarily? If so, then do read on …

It’s actually not unusual for outgoing folk to feel highly strung or anxious; irrespective of the company you keep, the contentment you have surrounding you, the places you go to or the day you’re having – sometimes it’s the most apparently confident people who suffer from the worst kind of over-thinking … And, I am one of them.

Even as I confidently type this article, I am over-thinking practically everything – am I revealing too much about myself, will it help others, am I making it all up, is my writing any good at all … etc, etc. An impulsive inner monologue which has been busy chatting non-stop for the past 36 years; a perpetual stream of consciousness that gushes endless thoughts and musings. Sometimes though, over-thinking has served me

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very well indeed. At times, I relish and revel in the extensive thought processes and determinations of those thoughts.

Conversation is often busy, full of ideas and solutions, bustling with tangents and twists and turns – never a dull moment. Only a handful of friends can be bothered to keep up with the spaghetti junction chitter chatter when the anxiousness drives my thoughts, and round and round we go as the over-thinking takes control … Sound at all familiar? (Or is it just me?).

Being the life and soul can also bring with it, maxed out energy and/ or proneness to mind-numbingly introspective thoughts and an inadvertent ability to question just about everything (not just

once either, each question brings forth another, and so on). Being overwhelmed by both good and bad scenarios is a precondition of the over-thinker; for instance, even the smallest gesture can totally spin your head one way or another.

I can’t help but think. It therefore has to be something that I retain a degree of control over.

Writing things down is very important to me, sometimes a manic sort of thought drive will throw up all manner of ideas and notions, solutions and creative cerebrations, but give it a day or so and on later reflection, some ideas are literally just trash. It’s a case of whittling out the good ones to work on and consider, whilst allowing the other (sometimes hair brain) schemes to disappear. Constant brain storming and trouble shooting – you’d think I’d be more organised.

When over-thinking makes you anxious, it’s time to recognise the issue and try and deal with it. Often

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it’s certain circumstances or particular people that bring about a slight urge to second guess and then feel anxious.

Outgoing behaviour is sometimes a complete cover story to feelings beneath the exuberant conversation and energy – fuelled by anxiety and that turbine of thought. Most recently, and having written extensively in WellBeing World about meditation, it is something that I am beginning to practice in order to find the time to bring the inner monologue down to a bit of a whisper – and to tune in to some inner silence. By regularly taking this time out, the times of anxiously over-thinking are becoming more manageable – by understanding yourself and giving yourself an opportunity to reset, recharge and reconnect, the noise can become more of a song than a cacophony. I wish I’d settled down into meditation years ago …

Over-thinkers might perhaps consider turning off notifications on their phones, it is also important for over-thinkers to say, ‘no’ more often than they do. There really are only 24 hours in a day and only 7 days in a week, I’m no mathematician by any stretch of the busy imagination, but I calculate that rest and down time should sway in balance with work and busying about. It’s not necessary to keep up with everyone’s news either – so, someone has eaten a muffin they made, and someone else tagged you in their cover photo – who cares.

Switch off.

I’m writing this from my own experience and of course, everyone is different … But if you find yourself feeling fraught with worry whilst you engage merrily in conversation with a captivated crowd – stop and think this, it’s likely that half the faces looking at you are feeling the same way.

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Tips to quell over-thinking: Meditation Plenty of rest and sleep Calm down on the caffeine Slow the flow of sugary food - keep food habits healthy Write things down Switch off notifications on devices and keep volume low on your phone Read – books can absorb your thoughts in a much deeper way than TV Turn the TV off and don't get sucked into the news for more than half an hour Find a ‘zen’ activity – mine’s cooking and feeding friends … Anything you find cathartic.

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Wake Up and Get Off the ‘Someday Island’ WORDS: Matt Mayberry, CEO, Matt Mayberry Enterprises

There are plenty of differences between high achievers and everyone else, but I think there is one that really solidifies the gap between the two. That one difference is that high achievers don’t live on the ‘Someday Island’. They are living on the ‘Now Island’ and are fully creating their own circumstances in life rather than going along with what has been presented to them.

It's disheartening when I meet men and women from all different walks of life and of wide ages who have already died inside, but just haven’t made it official yet. To hear them talking about their glory days 10 and 20 years ago while having no new hope or dreams for the future is totally depressing. The reason why it’s so depressing is because that same person has the power and ability to live their best life right this moment -- now -- and totally redirect where his or her life is headed.

The major reason why this becomes the point of quiet desperation for many people is because of their habit of putting important things off and living in a world of ‘someday’. If you don’t believe me, try it for yourself. The next time you are having a conversation with a family

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member or close friend, ask them what they want out of life. I can almost guarantee you that his or her response will be, “Someday, I want to lose 20 pounds and have that dream body I always wanted …” or, “I would love to someday be in business for myself and become the entrepreneur that I’ve always envisioned ...”

What has happened is that living on the ‘Someday Island’ is the new norm for many people. If you aren’t living the life that you wholeheartedly love and desire, you can change it. Don’t shut off your ability to hope and dream about the future. Right this moment can be a new beginning for you. Think about it. What would you love to do? What is your lifelong dream?

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Get off the ‘Someday Island’ and put that new idea into action for yourself, now. Start that business that you have been contemplating for the past 20 years. Start working and developing that new course or product that your organization has wanted to roll out into the marketplace. Start being the person that you always wanted to be.

The fact is that you have very little to lose by going after what you desire compared to letting those same passionate things die inside of you and never unleashing them out into the world.

At the end of your life, you will ask yourself if you truly lived a purposedriven life. Whatever that ‘thing’ may be for you, get off the ‘Someday Island’. Position yourself on the ‘Now Island’ and get busy. Your life is worth way more than living in the past or ruminating over broken dreams and wishes. It doesn’t matter if you are 25

years old or 75 years old, you have a magnificent and wonderful life ahead of you now.

“What has happened is that living on the ‘Someday Island’ is the new norm for many people. If you aren’t living the life that you wholeheartedly love and desire, you can change it.”

One of the best decisions you can make in both your personal and professional lives is to get in the habit of living now. Take massive action and go for what you deeply desire.

Full steam ahead.

About the Author:

Matt Mayberry is a former NFL linebacker for the Chicago Bears and currently one of the most read columnists for Entrepreneur Magazine. He is an acclaimed keynote speaker, consultant and peak performance strategist. As the CEO of Matt Mayberry Enterprises, a training and consulting company, he specialises in maximizing the performance of individuals and organizations all over the world.

His clients include major corporations, Fortune 500 companies, NFL and NBA teams, government, civic

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and non-profit organizations, professional associations, hospitals, and universities.

Matt currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. His personal interests include sports, fitness, golf, reading, the arts, spirituality, and spending time with his family and friends.

His first book, The Gift of Failure, is planned for release in 2016. He also writes for FastCompany.com – and now for WellBeing World, too!

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WORDS: Faith Canter

Like most people working within the holistic world I have lived through some taxing times, times that I never thought I’d climb out of and sometimes where I almost gave up. But somewhere deep down I knew, I knew this wasn’t the life I came here to live.

We come to learn, to grow, to evolve and to help others and the planet, to do the same.

This belief, although I doubted it at times was always there in the back of my mind, pushing me on. Surely waking up ill each day (as I was) with CFS/ME and various other health ailments isn’t life, but how do you change it?

In a bid to become well again I read every bit of research and every recovery story I could get my hands on, not just about recovering from CFS/ME, but a whole host of other things.

It was during this time that I realised I had become very toxic in body and mind and this

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was preventing me living a healthy, happy and harmonious life. I set about detoxing my life and was soon showing others how to do the same. I realised that by detoxing our own lives we were then helping the planet to detox and heal as well.

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I started meditating, using EFT/Tapping, gratitude, adjusting the way I reacted and spoke to others and myself, changed my eating habits, introduced fermented and raw foods, swapped chemical cleaners, skin and hair products for natural ones you name it I was detoxing it. I detoxed my thoughts, feelings, body, home and environment. Within a short time my health started returning to me. I started to see life in its wonderful, amazing glory and started to see all that had come before was meant to be and was part of my path to where I am now. Many people don’t believe me, but I am glad for getting ME/CFS, because without hitting rock bottom I might never have known how to climb out of that hole, or that I was even in a hole, and I wouldn’t be helping others now either. I realised I wasn’t really living before, I was just surviving!

Living less toxically doesn’t have to be taxing, expensive or hard work in any way.

Simply meditating every day helps heal toxic thought patterns. Adding a few fermented foods or drinking more water is enough to start detoxing the body.

Then changing chemically based cleaning products for natural ones helps detox your home, thus your body and this beautiful planet at the same time! Little changes make a big difference and they can be so much fun. It costs pennies to make most natural cleaning products or even your own perfumes and cosmetics and because it’s all natural it’s also safe for the whole family to get involved in making.

The more you detox mind, body and home the more you’ll notice your health and love of life returning. Not only does this raise your own vibration but you then become part of raising the vibration of the planet as well.

“Within a short time my health started returning to me. I started to see life in its wonderful, amazing glory and started to see all that had come before was meant to be and was part of my path to where I am now.”

Detoxing the mind allows us to connect back in with ourselves, each other and nature, which is fundamental to great health and wellbeing, not just for us but for the World as a whole. We live in a more harmonious, loving and conscious way. We then make better choices to nourish ourselves and look after our environment, as we understand the importance of every single thing that makes up this beautiful World.

So you see, we are never just detoxing for ourselves, we are doing it for our people and our planet as well!

Faith is an author, health wellbeing coach, therapist, nutritional consultant, food intolerance specialist, raw food and fermenting expert, environmentalist, traveller, wife, mother to three fur-babies and all round lover of life.

Things weren’t always this way though. She suffered for many years from insomnia, IBS, food intolerances, headaches, fatigue and depression, and after contracting a very bad stomach bug in India, she contracted glandular fever. This turned into ME/CFS and she became very unwell, very quickly. She now understands that adrenal fatigue meant she had nothing left to fight with.

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Today, she has not only recovered from ME/CFS and all of her previous ailments, she says she ‘feels more alive, well and happy than she ever thought possible’. She recovered by using a whole life approach, addressing the toxicity of her mind, body, home and her overall environment. Faith now devotes her time to supporting other people along their path to getting their lives back too. Her book Living a Life Less Toxic is available on Amazon.

More info: www.faithcanter.com

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Light, Swift, Responsive and Respectful Chiropractic - The McTimoney Way

Chiropractic is as diverse a profession as it is remarkably effective in successfully treating a wide range of bio-mechanical conditions naturally by hand without drugs. It is a profession which has evolved over the past 100 years developing its education, refining its philosophy and enhancing many different techniques in the process.

McTimoney Method is one such technique discovered by John McTimoney over 60 years ago, which many people seeking a slightly more gentle and holistic approach often come to adopt. Since as far back as 1895 patients have benefitted from Chiropractic care, and in 1994 it became a registered and regulated profession which is now overseen by the General Chiropractic Council.

McTimoney Method utilises light, swift, responsive and respectful adjustments which encourage your body to align itself naturally. It is a technique which is adaptable to all ages, from children, pregnant mothers to the elderly. A practitioner of the McTimoney Method uses a series of rapid yet highly specific and graceful manipulative hand movements to restore and maintain mobility and function within the joints of the spine and/or extremities. The goal is to enable the body to move and function at its optimum, and as a whole again. The McTimoney Method is distinguished from other techniques in Chiropractic by its

holistic approach in treating the body as a whole. The approach is based on the view that discomfort and/or pain in one part of the body is often linked to dysfunction elsewhere in the musculoskeletal system.

Jason Donaldson is one of only three Chiropractors in Jersey trained in the McTimoney Method.

As a Chiropractor at the Jersey Chiropractic Centre he is proud to have helped many patients find relief from their pain, stiffness and other symptoms. However, he is always surprised at how many people and patients still do not realise that Chiropractors do not just treat backs ... Chiropractic is an effective form of therapy to resolve not only a multitude of joint and muscle problems in the spine, but also in the extremities. It has benefitted millions of people, celebrities, and athletes the world over (including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiger Woods, and many more) who suffer from injuries ranging from Sports & Repetitive Strain Injuries, Whiplash to Frozen Shoulder.

You’ll find the Jersey Chiropractic Centre at The Wellness Centre (Castle Quay); here Jason works with a team of Chiropractors, Massage Therapists, a Sports Therapist and others who work together to help clients and patients obtain their holistic health and wellbeing goals.

In addition all treatments may be enhanced utilising the Float SPA (Floatation / Sensory Deprivation Pod), which is the only one of its kind in the UK. Floatation Therapy can enhance Chiropractic care by creating a weightless and sensory deprived environment utilising warm water saturated with over 500kg of Epsom Salts. Due to the anti-inflammatory properties of concentrated Epsom Salts the Float SPA’s unique environment allows one’s body to recharge and repair at a much faster rate.

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With winter’s colder days and nights many of us will have started to experience aches and pains after long days in the office or workplace. Often at this time of year many people who suffer from mild arthritic pain begin to feel discomfort and as such begin to seek out a way to feel more mobile and less uncomfortable.

More and more people these days see their Chiropractor as a way of keeping themselves not only ‘pain free and flexible’, but more healthy in general; choosing to visit regularly ie (once a month) as part of a lifestyle choice to maintain normal spine and neuro-muscular function.

More info: www.jerseychiropractic.com

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Animals Have Spines Too! What is Animal Chiropractic?

WORDS: Dr Emma Ross, Jersey Chiropractic Centre

Animal Chiropractic is a specialised field of animal health care that focuses on the maintenance and optimisation of the neuro-musculo-skeletal system (nerves, muscles and bones).

The nervous system controls everything that happens in your animal’s body and helps coordinate the body’s ability to heal and regulate itself. Trauma, overuse or under use may cause vertebra of the spine to become fixated, which can cause surrounding muscles to go into spasm, and ligaments to become inflamed. Closely related nerves often become irritated and/or compressed which can prevent impulses from reaching their final destinations i.e. (muscles, skin, organ systems, etc).

As a result these impaired structures may lose their ability to heal, which can ultimately impact on the overall health of your animal.

Does my animal need Chiropractic?

Traditionally horses would have lived on the open plains, constantly on the move, always grazing therefore always with their heads lowered. In domestication, humans have forced confinement in the stable or in small paddocks. We then expect these

animals to perform a specific task, carry a rider, and perform to the best of their ability. All these factors reduce the desired optimal performance that we require from our animals.

Similarly with dogs there are numerous common stressful or traumatic situations that can affect our dogs such as boisterous play, car accidents, age and handling methods.

Symptoms your animal may exhibit are vast and may include pain, spasm, sensitivity to touch, lameness, gait/movement abnormalities and postural compromise.

Specifically horses may exhibit reduced performance such as difficulties with collected or lateral gaits, abnormal posture, pinning back the ears when being saddled or rugged, tail swishing or changes in behaviour. These are the symptoms that are easiest to detect. It may take a trained Animal Chiropractor to distinguish some of the more subtle changes.

Dr. Emma Ross has an extensive background working with both horses and dogs. She has ridden since the age of 4 and between the ages of 12 and 18 rode for a competition yard breaking and training young horses with a particular interest in showing in which she regularly competed at county level. In later years she has kept up her riding exercising and training horses for owners. After working with and riding many different breeds and ages of horses, Emma understands the importance of a healthy moving and working horse for it to function to its optimum. Over the last 6 years prior to moving to Jersey Emma has also worked with gun dogs where expectations were high for peak performance.

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Treatment

The goal of an Animal Chiropractor is to reduce pain/inflammation, improve mechanical function, minimise muscle spasm, and optimise nerve function, thus allowing an animal or human to perform at their optimum potential.

Chiropractic care is a very specialised treatment that utilises hands on ‘gentle adjustments’ to restore the normal motion of a spinal/vertebral ‘Functional unit’. Even though horses have a very large, thick muscle mass over the spine, the vertebral joints are flexible and relatively easy to manipulate with minimal force. If the correct technique is used the ligaments are not adversely affected in any way. We combine adjustments with other mobilisation techniques, i.e. (stretches and trigger point release therapy) alongside advice on training and performance enhancement. In order to maintain the highest level of integrative care possible for your animal prior veterinary consent is required.

She completed a 4 year Master’s Degree in Human Chiropractic, then went on to study Animal Chiropractic with the International Academy of Veterinary Chiropractic (IAVC). The IAVC provides the most comprehensive and current continuing professional development courses in Animal Chiropractic in Europe.

The intensive courses are specifically designed for Veterinarians and Doctors of Chiropractic. Emma is also a certified member of the International Veterinary Chiropractic Association.

More info: www.jerseychiropractic.com

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MUSIVATION!

Music and motivation whilst working out WORDS: Hannah Jacques, Group Training Coach at Healthhaus

After working professionally in both the fitness industry, and the music industry, it's amazing to notice just how important it is to have the right kind of music, for the right kind of work out. passed on around the class, and the time definitely goes faster ... which is what we all want when we are performing plyometric lunges!

Music is such a huge motivator, both on the dance floor, and in the gym. Have you ever had a favourite tune that has just made you jump around the room start to finish? Doing that in your own living room is essentially a bit of a work out! So imagine how you would react if you were in the middle of an intense spinning class and that tune came on! Think how pumped you would be for those 3/4 minutes, and how much harder you would push yourself... and you would probably do it with a massive smile on your face too.

I teach 4 spinning classes per week at the moment, along with other classes and private clients, and I have a huge playlist of suitable tracks on my phone ready to go. I usually take 5 minutes before the class, and select my favourites for the next class coming up. Some days I'll fancy taking it a bit 90's (who doesn't love the 90's). Some days I go crazy and finish off the class with a killer 7 minute trance track, and some times I put on a mix with no breaks at all. My poor classes never know what they're in for each time they come, and I think this variety is very appealing. Each class is different when it comes to music, and why shouldn't it be?

These days it is so easy to download, or transfer a few songs each day to your phone playlist, and away you go.

I have always concentrated on providing the right mix of music for the classes I have taught over the years, as I find it has such a huge affect on the way my clients work. I am one of those people who dances along to a good song if I'm in the queue at the supermarket, so when I whack up the volume (sometimes a little too loud for the Yoga class happening next door...) and I am bouncing around the studio having a great time at 6am, my energy is Here are some of the tracks in my spinning playlist:

1. "Just A Touch Of Love" - C+C Music Factory (Warm Up Track) 2. "Watch Out For This" - Major Lazer Tomorrowland Remix (Sprint track) 3. "Wild Frontier" - The Prodigy (Sprint track) 4. "The Face" - David Morales (Climb track) 5. "Let Me Entertain You" - Robbie Williams (Sprint track) 6. "Drop The Pressure" - Jay C 2014 Rework (Climb Track) 7. "I Remember" - Deadmau5 & Kaskade (Cool down) Ultimately, if the music is right, the energy in the room is right, you are going to be more motivated, which will lead to better results. I would recommend anyone wanting to find their ultimate playlist to work out to, to check out Spotify and SoundCloud and build your own work out playlist, or go down memory lane and search out

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those old tunes that used to make you lose it back in the school disco days! (Ricky Martin "Livin' La Vida Loca" for me!) ... and, if it's playing through your headphones, nobody will hear your guilty pleasure. My guilty pleasure? Sprinting up hill on the treadmill to Meatloaf and Cher "Real Dead Ringer For Love". Yep. BUT IT WORKS!

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Plyometrics, also known as “jump training” or “plyos”, are exercises in which muscles exert maximum force in short intervals of time, with the goal of increasing power (speed-strength). A great exercise is jumping squats or jumping lunges. Working the legs hard like this, incorporates a huge amount of effort, strength, balance, co-ordination and also is very tough cardio work too.

For an upper body exercise, throwing a slam ball up as high as you can from a squat onto a wall repetitively (for 1 minute example) is also an incredibly good power exercise and uses you whole upper body, core and legs at 95-100% max out put each rep. It is also very tiring!

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Getting You Back on Track to What You Love Doing!

WORDS: Louise Augre, Augre Physiotherapy

We’re all encouraged to keep moving and stay active and we all know we can’t ignore the evidence – keeping fit is good for us, whatever our age.

Regular exercise is a big step in the right direction to reducing our risk of a whole host of chronic conditions from coronary heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and cancer to musculoskeletal conditions, obesity, and mental health problems.

Sometimes even the slightest wrong movement can stop us in our tracks – bad posture, the way we walk, sit at our desks, exercise and even lying down - can put too much pressure on our muscles and cause an injury.

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But it’s hard to rest up when you like to keep moving!

Pilates is a great exercise that you can do when injured to help get you back on your feet. It strengthens the core - your deep abdominal muscles and the muscles closest to your spine and it helps stop those aches and pains coming back again too.

It’s a flexible way to help you get fighting fit – a full body conditioning system designed to improve your strength, flexibility,

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posture and coordination that, like a prescription is tailored to you, and won’t cause you any more pain.

Pilates is low impact so it’s perfect for rehabilitation. It works your whole body slowly from your core, helping to make you stronger from the inside out.

Its six principles: concentration, control, centering, breathing, flow and precision train the body to move efficiently with your spine and pelvis aligned and with minimal impact on the body.

It’s a healthy workout, balancing strength and flexibility, and working all your muscle groups to give you a leaner and stronger body with and programmes can start with very basic movements through to advanced, depending on how badly you are injured.

The focus is on strengthening your core to start with plus exercises to work the injured area back to health.

Pilates focuses on control, which is really important when exercising injured muscles as it increases the blood flow without putting stress on the central nervous system.

Many top athletes use Pilates to stay strong and because they are used to training hard they use it to help them get better faster and stay active after an injury.

Sporting injuries are often caused by poor technique making us more perceptible to strains, pulls and tears. Pilates can toughen up your mid-section and help your body deal with the stresses you have put on it.

When your lower back, glutes and abdominals work together properly, you can reduce the impact your sport puts on your body and it’ll enhance your performance rather than putting yourself at risk of further injury.

Love hurts sometimes and if you love exercise and think you can’t stay active because of an injury, it really does! But it doesn’t have to hurt for long - for more

“Many top athletes use Pilates to stay strong and because they are used to training hard they use it to help them get better faster and stay active after an injury.”

You’ll also learn how to hold yourself correctly and maintain a good posture (much better for your back!) and how to move better when you’re fit for your favourite sport.

information on what we do at Augré Physiotherapy to keep you active and make sure an injury doesn’t put a stop to your routine, visit www. augrephysiotherapy.com

Our team at Augré Physiotherapy treat all musculoskeletal conditions and work hard to ensure our clients have the shortest road to recovery. If your injury is a bit harder to fix we’ll work with you both pre and post op to ensure you’re not out of the exercise game for long.

Augre Physiotherapy is a small and friendly practice, conveniently based at the Lido Medical Centre with free parking available. Their experienced team of physiotherapists have the ability to treat all musculoskeletal conditions and each are qualified in their own sub-speciality of physiotherapy. They specialise in knee and shoulder complaints.

They also offer Pilates and specialised Pregnancy Pilates led by a qualified Personal Trainer. Classes are limited to just five people and conducted in a fully equipped gym.

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Our close links with leading UK consultants mean that we can treat patients with post ACL, partial knee resurfacing, arthroscopies, Fulkersons (patella realignment), to name just a few.

Augré Physiotherapy is open six days a week: Monday: 07.30-14.00 Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday: 09.00-18.00 Saturday: 09.00-12.00 Louise Augré is also available at Cleveland Clinic twice a week: Tuesday: 9.00-13.00 Thursday: 18.00-20.00 Tel: +44(0)1534 280 010 Email: info@augrephysiotherapy.com

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For the Love of Sport WORDS: Dan Le Couteur, Personal Coach/Milon Expert at Healthhaus

It can be easy to fall into the trap of thinking that if you turn up to the gym and exercise randomly, you will enhance your performance during sporting activates. Although simply turning up to the gym and completing a random programme is better than nothing, why not create structure and goals within your programme to enhance performance during the sport that you love to do!

Sport-specific training is fitness and performance training designed specifically for athletic performance enhancement. Training programmes for athletic performance enhancement could include areas such as strength, speed, power, endurance, flexibility, mobility, agility, mental preparation (including goal setting), sleep, recovery/ regeneration techniques and strategies, nutrition, rehabilitation and injury risk reduction. Sport-specific strength training programmes are fundamental to an individual’s development and success.

Long gone are the days when coaches shunned weight lifting for fear that it might hinder the performance of fine skill and correct technique. It's now accepted that high levels of strength are a pre-requisite to superior speed, power, strength endurance and overall sporting performance. Unfortunately, most training programmes are not followed through with the correct

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goals, guidelines and techniques to enhance performance within the sport you love doing.

Programming and Support

It can be a very daunting process turning up to the gym and working on a training programme picked up from the internet or the one that your friend has been doing for the last six months. You may start to feel like there is no purpose and you are not seeing results that you desire.

Speaking to the coaches at your gym or researching further into different training methods can help you achieve the results you crave.

With sport specific training, being able to carry out a structured programme that has realistic goals and a strategic pathway in order to achieve the results can be hugely beneficial to you. Don’t be shy to ask for help and come up with a plan to reach your goals, no matter what they are.

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“It can be a very daunting process turning up to the gym and working on a training programme picked up from the internet or the one that your friend has been doing for the last six months.�

Universal Improvement

Some might believe that this type of training is designed for semi professional, professional and high level athletes who are performing at an elite level. The truth is that no matter what age, ability or current fitness level, you can be part of a sport-specific training programme to enhance your performance in any sport that you enjoy. Does it matter if you are close to becoming a professional rugby player or looking to be able to walk around the golf course without becoming tired? The answer is NO! With sport-specific training, anyone can achieve success and improve their sporting ability no matter what the goal is.

Measuring success will be different for everyone. Aiming for the commonwealth games may be a

target for some athletes who use sport-specific training. For others, simply being able to drive a golf ball an extra 5 yards or being able to improve a backhand shot in tennis may be the reason for using this method of training.

Get in contact with a qualified coach or trainer and ask for advice on sport specific training. You will achieve great success working hard in the gym, that will reward you during the sport you love doing.

Reaching Your Goals – and Loving it!

Many of us are involved with taking part in some way! No matter how big or small your involvement in sport is, using gym based exercise can dramatically improve sport performance and help you reach your goals, no matter how big or small they are. Whether you are going for gold or simply taking part with friends, having a goal is great and can help make sport FUN!

More info: danlec@healthhaus.co.uk

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An Instant Rush of Happiness WORDS: Alex Wiles, Jersey Mencap

Walking is so very good for us; not only does it get us out in the fresh air, it gives us the opportunity to take in the splendour of our beautiful surroundings whether green lanes or coastal paths, and it gives a much needed boost of exercise and energy at the same time. And, if we participate in one of the local charity events, we can walk with friends and family, giving us quality time with our loved ones, whilst doing our bit for the community. Win, win.

Walking helps aid circulation, it tops up vital vitamin D levels and improves our physical and mental wellbeing. Just 20 minutes a few times a week will make all the difference and can be done and dusted in the time it takes to drive to the gym. A great motivator is to have a goal in mind to work towards.

It’s easy to talk ourselves out of training and preparation but the statistics show that having a target provides focus and we’re more likely to achieve our goal.

of the route being on the flat and tick off some of Jersey’s prettiest bays along the course. With regular checkpoints where refreshments are available, the walk offers an achievable goal and is enjoyed by all ages. Some use the challenge as part of their training plan towards a bigger personal goal.

Feedback from the walkers has shown that The South Coast Charity Challenge is both fun and rewarding. Having celebrated its 10

One walker in 2015 had already taken advantage of the early bird online registration before her sister booked a trip to Jersey for the same weekend. Many of us would embrace the excuse of having family visit but not this Challenger …

“I had been working with some of Jersey Mencap’s clients for a while, and when the South Coast Challenge came up it seemed like a great idea for me. I love the cliff paths but I don’t go often enough as I don’t

One way to trigger this could be to sign up to a charity event and with so many now available there really is something to suit everyone. There needs to be enough of an edge in the challenge to spur us on to do ‘time in our trainers’, whilst not being beyond our limitations. Whether it’s walking with work colleagues, friends, family or enjoying some ‘me time’ in the great outdoors, such events always have a great buzz to them, and will make you feel amazing.

Sign up now for The Jersey Mencap South Coast Charity Challenge – 15 miles on the 15th !

Take our own event, The Jersey South Coast Charity Challenge. This is a 15 mile sponsored walk which starts at La Rocque and finishes at Corbiere. It will be held on Sunday, 15th May this year and is the main fundraiser for Jersey Mencap.

Participants can enjoy the charity walk at a leisurely pace with much

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year anniversary last year the event has evolved and is professionally run.

With over 400 walkers supporting the event, the buzz and banter throughout the course keeps motivation high and volunteers always comment on the amazing cheerfulness the walkers bring to the day.

Although many do this challenge solo it is also enjoyed by corporate teams, families, and small groups who use the time to catch up with friends.

know where they all are and often get myself lost! This seemed like an opportunity to see the beautiful scenery without having to worry about getting lost as there would be others that I could simply follow. At the same time it was very satisfying knowing that I would be helping to raise some much needed funds for Jersey Mencap.

“The date of the walk coincided with a visit from my sister who lives in UK.

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I asked her if she would like to come for a walk with me whilst she was here.

She liked the idea. Little did she know that the walk would be 15 miles! She is quite fit so I wasn’t worried about that, although I wasn’t sure I would finish it. It felt fantastic when we saw the finish line. The event was so well organised and everyone along the way was so friendly. Thankfully the weather was perfect for me to show the south side of Jersey in all its glory to my sister. She and I will try to do the next one in 2016.”

Another South Coast Challenger has clocked up the miles and supported the event for a number of years and ropes in a team of work colleagues.

‘I thoroughly enjoy taking part in the walk each year as it’s not only a great personal challenge but also involves team engagement. The walk is fun and achievable for all ages with some fantastic photo opportunities along Jersey’s beautiful South Coast. A truly rewarding accomplishment for all. Taking part and knowing you’re supporting a wonderful charity by helping Jersey Mencap.”

One walker in 2015 sustained an injury just a few weeks before the South Coast Challenge which resulted in his foot being in plaster for two months. Disappointed at not being able to complete The Challenge and having already secured £100 in sponsorship from friends, he remained undefeated and six months later he quietly set out to complete the route and fulfil his commitment.

Jersey Mencap supports children and adults with a learning disability in Jersey by offering more opportunities and support.

So why not sign up for the South Coast Challenge at www.jerseymencap.org or email for more information: alex.wiles@jerseymencap.org

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WellBeing Ambassadors of the World Unite!

WORDS: Gemma Dawkins, Health Coach at Healthhaus

It's time to look beyond the quick fixes to health and wellness and time to focus on health from a holistic perspective in order to achieve our health and wellness goals. It's more than just the food that we put on our plate. It's about appreciating the elements of health and wellness for what they are and their functions. the holistic pillars (mind-body and support) in order to move away from the quick fixes that make money but unfortunately do not result in long term lifestyle changes that bring about health and happiness. These people need to be passionate about making a difference in terms of changing the way people think and themselves, We have to go back to basics. The body is a machine, appreciate and developing positive and a very clever machine at that, and in order for relationships with this machine to function you need to put the right nutrition and fitness.

We have to go back to basics. The body is a machine, and a very clever machine at that, and in order for this machine to function you need to put the right type of fuel to kickstart its engine. The body is such a clever machine that when it doesn't like something it will sure enough tell us this.

But how often do we actually tune into our bodies messages? When you do start tuning into yourself and your bodies messages then you suddenly realise that we are fuelled, not just by the food on our plate (secondary foods), but all the other components in our life such as career, physical activity, relationships, home environment – what we call primary foods. These primary foods are the energies of our life and fuel us differently as individuals depending on our lifestyle. It is these primary foods that impact on the secondary foods – the foods we eat.

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Taking a holistic approach to health means that we come to understand how the primary and secondary foods interlink in our lifestyle and how they impact on our health goals. In order to do this we have to look beyond just nutrition and fitness as the key components to achieving our health goals – we have to focus more on the

type of fuel to kickstart its engine. mind and body component of health and wellness because it is this that is affected when our primary foods are out of balance.

To move away from the quick fixes and focus on the holistic nature of health requires the development of an army of health ambassadors.

These people need to be willing to supplement the traditional pillars of health (nutrition and fitness) with

This is why I am excited for the launch of healthhaus@home as this gives us an outlet to be able to reach a bigger audience in terms of helping people to find what ‘healthy’ really means to them, and to help them identify techniques to develop self-love and belief as they learn to take control of their health and happiness. More info very soon! gemma@healthhaus.co.uk

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WORDS: Lauren Perchard-Rees CEO and Cancer Support Specialist, Macmillan Cancer Support Jersey

In Jersey this year approximately 130 women will be diagnosed with a female cancer. That’s over ten mothers/daughters/sisters/colleagues every month! Too many are diagnosed at later stages and it’s time we all took a few minutes to learn what kind of symptoms we should speak to a doctor about to hopefully rule a cancer out.

If you know what to look for, there is a chance you might identify a cancer at an earlier stage. Cancer survival rates in the UK have doubled in the last 40 years. This is mainly because of better treatments, screening and earlier diagnosis.

Breast screening (mammography) – can detect breast cancer at an early stage, before it can be felt. It can be uncomfortable having the mammogram, but you have to put this into perspective as it could pick

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something up at an early stage and avoid the need for nasty treatments such as chemotherapy.

Cervical screening could save your life – the smear test can detect cancer at an early stage and can prevent cancer developing too. You must attend your routine smear from the age of 25. The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is a common virus that causes almost all cases of cervical cancer. Girls in Jersey are now offered the HPV vaccination in Year 8.

Girls who have the vaccine reduce their risk of getting cervical cancer by over 70%. Think how this could change the picture of our cancer statistics in the future – nearly all cervical cancers will be avoided.

The symptoms below may be a sign of cancer but can also relate to a less serious illness. Allow a doctor to make the decision about what should be checked out further and what is safe to observe or ignore.

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Symptoms of female cancers include: Breast

Lump in the breast (most lumps are not breast cancer but best to be checked out) Change in the size or shape of the breast Dimpling of the skin or thickening in the breast tissue Nipple that’s turned in (inverted) Rash (like eczema) on the nipple Discharge from the nipple Swelling or a lump in the armpit

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Itching Burning Bleeding Pain New lump or ulcer in genital area Join the movement to raise awareness of the symptoms of women's cancers.

Get to know your body. Listen to your body. Love your body. Love your ladyparts!

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Bleeding after intercourse Excessive discharge and abnormal bleeding between periods

Uterine/Endometrial (womb) Abnormal vaginal bleeding Bleeding after the menopause

Ovarian

Bloating Pelvic or abdominal pain Difficulty eating or feeling full quickly Urinary symptoms: urgency or frequency

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Bleeding Pain Problems with urination or bowel movements For more information on cancer screening in Jersey visit: www.gov.je/Health/Cancer/Pages/index.aspx

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Macmillan Jersey Drop-in Centre

More than 1 in 3 people in Jersey will get cancer during their lives. If you or someone you love has had a cancer diagnosis, we know that it can affect everything.

It's normal to feel overwhelmed, lost at times, and you’ll have lots of questions. We will listen and give you the support and information you need, every step of the way. Drop-in and see us for a cuppa and to find out more about the emotional support, information and complementary therapies provided at the Macmillan Jersey Centre.

On the first Thursday of every month from 6pm-7.30pm we hold a get together for women affected by any cancer. The group called RISE (Recover, Inform, Support, Empower) provides an informal way to meet others, share experiences and learn new things in a friendly and welcoming environment. Come and see us and we can tell you more.

If you want to know more about cancer signs and symptoms and how you can help reduce your risk you can visit us too.

We are open Monday to Fridays, 10am to 4pm. We are on the second floor of the Lido Medical Centre (St Saviours Road) and you do not need a referral or an appointment. You can also call us free on 0800 735 0275 or visit our website: www.macmillanjersey.com

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Men - Cancer CAUTION Check and double check, fellas.

Everyone has a fear of cancer – it’s the club that no one wants to think about and certainly don't want to join. The fact is, awareness is key to beating the disease and with that, we can’t just think about cancer, but we have to talk about it. Regular checks are super important when it comes to preventing the spread of cancer; catching it early can make all the difference.

When it comes to cancer, in order to ensure we’re checking correctly, it’s important to find out exactly what to do. It’s also important to be pretty mindful about your usual degree of health – if something else feels or seems a bit off, there’s a way to remember the things to look out for:

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CAUTION: Change in bowel or bladder habits.

A sore that does not heal.

Unusual bleeding or discharge.

Thickening or lump in the breast,

testicles, or elsewhere.

Indigestion or difficulty swallowing.

Obvious change in the size, colour,

shape, or thickness of a wart, mole, or mouth sore.

Nagging cough or hoarseness.

Source: American Cancer Society

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Prostate cancer is up there as

one of the most common forms of cancer found in men and it mainly affects men over 50, with the risk elevating with age. Screening and checks are important when faced with battling prostate cancer and understanding your family’s history in regard to cancer can be very useful.

Symptoms or signs to watch out for include, trouble urinating, or noticing blood in your urine. Problems with getting an erection and suffering from a lack or loss of control of your bladder or bowel as well as finding weakness or numbness in the legs. If there are any concerning signs, get it checked.

Colorectal cancer affects all ethnic groups equally; it tends to strike most often after age 50. A healthy lifestyle seems to protect against colorectal cancer. Obesity, inactivity, smoking, heavy alcohol use, and a diet that includes a lot of red and processed meats, appear to raise the risk for colorectal cancer.

Vigorous, regular physical activity, losing excess weight, not smoking, and a diet rich in fruits and vegetables appear to help prevent it. Regular screening tests can help catch it early and reduce the number of deaths associated with this type of cancer. So the story is the same, prevention and checking …

Lung cancer is another common cancer found in men. Largely due to smoking (as with anyone), lung cancer is thirty times more likely if you smoke. Nine out of ten diagnoses could be avoided altogether, if the person hadn’t smoked. Lung cancer is

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deadly, although there is treatment for lung cancer, survival is still pretty slim so the best way to prevent the disease is to avoid smoking completely. Other causes of lung cancer include exposure to radon gas and asbestos - and, second hand smoke, so if you like with a smoker, get them to stop, or take their smoke elsewhere.

and moles.

All cancer is a concern for both men and women, but with wider awareness and campaigns informing people of what to look out for and to encourage regular checks and screening, together we can beat cancer.

“All cancer is a concern for both men and women, but with wider awareness and campaigns informing people of what to look out for and to encourage regular checks and screening, together we can beat cancer.”

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer overall in both men and women. Melanoma is diagnosed less often than non-melanoma skin cancers, but it is the most deadly type. It effects tens of thousands of men every year. To help prevent skin cancer, protect your skin from the sun's ultraviolet rays by wearing sun cream, long-sleeved shirts, a widebrimmed hat, and sunglasses. You shouldn't use tanning beds or lamps.

These damage your skin and can cause cancer, too. It's important to see your doctor right away if you notice any suspicious moles, bumps, or sores on your skin that have changed or don't heal… remember, ‘CAUTION’ and get someone to check your back and those difficult to see areas – especially if you are prone to freckles

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Captain of Your Relationship She loves you … yeah, yeah, yeah

Guys, you like to act all bullet proof in relationships, but let’s face it, love is a tricky thing and it can bring about all sorts of feelings and emotions that otherwise, we’d all probably steer well clear of.

If you’re in love, or someone loves you, though – there’s really no better feeling, no pain not worth going through. You know, it is possible to try and keep your head about you as your heart takes the reins. A little bit of mindfulness goes a long way in maintaining a healthy dose of reality in your relationship. Expectations and pressures can build up, it’s how you manage them that counts.

Relationships aren’t always easy, and being bullet proof is no match for the hard hitting effect of falling in love and dealing with the ups and downs of coupledom.

Men and woman tend to look at relationships quite differently, especially in the early stages, and throughout all relationships, there can be jolts and shocks as two lives come together – sometimes it’s a bit like tectonic plates!

Of course, this may sound like a generalisation – there are exceptions and all sorts, but in regard to the overall majority, the old adage, ‘men are from Mars and women are from Venus’ is still pretty much on the mark.

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In regard to love, men and women have pretty much the same need – that is, to feel loved and to feel free and secure enough to love someone back. The thing is, men have rather more tender egos than they like to let on and as such, their sensitivity hides a bit deeper beneath the surface. Women may often complain about not getting enough attention, or not feeling noticed or appreciated, but men are actually less likely to be told what it is their partner loves about them by their other half. Men are also less likely to ask or mention it, as talking is not usually their strong point when it comes to matters of the heart. Ask a guy how he displays love for his partner

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and eight times out of ten he’ll probably say, “she knows”, and he’ll believe that, until she let’s him know he needs to up his game … well, you know what they say about assumption.

Respect is a massive factor in terms of how men feel loved and valued. Probably due to social conditioning, respect is something that men still relish in – being able to feel like they’re taking care of things and being the ‘protector and provider’ seems to be an unshakable trait that every man aims to own. Even if this sounds archaic, it’s in a man’s nature to want to feel respected, not just from peers and colleagues, but mostly from the person with whom they’re in an intimate relationship. Remember, respect is earned – it’s not a right, but show her you respect her and you will be held in the highest esteem, even Aretha Franklin couldn’t sing it louder.

Aloofness, acting distant or playing it cool - no, no, no. Guys often think or act, like less is more in regard to effort or displays of affection and love, even when they might actually want to sweep their lady off her feet and do some sort of YouTube video with a Bruno Mars soundtrack (most men are a lot more romantic than they care to let people believe). Let’s cut the games and acting ‘cool’, there is nothing cool about pretending you don't like or love someone as much as you do. There isn’t a person on the planet who hasn’t done this at some point, and there’s not a person on the planet who, if asked would say that they’d always prefer absolute honesty in a relationship and know where they stand. Life’s too short; if you love her, tell her! On the opposite side of the relationship road, if you don't love her, if you’re unsure whether you have a future with her, you need to let her know.

Holding back from talking, or having an attitude of sticking with someone because they’re ‘comfortable’ (and take care of the washing, etc), is dishonest and has no place in a relationship.

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Women and men are equally bad for expecting their partners to change. The fact is, we are who we are and although compromise is at the very foundation of a relationship, along with trust and consideration, we cannot really change our inner most self. You either love someone for who they are, or let them go.

There are hundreds of factors that make relationships tricky, but there are 100% more reasons to go for it anyway. Nothing that brings such full reward has ever been easy and human beings are fallible.

Merging of mind and body, of lives and souls is something precious, loving someone and being loved is no doubt the most precious thing of all.

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! m e ‘ t a e b t ’ n a c Eggs – You WORDS: Lucy Sanderson

There was a time when the good old egg got a bit of a beating in the media … Salmonella and Edwina Curry, high cholesterol and other notions of why one of our breakfast favourites got us all scrambled and cautious.

But as it turns out, the trusty egg is not only super tasty and versatile, it’s eggstremely good for you too! OK, we promise, no more puns…

So before we begin our sunny side up story about eggs, have you heard of the yogi who lived only on eggs? He had an OM-lette every morning …

So, how do you like your eggs in the morning?

A good egg has a beautiful ovoid shape, it’s quite the masterpiece really; ideally, a strong white, hard shell and pert yolk that sits up proud and doesn’t burst easily constitutes the best of this versatile food. No other ingredient performs as well as the egg. Let’s face it, they can be turned into any type of meal and are suitable for any time of day. They are a staple in many a favourite dish or recipe, from cakes to pasta, to a deliciously dippy side dish along with chips – eggs are definitely excellent. The cornerstone of cookery; the small but perfect oeuf is two ingredients in one little shell … But what makes the egg so good for you?

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Eggs are loaded with high-quality proteins, vitamins, minerals, good fats and various trace nutrients. In an eggshell, one large egg contains: • Only 77 calories, with 5 grams of fat and 6 grams of protein with all 9 essential amino acids.

• Rich in iron, phosphorous, selenium and vitamins A, B12, B2 and B5 (among others).

• One egg contains 113 mg of Choline – a very important nutrient for the brain, among other things.

• Eggs contain all 9 essential amino acids, are highly concentrated with vitamins and minerals. Omega-3 enriched or pastured eggs are best.

Free range eggs are a must; battery hen farming is a disgrace and eggs that come from happy chickens definitely taste much better. If you do decide to include eggs in your diet (you should) then make sure to eat Omega-3 enriched or pastured eggs, as they’re much better for you - much more nutritious.

On top of all of the healthy benefits of the humble egg, they cost pennies and can be bought anywhere at anytime… Meals in minutes…

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Here are a few super duper healthy meal ideas that can be whipped up in a flash – and whether you like salty or sweet, eggs are the proteinpowerhouse ingredient, order of the day!

Loaded scrambled eggs: A few eggs

scrambled up with kale, mushrooms, tomatoes, parsley, onion and whatever else you fancy chucking in!

Easy as that.

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Mexican Eggs, Olé!: A few eggs

scrambled up, add some black beans, a bit of cheese and coriander and there you have it …

Baked avocado with eggs: Get an

avocado, scoop out the seed, add an egg, bake it and hey presto. Garnish, if you’re feeling fancy.

Fabulous frittata: Scramble up

some eggs in an oven proof pan, add whatever you like, pop in the oven, watch it rise up like a big fluffy pizza and, ta dah, dinner is served.

Egg’s best friend, bacon has had a hard time in the press lately, but the faithful oeuf is a breakfast, lunch, or dinner staple that remains steadfast as a superfood … Cracking.

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Fruit: Fun and Fearlessness!

How Eating Fruit can be Fun, Make You Feel Fabulous and Eliminate Food Fears.

WORDS: Lorraine Pannetier, The Food Coach

Once upon a time I was a high protein junkie living on a diet of chicken, peanut butter, protein shakes and weight training. I looked good (with youth and daily exercise on my side) but I was always hungry and often anaemic. I controlled my coeliac disease with a vigilant gluten-free diet but went on to develop a second auto-immune condition that drained and depleted my system over many months.

Desperation led me to take steroids to control the condition but after 18 months I felt worse and literally felt my health and wellbeing slipping away out of my control...

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...As a Food Coach and Personal Trainer, I’d helped hundreds of people over three decades to make positive changes to their health and physique and transform their lives. Why wasn’t it working for me? Was my healthy diet really to blame or was my body just developing conditions I had no control over? Well, I wasn’t going to relinquish control that easily! I had to find a solution.

Having been vegetarian in my twenties, it felt natural to head back in that direction – clearly, meat and my new found love of feta and halloumi weren’t doing me any favours.

So after much research and experimentation I began a raw vegan diet (in winter, I might add!). Initially it was exciting; the excess weight that my autoimmune condition had led me to gain, slowly disappeared. So far, so good.

Except for one thing: the high fat content of all the delicious nut rich, coconut oil based snacks were not helping my body. That’s when I started eating a diet rich in carbohydrate, with lots of fruit, but low in fat. Once I started giving my body the fresh, fibre-rich fruit in abundant quantities that it clearly craved, my life totally changed. Forever.

The Facts: Fruit is rich in fibre, hundreds of nutrients and natural fruit sugar. The fibre in whole fruit naturally slows down sugar absorption which is why whole fruit always trumps fruit juice. Fruit digests in around 20 minutes, making it the perfect breakfast or snack. Fruit is best eaten alone or 20 minutes before cooked food so it doesn’t sit on top and ferment, leaving you feeling gassy and bloated. Carbohydrates are stored in the body as glycogen (not fat) ready to be used for exercise. So get moving every day! Your body will thank you.

Now I’ve found a whole-food, plant-based lifestyle, rich in fruit, that works for me, my family and my clients, I want to share my top tips with you:

• Begin with Mindset. Forget everything you’ve ever read or heard about fruit. Can you honestly say that apples, pears and bananas are the cause of the world’s obesity epidemic?

No. People are quick to blame ‘carbs’, when their definition of carbs is pizza, donuts and fries – all of which contain high levels of fat and no whole-grain carbs, such as those found in brown rice, beans, vegetables and fruit. Retraining your mind is easy with the help of fresh, ripe, juicy fruit. Ripe is they key word here. Canned fruit won’t have the same effect. Buy yourself three ripe mangos and sit down at the table for breakfast (in a calm environment, no TV). Using your fingers only, peel the mango and enjoy every single piece of that first mango until all that is left is the stone, sucked clean! You’ll notice how it fills you up far more than a bowl of cereal or a slice of toast. Then start on the second mango.

Try to finish the whole fruit. If you can, eat the third one too. Getting messy with fruit is really good fun and a great way to share a love of fruit with children.

Throughout the day you will probably notice things like feeling more alert, energetic and happy. Doesn’t it feel great? Congratulations!

You’ve just got over your fruit-carb-sugar fears!

• Abundance is important. You can’t just have one apple or one banana and expect to be full up for the morning. While government guidelines suggest 5 portions of fruit and veg a day (and how many people eat that much consistently anyway?), eating around 10 portions will have a massive effect on your wellbeing and help you to achieve a healthy, happy bodyweight.

Here’s a sample daily plant-based meal plan to show you how easy it is to fit in ten portions of fresh produce and not spend a fortune. Try to eat organic, local and in season as much as possible.

Breakfast: 1 mango or punnet of blueberries. Smoothie made with 2 ripe bananas, vanilla, cinnamon and water. (30 mins+ later) Small bowl of oats homemade almond milk, 1 grated apple, ground seeds, cinnamon.

Lunch: Large Asian-style salad with brown rice, grated carrot, apple and cabbage, coriander, lime and chilli and sprinkled with crushed cashew nuts and spring onions.

Mid afternoon: 2 bananas or banana smoothie (2 bananas, water, cinnamon, vanilla, cacao powder, cacao nibs).

Dinner: Large plate of roasted butternut squash, sweet potato, red pepper and tomatoes with stir fried spinach or kale and 1/4 avocado.

Side of green salad.

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The Bittersweet Truth Behind Obesity Fed up of feeling sour about sugar? It’s time to lay out the facts and educate ourselves and our young people about the dangers of too much of the sweet stuff.

Added sugar (especially the refined variety) is the sworn enemy of good health and the darn stuff is in practically everything. It is the hidden factor behind a worldwide obesity epidemic and is actually a more addictive substance than cocaine; so sugar isn’t too sweet at all.

Do we really understand how much sugar we’re eating? More importantly, do we really know how much sugar our children are eating? With the food

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industry sometimes making it rather tricky to translate food labels, and with some countries omitting the ever more important information surrounding sugar content entirely, how can we best keep track of how much sugar we eat every day?

A quick crash course in figuring out the food labels is a really good idea, so that’s where we’ll begin. If you haven’t already, you’ll start to notice that some food packaging shows a

breakdown of sugar (and salt, fats and saturated fats) on the front in an ‘easy to read’ table (red being the highest content and therefore the worst for you) – this is a voluntary addition to packaging, but quite a lot of food brands are using this quick reference traffic light chart to convey low salt or fat content. Even still, it can all be quite confusing, as can the promises of fat fee, sugar free etc. emblazoned onto food packaging from yoghurts to crisps to drinks and juice.

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The figures for sugars on traffic lights are for total sugars, which doesn’t tell you how much of the sugar comes from natural sources, such as fructose and how much is added, such as sucrose or glucose.

Check the ingredients list – if syrup, invert syrup, cane sugar, molasses or anything ending in ‘ose’ is within the first three ingredients, this suggests the food contains more added sugar. Choose an alternative if possible, or be mindful of the portion you eat.

When it comes to those enticing promises of fat free or sugar free, make sure you read the small print, or rather, you pay attention to the thorough breakdown of ingredients!

• Fat free: has to have no fat, but check the ingredients list for added sugar, which are often used to replace the fat.

• Sugar free: check the ingredients list for fats, which may replace the sugar.

• Low fat: the product has 3g or less of fat per 100g.

• Low sugar: has less than 5g of sugar per 100g.

• No added sugar: although no sugar is added, there may be naturally occurring sugar in the food.

• Reduced fat or sugar: contains at least 30 per cent less fat or sugar than

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the standard version of the product.

This doesn’t necessarily mean it’s healthy and in some cases the lite version of, say, crisps, can contain the same amount of calories and fat as the standard version of another brand.

It is the added sugar that we need to vehemently avoid. High fructose corn syrup, sucrose and other nasties, which are especially used in ‘fat free’ products… Not really a sweet deal for the consumer, is it? We do have a battle on our hands.

Some real ammunition in the war against sugar came to light recently in a documentary entitled, ‘Fed Up’. In this no-frills, no-nonsense documentary, executive producer Laurie David, a prime force behind the Al Gore doc ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, teams up with director Stephanie Soechtig and narrator Katie Couric to tell it as it is about obesity in America. It's not a pretty picture. Since 1980, America has doubled its sugar intake, seen an epidemic of Type II diabetes and watched overweight youngsters ascend from the exception to the norm. The same can be said for the UK and the rest of the Western world. All down to the enemy that is, SUGAR - particularly, from processed foods.

Fed Up is a must see for any parent; the filmmakers have honed in on the growing obesity issue and the root cause of it: sugar. The film conveys the confusion surrounding food sugar content, and the seemingly complicit collusion between food industry giants and some governmental policies, which allow much too much sugar into processed foods. Sugar has proven to be comparatively worse than class A drugs in terms of being highly addictive and detrimental to health and wellbeing, and with over zealous advertising, which encourages children to consume more sugary junk food, it really is no wonder that someone got fed up enough with the whole thing and made a damning documentary to raise the issue worldwide.

As a result of the current situation surrounding too much sugar, society is suffering runaway rates of obesity and disease. We're enduring economy-killing health care costs.

And we are raising at least one generation of children who are predicted to live shorter and less fulfilling lives due to ill health caused by poor diets. The solution, it seems, is obvious … Eat natural produce, and avoid junk food …

Read our findings on Jamie Oliver’s new initiative, #SugarSmartCity (on pages 12/13)… And get on to the new sugar rush, where ditching the sweet stuff and being mindful about our diets in regard to sugar is all the rage.

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Can’t Stop Eating?

Is Your Belly Full Of Worry?

Food is a joy. There is no doubt about it, eating is one of life’s great pleasures.

Food sustains us, it gratifies, satisfies and nourishes us. And a little of what you fancy does you good but if you’re eating more than you feel you should? It could be a multitude of things that are making you permanently peckish …

Getting the munchies can be brought about by what you’re eating; if, for instance you eat too many carbs at dinner time then it’s quite likely that you’ll be waking up with a very hungry tum. Pizza, or pasta with garlic bread and a nightcap of tea and biscuits, then it’ll be a pretty noisy rumble that you awaken to the next day. Refined carbohydrates such as these are made up of small molecules which are quickly digested and converted into glucose. That in turn burns off super quickly and leaves you feeling empty – your brain wakes up in the morning craving 74

glucose too as refined sugar (being the evil ingredient that it is), lifts you up and drops you, kick starting your hunger hormones into a morning frenzy. Avoid starting your day feeling starving, by combining more complex carbs into your evening meal – or just cut them down altogether and replace them with proteins, that keep you fuller and leave you feeling satisfied.

If you tend to sleep lightly, or not enough, this could in fact make you feel like you need to eat more.

Tiredness is a lack of fuel, but replacing much needed rest with food

is not going to help at all. Did you know, that those who go to bed in the early hours actually end up eating an extra 248 calories the next day. It also encourages us to eat more high calorie fast food, fizzy drinks and coffee. See where this is going? Bit of a vicious cycle – fast food and high sugar, high caffeine ingredients lead to a less likely early night, and so it goes on. Good sleep patterns = good eating habits. An easy enough equation.

From nights in, to nights out – a night on the tiles not only fills you full of sugar and carbs, which we

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know to be detrimental to healthy eating habits, but also, leaves you with serious cravings for a hangover cure the following day. Research published in Alcohol and Alcoholism, found that just three glasses of wine can lower levels of the hormone, leptin, which keeps hunger at bay by up to 30%. Also, after drinking, your liver is tasked with breaking down the alcohol in your blood overnight and as such is unable to deliver the necessary glucose to your brain in order for it to function properly – that’s why hangovers tend to demand certain types of food and we rush for the nearest sugary pop or high calorie breakfast/brunch.

OK, now ladies … then there’s your monthly cycle, not only the bane of your life, it also can cause you to overeat. Whether you’re a ‘sweet’ or ‘savoury’ type of gal, the likelihood is that nearer to your time of the month, you’re grabbing for the biscuit tin or diving head first in to a family sized bag of cheese puffs. The reason for this is the increased levels of progesterone; this has a knock on effect, triggering your hunger hormones (your body gears up for pregnancy every month and basically wants you to eat more!).

Stress also pushes us towards overeating. Researchers have linked weight gain to stress, although in the short term, stress can shut down the appetite. It’s when the stress persists it becomes a different story, leaving your stress responses in the ‘on’ position. This is when you eat more, lose sleep, exercise less, and drink more alcohol, and round we go again.

“Did you know, that those who go to bed in the early hours actually end up eating an extra 248 calories the next day.”

Excess and accessibility both factor hugely in regard to our daily food habits. Our propensity to eat when we don't actually feel hungry is a knock on effect from the easy access and availability (and type) of food that we eat. Excess is borne from these key influences and overeating is actually something regarded as a norm. We buy too much, we cook too much and we eat too much.

And there’s is binge eating; taking overeating to a dangerous other level. A binge is typically when someone eats far more than usual, or necessary and within a particularly

But How Can We Stop?

In general, it is within our power to control. Start by ridding the cupboards of high-fat, sugary foods; keeping those ‘comfort foods’ handy is just inviting trouble.

Also think about meditation. Countless studies show that mediation reduces stress, although much of that research has focused on high blood pressure and heart disease.

Lessons in mindful eating not only help with food choices, they are an essential part of re-evaluating food habits and curbing compulsive eating.

And exercise. Intense exercise increases cortisol levels temporarily, but low-intensity exercise seems to reduce them. University of California researchers report that vigorous exercise may blunt some of the negative effects of stress. There is the double benefit in Yoga and Tai Chi, with elements of both exercise and meditation.

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short span of time. Generally a binge goes hand in hand with secrecy, due to associated feelings of shame or embarrassment regarding the quantity of food and urgency in consumption. The defining characteristic of a binge is that the individual experiences a sense of lack of control, and they generally feel powerless over how much, or what

type of food they are eating. During a binge episode, a person may want to stop eating but feels unable to do so, even despite physical discomfort and other negative consequences.

Binge eating is more common than bulimia and anorexia combined and studies show that anyone, at any age can be affected by it. Those who binge-eat aren’t necessarily overweight, obese or too thin. Binge eating goes way beyond overeating, this type of food habit is sometimes diagnosed with the label hedonic eating - it’s a mental illness derived from an array of triggers.

And social support. Friends, family and other social groups have a buffering effect on the stress we experience, and research studies say that people working in stressful situations, such as hospital emergency departments, have better mental health if they have adequate social support.

Even people who live and work in situations where the stakes aren’t as high need help from time to time from friends and family.

This aside, if you think you are suffering from binge eating then it’s something that needs to be curbed, pronto. First step, speak with your GP. Remember, it is LIFE that is a veritable buffet and eating should be a part of it. If your eating habits are far from healthy, if you’re causing yourself to feel bloated and uncomfortable by eating too much, take heed with some mindful eating – savour your food, and enjoy what you have on your plate, both figuratively, and literally.

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Free Range Kids.

Tackling the REAL boundary concern.

WORDS: Lucy Sanderson

Our children need ‘boundaries', a certain amount of routine instils stability and reassurance and of course, we need to keep our kids on track for their own safety and protection and to teach them right from wrong; to nurture their wellbeing. But are we imposing too many boundaries on our kids?

In terms of toddler to preschool, to about the age of 6 or 7, shouldn’t we let our kids be a bit more ‘free range’?

Let’s face it, we spend plenty of time ‘breaking down our walls’ as we get older, why not set out with a few less walls in the first place? How about we hang fire on the cotton wool wrapping, authoritarian, conformist ethos and kick-start our kids with inquisitive minds and perceptive imaginations … Wouldn’t free range kids become free thinking adults?

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the right time, and what is the best way for small folk to learn? The way we teach our children should be a wholehearted and holistic practice – as Rudolph Steiner said, school should, “receive a child with reverence … solving its riddle, hour from hour.” Teaching is a delicate affair, impressionable little minds need to be nurtured – these children are, after all, the next generation of great thinkers. From the food they eat, to the environment they’re in, children need a bit more ‘free range’ scope.

Exploring surroundings, having the freedom to move about from activity to activity, or space to space should be encouraged rather than quashed.

Carving their own path and figuring out their own route is something that we seem to take away from our toddlers, instead of affording them

the experiences and fact-finding that they would thrive from. Some children don't seem to be phased by the transition from home to nursery; in fact, some quite literally love the newness of the experience and the opportunities that come about from preschool – friends, games, experiments, new toys, vast spaces to run around in, new people to meet and impress … But some children find the whole process very daunting indeed – going from being free, to being sat in a place in a classroom is a pretty ‘grown up’ thing to have to conform to.

And that’s the crux, can we not teach a degree of (not a degree in), nonconformity and freedom until our kids find their own feet at school?

An innovative and insightful architect from Japan has created a totally ‘kid-centred’ kindergarten on the outskirts of Tokyo, the Fuji Kindergarten. Instead of conforming to the ‘school’ notion of class rooms and designated play space; safety through endless boundaries and ‘redtape’, this joint venture, undertaken

by Takaharu Tezuka and his wife,

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Yui is a testament to letting children be children – encouraging their inquisitive minds and their growing confidence through experiences that they literally create themselves. The kindergarten serves as a giant playground with lessons dotted throughout its interior, exterior, up the walls and in the sense of imagination and endless opportunities for experiences.

“Here, distraction is supposed to happen,” says Tezuka. “There are no walls between classrooms, so noise floats freely from one class to the other, and from outside to inside. We consider noise very important.

When you put children in a quiet box, some of them get really nervous.”

Exploring the kindergarten, it’s noticeable that there are certain ‘dangers’ in regard to allowing children enough freedom to explore fear and more importantly, over-coming that fear. Trees grow through from the floor up into and out of the roof and provide endless fun and adventure, as well as a place to congregate and chat.

When did we start to think of climbing trees, that very epitome of healthy, outdoor, childhood play, as a ‘danger’ to be avoided.

Japanese architect, Takaharu Tezuka added:

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“In this school, children are encouraged to climb trees. If a kid is strong enough, they can reach the upper level without using the stairs. Other schools might not allow this, but the principal here believes children know their own limits. They stop when they have to stop.”

“To me the worst thing seems to be a school principally to work with methods of fear, force and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity and the self-confidence of pupils and produces a subservient subject.” ~ Albert Einstein Kids should climb trees, and that can be used as a metaphor too. Kids need to explore, climb, measure danger, build confidence, solve problems and share space as a matter of reality – it really should start when they’re small enough to avoid the worries and effect that life has on us as we age.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained - and that goes for toddlers as well as grown ups.

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“These sessions made me think about important things I hadn’t thought about before, e.g. consequences of sex and what makes a healthy relationship.”

“I learned that relationships with friends are just as important as boy/ girlfriends and not to feel pressured into having sex.”

“I think it was good to talk to someone other than a teacher or parent because it can be awkward talking about this stuff and seeing the person every day.”

“I learned that it’s OK to say no.”

“It was really good and made me think about things in a different way.”

Love Really Does Matter!

Empowering Young People to Make Healthy Choices WORDS: Sarah Gray, Project Manager, Love Matters

Love Matters is a charity that exists to support young people by promoting positive relationships and to see lives positively transformed. We provide workshops for young people in schools, youth clubs, churches and other community settings. We also deliver programmes for parents and carers and professionals.

We provide a holistic approach to relationships and sex education; we do not pretend to have all of the answers but we do provide young people with all of the facts and support them as they make their choices.

We are committed to and passionate about young people growing in confidence and self-esteem to enable them to make healthy and positive choices about: • Their relationships.

• Their beliefs and values.

• Their emotional, social, physical and spiritual wellbeing.

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• Their attitudes towards family life and community involvement.

In the hope that they will develop a strong sense of their own unique and special identity and how valuable that is. We are committed to giving young people opportunities to take responsibility for their own choices and giving them the tools to do so.

We plan and structure our highquality workshops to create a positive learning environment for young people and professionals alike. We promote quality by ensuring that our sessions are participative, educational

and up-to-date. We are committed to working in an inclusive way that values equality.

All of our workshops are designed to be interactive and engaging. We base our work on active learning techniques and always tailor the sessions to the particular needs of our target audience. All of our services for young people are provided free to the schools and other environments that we work with.

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As an example of our work, topics covered by us in recent workshops include: • Building healthy self-esteem and value • Body image and the media • Positive relationships • Decision making around sex • Drugs and alcohol • Making positive choices online – including Pornography, Sexting etc.

• HIV and AIDS We give young people the space to explore their own thoughts, feelings, values and attitudes towards these subjects in a supported and safe environment.

The feedback we have had shows that we help young people to make positive choices in these areas and that we are well placed to deliver this type of work in a non-judgemental, supportive and compassionate way.

Young people today are growing up surrounded by a ‘wallpaper’ of sexualised imagery. The ever-increasing dominance of the smartphone, webcams and the huge influence of social media sites, along with Internet pornography is changing the landscape of adolescence. The world

young people are growing up in and many of the pressures that they face may be almost unrecognisable to their parents, and perhaps even those who walked the same path just 15 years ago.

“Our heart and our mission is to help every young person in Jersey to realise how special and valuable they are.”

At Love Matters we believe that if we want young people to make positive choices for themselves we need to work to challenge and change the culture that we live in. It is this culture that shapes young people’s values and attitudes and puts so much pressure on them to conform to the norm. In our experience, this leaves many young people with low self-esteem feeling confused, inadequate and under pressure – facing challenges that are unique to their generation.

Our heart and our mission is to help every young person in Jersey to realise how special and valuable they are. To achieve this would be transformative for so many.

Love Matters was founded in 2011. The charity was set up by a group of Christians, keen to respond to these issues in our society. The charity is a member of the Association of Jersey Charities and is overseen by a board of 4 Trustees.

Until recently Sarah was the only member of staff however the increase in demand for their services has prompted the Trustees to employ a further Educator to help meet the need. Emily Martin joined the team in September 2015.

Since launch Love Matters has delivered over 560 sessions in schools, youth clubs, churches, community settings and secure settings. They have worked with 7465 individual young people, some of whom have attended up to 5 sessions around different topics. Since September 2015 they have delivered 46 workshops and have worked with 1,442 individual young people.

Love Matters services are only possible due to the generosity of donors, as they are entirely funded by private donations. If you would like to find out more about the charity or how you can support their work: www.love-matters.co.uk, or follow them on Facebook or Twitter @LoveMattersJsy. They post regular updates about their activities along with information and conversation starters for parents and carers.

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Loneliness.

In the Midst of All The Noise…

WORDS: Lucy Sanderson

Feeling and being lonely are often regarded as the same thing. But if that were the case, loneliness would be as easy to fix as some people try and advise; if only feeling lonely could be remedied by things like online dating, or taking up a new sport. Loneliness breeds more loneliness and more often than not, it is a state of mind over a lack of contact with the world.

In the cycle that engulfs a lonely human being, feeling lonely leads to being lonely and the social isolation brought about by a lack of contact with others instils a lack of confidence, which in turn discourages interaction even more. The opposite of a social circle; the loneliness cycle.

So, in the midst of all the noise, a person can feel really quite alone.

Loneliness is a complex, subjective problem. You may be surrounded by other people, friends, family, workmates, yet still feel emotionally or socially disconnected from those around you. Other people are not guaranteed to shield us against the raw emotional pain that loneliness

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inflicts. Some people may find themselves thrust into loneliness; the sudden death of a friend or family member, the start of a new job or move to a new place. Others may find loneliness a slow burner – a feeling that creeps up and takes hold of an array of emotions and abilities. When a social circle diminishes, or a job which takes up more and more time (this could be your partner’s job too), or loneliness can be a result of having a baby – when your time with others gets less and less after pregnancy. For some, loneliness can be a welcome lifelong associate; people who struggle with a stammer, for example or people who are inherently shy … to people who may struggle with social issues or disabilities of any kind.

The most socially connected, gregarious and confident people can feel the effects of loneliness – even with the constant flow of technology and digital information and connections, in fact, the constant noise from the ability to be connected can instil yet more loneliness.

But what combats the feelings of loneliness? If signing up for new pursuits and throwing yourself in to situations to meet other people really isn’t something you feel you can do, what can you do? Firstly, realise you’re not alone – everyone feels lonely at sometime in their life. It’s how you recognise it and what you do about it that makes all the difference.

Emerging from it might not be easy, but it’s definitely doable.

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Gretchen Ruben, author of ‘The Happiness Project’ relays some interesting tips on her website; a poignant Memoir, entitled ‘Lonely’ by Emily White: 1. Remember that although the distinction can be difficult to draw, loneliness and solitude are different. White observes, “It’s entirely reasonable to feel lonely yet still feel as though you need some time to yourself.” Loneliness feels draining, distracting, and upsetting; desired solitude feels peaceful, creative, and restorative.

2. Nurturing others — raising children, teaching, caring for animals — helps to alleviate loneliness.

3. Keep in mind that to avoid loneliness, many people need both a social circle and an intimate attachment. Having just one of two may still leave you feeling lonely.

4. Work hard to get your sleep. One of the most common indicators of loneliness is broken

sleep — taking a long time to fall asleep, waking frequently, and feeling sleepy during the day. Sleep deprivation, under any circumstances, brings down people’s moods, makes them more likely to get sick, and dampens their energy, so it’s important to tackle this issue.

5. Try to figure out what’s missing from your life. White observes that making lots of

plans with friends didn’t alleviate her loneliness. “What I wanted,” she writes, “was the quiet presence of another person.” She longed to have someone else just hanging around the house with her. The more clearly you see what’s lacking, the more clearly you’ll see possible solutions.

6. Take steps to connect with other people (to state the obvious). Show up, make plans, sign up for a class, take a minute to chat.

7. Stay open. Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they’re big, flashing signs that something needs to change. The pain of loneliness can prod you to connect with other people. Unfortunately – and this may seem counter-intuitive – loneliness itself can make people feel more negative, critical, and judgmental. If you recognise that your loneliness may be affecting you in that way, you can take steps to counter it.

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Call Your Mother, She Worries …

You may have noticed we’re starting the year off with everything to do with love … and who is it that we first love, ever? Answer: our parents, the folk who bring us in to the world and guide us through our ‘Bambi-like’ first stages of life. Unconditional love starts with our parents – be it the biological ones or the super special adoptive ones who chose you to be their baby. The fact is we oft forget to tell those closest to us just how much we love them. If you are a parent reading this, you’ll totally get where we’re coming from …

As we grow, our parents (one or both) are there, right beside us. Later on, they seem to end up behind us, but that’s when it’s important to ensure contact is regular and more so than that, emphatically appreciated – with love.

It tends to be our parents who pick us up when we’re down, give advice when things seem futile, lend a hand when times are tough, send cash when we’re stuck and broke … It could be that university is the first time some of us experience life without the unwavering support and love of the people that raised us, or it could be traveling.

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home to enable a breakdown in communication – either way, it is imperative that we convey as much love toward our parents as we can possibly muster.

OK, mums can seem like the biggest naggers in the world, but it’s because they care – and until you appease their need to know their beloved offspring are OK (no matter the age of said offspring!), they will only worry. You see, it matters not whether you’re 5, 15 or 50, you’ll always be her baby. Same goes for dads – that protective hug is always as important to him as it is to you.

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The thing is; our parents won’t be with us forever. We grow up thinking that they’re invincible and steadfast in ‘being there’ but physically, this isn’t possible. No matter how independent we become, no matter how little we need the support that defines our more formative years, our parents are always the ones who, without hesitation, encourage us and provide a safe place to land. Do they not deserve our love in spades? Heck, yeah.

With the digital age, we’ve no excuse to not be telling our folks that we love them every single day – OK, mum and dad might not be a dab hand at WhatsApp, or Facebook, and Skype may escape them entirely, but everyone knows how to answer the phone and there’s plenty of free ways to call. Take a bit of time to teach your parents the ways of social media, post things to them to show them you’re thinking of them and that you love them.

You may get an odd succession of emojis back, but hey – it’s the thought that counts.

In the interest of reality, it has to be said that not all parents are great parents – not everyone is born with the nurture gene and sometimes it’s easy to lose a connection altogether, especially if it started off somewhat frayed with mum and dad. It’s an unfortunate fact of life that sometimes parents don’t fulfill the definition of what a parent ‘ought’ to be. Remember, though, that they are doing the best they can, we all are.

The love we’re describing in this article can actually be applied to anyone who has lived up to the role of that

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someone to look up to, the people you could turn to when you needed support. Let’s face it, it’s 2016 and the nuclear family is more unusual than a whole room full of meat eaters – it’s OK to transfer your appreciation and love to the people you ‘choose’ as your ‘parents’ these days – whoever it is who has invested their time, energy and most importantly, love into your wellbeing and growth deserves all the love in the world … especially as they’ve chosen to value you and love you as their own without any prerequisite or duty.

So, without further ado, call the people who love you most – the ones who know you best – the ones who will be caring about you from a million miles away or even if down the road, have allowed a gap of time for you to spread your wings without question. Guaranteed, they’ll be the ones who are most pleased to hear from you.

Tell them you love them. Every day. That’s the thing about parents – they’re here to set you on course and they won’t be here forever.

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Keeping it Cosy

Nest up this winter and feel snug as a bug!

WORDS: Lucy Sanderson

In Spring, we clean – the mass clear up; declutter and sort, freshen up and tidy…

There’s nothing better than finally kicking back and putting your feet up at home after it’s all been put in order; loving a home that feels like it ought to. The truth is that when Spring arrives, you're ready to head outdoors and enjoy the beautiful weather that you've been waiting for.

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This Winter we’re all about nesting (we’re not advocating staying in and hibernating, after all, we’re not hedgehogs and nesting isn’t just for expectant mums and dads), but winter is a time for being cosy, feeling warm, inviting family round for seasonal drinks and plenty of delicious dinners – so why not turn your home into your own version of a winter wonderland?

Do you have a sort of ‘useless space’ in your house? A nook, bit more than a cranny, somewhere which might suit a beanbag, a chair or a scatter of pillows and cushions to fall into with a book? What better time to expand the grey matter with some books than a blustery winter’s day? A reading ‘nook’ can be the stuff that hot chocolate adverts were made of - the perfect place to feel snug as a bug.

uninviting space, then think about how to spruce it up for extra comfort and cosiness… New shower curtain, perhaps? Definitely some well placed candles… Some new fluffy towels and a thick bath mat to land your tootsies into after a long soak: Job done.

If it’s cold outside, then some warm, soft tones inside can make all the difference as you step through the door after a long day. If you have the time and energy to paint, or wallpaper – then go for it. If however, you don’t have the time (or the inclination) to pick up a brush, then consider some new artwork for the walls – again, you can totally make your own! Stack up some logs and use that fireplace (if you have one), if there’s space, (and money for it) install a wood-burning stove…

There’s nothing quite like an open fire to instill a homely tone to a room.

not as difficult as you may think. It definitely depends on budget, also, you may not own your own home and in which case, decorating and updating may be money down the drain… Have a go at adding one or two of our suggestions this winter, make your home a Winter haven for you and your guests to enjoy, whatever the weather outside.

You see, home is a feeling, not just a place… Keeping it ‘just so’ requires a bit of effort – getting it ‘just so’ is

Without spending a whole lot of cash, you can pull together some incredibly comforting looks for your home. Starting with lighting, you can set the mood for a cosy backdrop with a few well-placed candles or fairy lights – too kitsch?

Try switching the ‘big light’ off and plug in a lamp – ta dah, instant ambiance - warm, inviting and ready for relaxation.

As it’s Winter, and we’re all vying for that warm, cosy vibe, try adding a few extra blankets and throws about the place, just chuck them over the backs of chairs and sofas, add one to the end of the bed or pop a basket in the corner of the living room and roll up a few of them for friends to snuggle into as they cosy up on your sofa when they pop by. Et voila, another ta dah, texture and functionality, as well as adding a dash of ‘homely’ without costing the earth. If you’re a dab hand at knitting or crochet, you may try using the excuse of a wet and rainy day to make your own, or if Granny is bored, ask her to get the wool out and show you how it’s done.

Rugs, pillows, layered bedding, table clothes; fabric in general – all add to a warm and cosy atmosphere. Heavier curtains (if budget extends that far) and even using fabric or quilts as art work; wall hangings or collage artwork will soften even the whitest and most modern of backdrops – emulating cosiness and warmth of a heavenly winter hang out.

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Aside from cosying up, hot bubbly baths are a winter wind down must.

How’s your bathroom currently looking? If it’s a cold, damp and

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Music And Merriment For Body And Soul

It has been well documented that singing is 'good for the soul', but it is also a great way for the body to keep healthy. There are many references as to why singing is a healthy option to our general wellbeing.

One of the benefits of singing that profoundly assists wellbeing is that it improves posture, breathing and lung function. It also strengthens the immune system and people are less likely to fall ill, leading to a reduction in medication and visits to the doctor and hospital.

Singing improves mood, relieves depression and isolation, reduces stress levels and those who sing with a group or established choir find the experience unifying and uplifting.

Singing with a choir helps people to form supportive friendships, to bond, laugh and generally have fun, and this often leads to social activities outside of choir rehearsals.

Singing also helps to boost confidence and there is no barrier to age or ability.

It is said that singing daily for at least ten minutes reduces stress, clears the sinuses, improves posture and can even help you live longer!

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There are a number of choirs in Jersey who all give concerts from time to time singing varying types of music.

One such choir is 'The Songsmiths' which is led and directed by Anne Hembry. The choir is a four-part choir and they meet once a week to sing – mainly for their own pleasure and enjoyment but also with the intention of providing musical entertainment for others. Most of the concerts they perform are for local charities and over a period of time a few thousand pounds has been raised for these charities by the choir.

Their repertoire is varied, although the choir particularly enjoys singing arrangements of popular modern classics and songs from the shows.

They meet once a week for rehearsals; working hard to produce a good quality sound, whilst thoroughly enjoying the social interaction and having fun.

Their programme for 2016 is already starting to take shape – catch them at the Music Night at St Aubin on the Hill in aid of Jersey Haemophilia Society on Wednesday, 20th April 2016 – and at the Joint Music Night with Healthy Harmony at the Hospital Chapel in aid of Oncology on Wednesday, 8th June 2016.

And if you love singing why not join them? They are always looking to bolster their numbers, particularly so with tenors and basses. Contact Anne to find out more.

More info: www.thesongsmiths.info and Facebook: The Songsmiths – Jersey

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Let Dance Be Part of Your Life WORDS: Christophe Chateau, Passionate About Dance!

Samba Reggae, Kizomba, Quick Step, Tap, Hip-Hop, Pole and Highland are just a handful of the many dance styles/classes available locally here in Jersey right now. It’s not only kids that are the benefactors either as many local classes exist for big kids too – or adults as they seemed to be referred to these days. As many people know, and I’m proud to say, I love dancing; as do many other islanders which is great when it comes with so many benefits.

There are the obvious ones – dance allows you to become more active, increases the amount of exercise you are undertaking, strengthens your bones and helps to control body weight. But what about reducing your stress levels, improving your ability to relax, increasing your confidence, stimulating your brain, enhancing your posture and balance, developing and discovering your creative skills, improving your social skills, meeting new people and increasing your resilience to injuries? Oh, nearly forgot – on top of all that, dance is great fun too!

Above and beyond the physical aspect, a dance class also provides valuable transferable skills for our young adults – helping with confidence, dealing with failure, improving self-esteem, developing communication skills, instilling discipline, understanding goal setting, learning respect and of course a bit of self-discovery on the way.

We are blessed in our beautiful island with lots of excellent active sport opportunities but not everyone is sporty; dance can offer all of us, whether young or young at heart, a great way of staying physically active while learning and discovering new hidden passions in a non-competitive

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way. Of course, dance can be highly competitive as highlighted by the Eisteddfod and the local dance schools taking part in the Dance World Cup. Being held at Fort Regent at the end of June this year, our little island will be welcoming over 3,000 dancing children from around the world to compete, plus their parents, teachers and family members too; a great boost to the local economy whether you dance or not!

TV, theatre, film, music and live performances help to keep dance popular and top of mind. Locally, there are numerous opportunities to be an active dance spectator or a dance participant, or both! Whether that’s watching the Royal Ballet stars, who visited last year as part of the Liberation Music Festival, trying a new class such as ‘Samba Reggae’, or simply learning a few steps of a wedding first dance – let dance be a part of your life. That inkling to move is within all of us – play some music to a group of toddlers and see what happens! We all have rhythm, it beats to keep us alive every day and if we choose to ignore it, we might lose out! talk2us@performersjersey.com 87

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Great Reads

Some of our latest picks:

The Flourish Handbook: How To Achieve Happiness With Staying Power, Boost Your WellBeing, Enjoy Your Life More and Reach Your Potential

By Cheryl Rickman Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (9 August 2013) One day, best-selling author, business owner and free-range worker, Cheryl Rickman thought to herself, “If only there was a book which literally equipped people with the tools they needed to boost their wellbeing [like WellBeing World does nowadays !], enjoy their life more, cope with adversity, get more done and reach their potential; a book packed with monthly tasks, to-do lists, a 100 flourishing activities checklist and an ULTIMATE FLOURISHING WEEKLY PLANNER into which stuff can be scheduled to enable flourishing on a daily basis, starting today!” But there wasn’t. So she wrote it.

The Flourish Handbook is a compelling and easy-to-digest practical guide – a friendly handbook on how to flourish.

Drawing on extensive research and her own methods of coping with adversity and tragedy, achieving dreams, and enjoying life, Cheryl Rickman gives you a workbook about much more than merely achieving happiness.

Learn how to:

Become more resilient Fit more engaging and enjoyable activities into your daily life Find your true purpose and play to your strengths Improve your relationships Achieve balance between life and work Develop and sustain gratitude Respond positively to others and events Declutter and enhance your environment and mind power Enjoy life more

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Flourishing is about more than simply feeling good; it’s about pursuing and experiencing a better life; it’s about building and optimising wellbeing.

Once you know which elements make up wellbeing and focus on those areas, rather than focusing merely on happiness alone, you can live a rich, enjoyable and meaningful life with a high level of sustained wellbeing month by month over the course of one year.

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The Miracle Morning: The 6 Habits That Will Transform Your Life Before 8am

By Hal Elrod – Publisher: John Murray Learning (7 January 2016) What's being widely regarded as "one of the most life changing books ever written" may be the simplest approach to achieving everything you've ever wanted, and faster than you ever thought possible.

What if you could wake up tomorrow and any - or EVERY - area of your life was beginning to transform?

What would you change? The Miracle Morning is already transforming the lives of tens of thousands of people around the world by showing them how to wake up each day with more energy, motivation and focus to take your life to the next level. It's been right here in front of us all along, but this book has finally brought it to life.

'Hal Elrod is a genius and his book The Miracle Morning has been magical in my life,' Robert Kiyosaki, bestselling author of Rich Dad Poor Dad. 'Every once in a while, you read a book that changes the way you look at life, but it is so rare to find a book that changes the way you live your life,' Tim Sanders, New York Times bestselling author of The Likeability Factor 'To read The Miracle Morning is to give yourself the gift of waking up each day to your full potential. It's time to stop putting off creating the life you want and deserve to live.' Dr Ivan Misner, CEO and Founder of BNI®

Destressifying: The Real-World Guide to Personal Empowerment, Lasting Fulfilment and Peace of Mind

By Davidji – Publisher: Hay House UK (25 August 2015) When was the last time you snapped at someone or spoke words that you regretted; when you made a knee-jerk decision that you wish you could take back? How about the last time you felt burned-out or overwhelmed? Most likely the cause was stress.

Stress is destructive, diabolical and creeps into every moment of our lives. It influences our relationships, impacts our body, works its way into our conversations and sparks non- nourishing behaviours. In this book, stress-management expert Davidji draws on decades of experience working with individuals in extreme, highpressure situations – including business leaders, worldclass athletes, members of the military and those in crisis – to share the solutions to stress we've desperately been waiting for.

With the help of this book you will learn:

· The 5 types of stress and how to deal with them · Simple tools for dealing with modern life's daily stressors,

common woes and unpredictable situations

· Practical methods for prioritizing needs, managing

emotions and communicating efficiently

· How to keep stress levels at a constant low, and much more!

One read of this book will enhance your performance at work, at home and in the face of daily surprises. It will teach you how to handle any type of stress that life throws your way, and will guide you to deeper fulfilment, greater empowerment and true peace of mind.

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Clean and Lean for Life: The Cookbook: 150 delicious recipes for a happy, healthy body

By James Duigan – Publisher: Kyle Books (3 December 2015) If you want to eat well, you need to learn to cook well – but it needn’t be as hard or as complicated as you think. In Clean & Lean for Life: The Cookbook, James Duigan helps you every step of the way with mouthwatering recipes and cookery tips that will have you whizzing up nutritious meals in minutes, whatever your budget or lifestyle.

For years, James has advocated cutting out sugar, avoiding alcohol and eating ‘good’ fats such as avocados and coconut oil - advice that has now become mainstream.

With advice on avoiding the cravings that can lead you off track, and on whether to use microwaves, whether it’s worth getting a Spiralizer or Nutribullet, plus inspiring tips on how to maintain your new healthy lifestyle, James demonstrates that you, too, can be Clean and Lean for life.

The Gut Makeover: 4 Weeks to Nourish Your Gut, Revolutionise Your Health and Lose Weight

By Jeannette Hyde – Publisher: Quercus (31 December 2015)

Packed with easy-to-follow advice, the latest science and nourishing recipes and meal plans, Jeannette Hyde’s radical new approach will help you: · Lose weight with a tried and tested 4-week plan · Transform the look of your hair and skin · Address any longstanding digestive problems

including IBS and bloating

· Strengthen your immune system · Get a good night’s sleep · Eat for a healthy mind and body with over fifty

delicious recipes

The Gut Makeover is based on revolutionary new science that reveals that the state of our gut is central to our weight and health. This is more than another fad diet. This is a lifestyle approach to help you control your weight, improve your skin, lift your spirits and strengthen your immune system for good.

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ALL CARE JERSEY

Like a lighthouse in stormy seas, All Care Jersey stands for strength, protection and peace of mind.

Established specialists in the field of care, their well-trained experts can be trusted to look after your wellbeing and that of loved ones. Services include personal care, palliative care, Alzheimer’s and Dementia support, companionship, respite, recuperation, special needs support, short or long term care, housekeeping, shopping assistance, and much more.

W: www.allcarejersey.com E: contact@allcarejersey.com T: +44 (0) 1534 619 719

AYUSH WELLNESS SPA

Awarded ‘Best Spa in the South West UK & Channel Islands’ by the Good Spa Guide, Ayush Wellness Spa offers a combination of authentic Ayurvedic therapies and luxurious spa treatments. An Ayurvedic physician works with Indian and Western therapists to provide consultations and treatments and share with you the teachings of this timeless tradition enabling you to develop practices that will help restore and maintain mind and body. The concept is authentic in an environment that advocates a healthy lifestyle, enriching both physical and emotional wellbeing.

W: www.ayushwellnessspa.com T: +44 (0) 01534 614 171 Hotel de France, St. Saviour’s Road, St Helier

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AUGRE PHYSIOTHERAPY

A small and friendly practice, Augre Physiotherapy is based at the Lido Medical Centre. Their experienced team of physiotherapists have the ability to treat all musculoskeletal conditions and each are qualified in their own sub-speciality of physiotherapy. They specialise in knee and shoulder complaints.

They also offer Pilates and specialised Pregnancy Pilates led by a qualified Physiotherapist and Personal Trainer. Classes are limited to just five people and conducted in a fully equipped gym.

W: www.augrephysiotherapy.com E: info@augrephysiotherapy.com T: +44 (0) 1534 280 010

BACK TO BALANCE

Chiropractic and osteopathy are primary health care professions that specialise in the diagnosis, treatment, management and prevention of neuro-musculoskeletal conditions that occur secondary to the mechanical dysfunction of the joints and muscles.

Back to Balance uses a number of techniques tailored to your individual goals, including massage, acupuncture, manipulation, cranial techniques to name a few.

Chiropractic and osteopathy are gentle safe tehniques that can be used on babies through to the elderly and is covered by most major health insurance providers.

W: www.backtobalancejsy.co.uk E: info@backtobalancejsy.co.uk T: +44 (0) 1534 789 367

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...helping you become the person you are meant to be

CHATEAU VERMONT

Nestled on the outskirts of St Saviour with plenty of parking, CHATEAU VERMONT offers something for everyone!

Not only does it have a gym area with both machines and free weights as well as a variety of cardio machines, the centre has opened BEAUTY AT THE CHATEAU. Run

by Jess Viera, the offerings are varied: from waxing to semi permanent makeup; massage to lash extensions. New for 2016 includes the addition of BOOTY FIT and a variety of sports massage treatments plus an inhouse physiotherapist and nutritional therapist. We have a dedicated team of personal trainers and qualified and professional staff who will be happy to help you with all your health and fitness goals.

W: www.chateauvermontgym.com E: info@chateauvermontgym.com T: +44 (0) 1534 877 763 Le Mont Sohier St. Saviour Jersey CI JE2 7HA

CLASADO BIOSCIENCES

Clasado BioSciences is a leading International Biotechnology company headquartered in Jersey.

They research and develop the world’s most advanced galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS) products, providing solutions for Food, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical companies across the global wellness market.

Through their extensive research and innovation programme and their ground-breaking prebiotic technology, they have rapidly established themselves as the leading experts in the field of gut mediated wellness, providing clinically proven solutions to improve and enrich the quality of people’s lives.

W: www.clasado.com E: admin@clasado.com T: +44 (0) 1534 715 000

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CLAIRE DE GRUCHY

Enhancing Learning and Life! Claire, as a Health Kinesiologist and Neuro-Developmental Therapist, addresses most areas of life that may challenge an infant, child, teenager or adult. Whether support is needed in Learning, Concentration, Behavioural Difficulties or in Wellbeing, Physical Injury, Coordination or Nutrition, contact Claire. She is happy to give a FREE 10 minute consultation to identify how she could help you.

Special WellBeing World Offer: Nutrition Assessment @ £55 (£20 Saving) Quote “WBW Nutrition” W: www.myhealthkinesiology.com | www.dep.je E: claire@myhealthkinesiology.com | claire@dep.je T: +44 (0) 7797 714 758 New Vision Therapy Centre

CTT INTERNATIONAL

CTT International offers a range of Bespoke Psychological Consultation, Therapy and Training options to individuals, employers and groups. Specific areas of expertise include: • Stress in the workplace and Mindfulness based Stress Reduction and Pain Management • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for stress, anxiety, depression, alcohol/drug problems and any other mental health problem.

• Breathworks accredited W: www.cttinternational.com E: info@cttinternational.com T: +44 (0) 7797 810 268 The Harvey Suite, Lido Medical Centre

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FULLY PRESENT ENERGY HEALING

ENERGETIX

Energetix combines sophisticated exclusive jewellery with the power of magnets. People wear the jewellery because they are fascinated by its radiance and want to have the power of magnets in their immediate vicinity all the time.

All the jewellery and accessories have the same purpose, to give us moments of wellbeing in our daily life and each of these moments tells us we are on the right track. Designs for women, men, children and a great sports look.

T: +44 (0) 1534 758 808 Up and Above, 50 Don Street, St Helier Order online at www.upandabovejersey.energetix.tv

Elaine McGoogan of Fully Present is a practitioner in Brennan Healing Science, a unique and highly specialised form of energy healing which can be beneficial for physical, mental and spiritual imbalances.

Elaine works with clients to support their personal journey to wellness and reconnecting with their authentic self. Distant healing is offered as she is based in France with visits to Jersey for in person treatments.

W: www.fullypresent.org E: elaine@fullypresent.org

FUTURE HEALTH

GEORGINA NOEL

Comprising a series of 20 minute sessions held in the workplace, it doesn’t require a lot of space – just space around the desk or perhaps access to a meeting room. And, there is no need to get changed or to have access to shower facilities. It is a convenient way of showing your employees how to look after their own wellbeing.

Georgina also offers a variety of Weight Loss programmes both in person and online. For information on all offerings, please visit her website.

Future Health for a Healthier You is a stretch programme for employers to help employees to reduce stress, improve back conditions, enhance productivity, increase flexibility, energy and wellbeing.

E: futurehealth.je@gmail.com T: Magda: +44 (0) 7700 325 512

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Georgina uses both EFT and NLP techniques; she is also the FETMRA trainer for the Channel Islands.

She specialises in supporting people suffering with stress, anxiety, depression and bereavement.

W: www.georginanoel.com E: hello@georginanoel.com T: +44 (0) 1534 499 915

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GRAND JERSEY HOTEL & SPA

A subterranean haven, The Spa at Grand Jersey Hotel & Spa offers a wealth of amenities. Stretch out in the pool; lay back in the sauna; release your cares with an aromatherapy steam, or under the cascade of an exotic adventure shower.

Then revel in your solitude in the comfort of the exquisite relaxation lounge, where you can sample fruit and herbal teas and spa nibbles. The Spa offers the ultimate cocooned experience, with a range of VIP, twin and single treatment rooms, indoor heated pool and bespoke treatments from some of the world’s leading product houses, including ESPA, to ensure quality and results.

W: www.handpickedhotels.co.uk/grandjersey E: spa.grandjersey@handpicked.co.uk T: +44 (0) 1534 288 450 Esplanade, St Helier, Jersey

HEALTHHAUS

Healthhaus is a boutique styled private members club for the discerning health conscious individual. With the pace and pressures of modern living, the vision at Healthhaus is to provide an effective and time efficient fitness solution leaving you the opportunity to indulge in a 360˚ approach to wellness.

Healthhaus Express is a smaller, more intimate club with service and support values synonymous with Healthhaus. Using Milon it gives you a time efficient fitness solution that can be incorporated seamlessly into your working day.

W: www.healthhaus.co.uk E: info@healthhaus.co.uk T: +44 (0)1534 614 800

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HEALTH POINT CLINIC

Lorna Jackson Acupuncture 1st BSc (Hons), MBAcC, AFN. Traditional acupuncture is more than pain management, treating headaches or back pain, it is uniquely suited to modern life as physical, emotional and mental blocks are seen as interdependent.

Acupuncture is safe, gentle and it can be used by everyone, including babies, during pregnancy, sports enthusiasts and the elderly. Lorna operates from her clinics in The Lido Wellness Centre and Greencliff Chiropractic Clinic. Most private health insurers cover acupuncture treatment. Please check before treatment.

W: www.healthpointclinic.co.uk E: lornajackson@healthpointclinic.co.uk T: +44 (0) 1534 852 039 (Greencliff Chiropractic) T: +44 (0) 1534 789 367 (Lido Medical Centre)

L’HORIZON BEACH HOTEL & SPA

Nestled by the sea, the views are just the beginning.

Step inside and let your journey of indulgence begin.

The new L’Horizon Spa has been designed to offer a world of pampering whether you are visiting for a wedding, a girls’ weekend away or a break with a loved one. Enjoy a special day reviving mind and body, select an Elemis treatment, reinvigorate tired limbs with a dip in the sea-view swimming pool or simply drift away in the sleep room. Feel your cares wash away, just as the ocean washes over the golden sands of St Brelade’s Bay. W: www.handpicked.co.uk/lhorizon E: lhorizon@handpicked.co.uk T: +44 (0) 1534 743 101 La Route de la Baie, St Brelade, Jersey JE3 8EF

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LIDO WELLNESS CENTRE

A diverse and experienced range of health therapists have come together to provide the island with a premium centre for wellbeing. The Lido Wellness Centre is based on the 2nd floor at the Lido Medical Centre in St Helier.

With six individual treatment rooms, the Centre provides a base for a wide range of therapies, offering a vast array of knowledge and experience to support people back to wellness. The centre is open 8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday, and 9am to 5pm on Saturdays.

W: www.thelidowellnesscentre.co.uk T: +44 (0) 1534 789 367

PAMELA PITCHER THE CONFIDENCE COACH

* Weight Loss * Career * Transitions * Passion * Phobias Pam is a Master Practitioner of NLP and a Practitioner with Distinction of Ericksonian Hypnotherapy. She is also a certified motivational coach and weight loss master coach.

“When you connect your inner game and outer game, you suddenly find yourself flooded with new confidence.” ~ Pamela Pitcher, The Confidence Coach.

W: www.pamelapitcher.com E: pamelapitcherconsulting@gmail.com T: +44 (0) 770 070 2213

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LORRAINE PANNETIER FOOD COACH & WRITER

Revitalise, transform and empower your life!

Lorraine will guide you through the confusing world of health food, inspiring you to eat more simply yet abundantly to achieve optimum vitality.

Subscribe to receive details of group courses, 1-1 coaching, and delicious recipes.

W: www.beetrootbrownie.com W: www.thefoodcoach.je (coming soon) T: +44 (0) 7797 742 929

PIPPA CAMPBELL HEALTH

Adopting a holistic, lifestyle approach to nutrition and personal training, Pippa Campbell is perfectly placed to help you meet your health and fitness goals - whatever they might be. Pippa’s ethos is to work with each client on an individual basis, assessing needs, discussing goals, and then creating a personalised plan. Pippa Campbell offers a fully equipped studio in a convenient location with free parking. Pippa has recently become the only certified coach in both Jersey and Guernsey able to support the Metabolic Balance system, a unique programme which relies on science and responds to your own unique metabolism to improve hormone balance and overall wellbeing.

W: www.reforma.je E: pippa@reforma.je T: +44 (0) 7797 728 864 The Caesarean Tennis Club, Grand Vaux, St Saviour

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TAP IT BETTER

THE FITNESS AGENCY

Tap It Better is the brainchild of advanced practitioner Yolanda Sáez Castelló MSc and combines Emotional Freedom Technique and Thought Field Therapy for comprehensive treatment of a wide range of complaints. These include anxiety, stress, phobias, physical pain, performance nerves, academic performance issues and even hayfever. Non-invasive and drug-free, EFT and TFT can be used effectively on both adults and children. Tap It Better is a member of AAMET (Association for the Advancement of Meridian Energy Therapies) and fully insured.

The Fitness Agency have an extensive fleet of treadmills, cycles, cross trainers and rowers for hire, available for a minimum period of 4 weeks from as little as £65 including delivery and collection. Exclusive CI agents for Life Fitness home equipment and many others also, they will help you decide on the type of exercise you need, which fitness equipment will benefit you the most, and will also help you assess whether to buy or hire.

Please note that The Fitness Agency, Good Health, and Puffin Cycles are now based at Five Oaks, St Saviour (Little Factory, Rue a la Dame – first left after Pastella).

Facebook: www.facebook.com/justtapitbetter E: Yolanda@tapitbetter.com T: +44 (0) 7700 788 870

W: www.thefitnessagency.co.uk T: +44 (0) 1534 633 109 (The Fitness Agency) T: +44 (0) 1534 875 057 (Good Health) T: +44 (0) 1534 639 720 (Puffin Cycles) M: +44 (0) 7797 727 446 (All businesses)

THE WELLNESS CENTRE (CASTLE QUAY)

How do YOU want to feel..? Our Specialist Team at The Wellness Centre (Castle Quay) is here to help you feel your Best…! Chiropractic, Massage, Beauty (Dermalogica Skin Care), Counselling Services, Float SPA Hydrotherapy (Floatation / Sensory Deprivation Therapy), Medical Aesthetics, Wellness Studio (Yoga, Pilates & Meditation classes)... The Wellness Centre (Castle Quay) really does have it all...There’s Something for Everyone ...

W: www.the-wellness-centre.com E: the-wellness-centre@hotmail.com T: +44 (0) 1534 633 060 Millais House, Rue De L’Eteau, St. Helier

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THERAPYBREAKS

Ann Marie Clarke of Therapybreaks practices at the Lido Medical Centre, Jersey. She provides psychotherapy, coaching, professional supervision and therapy breaks for individuals, couples and families. Psychotherapy can help with many life changes and challenges e.g. Stress, Work related problems, Depression, Anxiety, Loss, Eating disorders, Experience of abuse, Alcohol and drug problems, Parenting and Redundancy. Coaching supports you in discovering effective ways of living your life and achieving fulfilment. Ann Marie offers a free 30 minute consultation to assist you in deciding which is the best support for you.

W: www.therapybreaks.com E: annmarie@therapybreaks.com T: Ann Marie +44 (0) 7797 770 059