Mind Crew
Improve performance and job satisfaction as well as health, by learning about Stress; what it is, how to prevent it and most importantly, how to deal with it when you can’t prevent it. The focus is on all aspects of self-care, giving simple tips and tools that can be put into practice immediately.
In this seminar we look at the relationship between pressure and performance. We’ll discuss the definition of resilience and why it is so important to thrive in the workplace. The Objective: Attendees walk away with a new, positive perspective on resilience. They feel empowered to take ownership and to start to build their resilience muscle. They have some simple tools which can be used immediately
This workshop breaks down the biology and neurology of stress, offering practical solutions that can reduce the effect of stress on the person, it teaches practical coping skills that help participants manage difficulties, aiming to boost resilience, mental health and wellbeing.
This workshop focuses both on teaching in the moment coping skills, helping participants calm their system and manage their stress; and also teaching preemptive skills that help reduce the cumulative effects of stress. Naturally, we all know the necessity of sleep, diet and exercise, but this seminar/workshop explains why these factors benefit us and how in their absence our performance and wellbeing is impacted.
At the end of the workshop, participants should feel that they have gained skills to understand and manage their own stress in a moment, and also have learned skills that help to prevent stress from building, improving sleep, productivity and emotional intelligence.
Being away from the physical office environment or social gatherings can be a struggle and naturally, it will be difficult to integrate back straight away. What is a good approach to deal with this?
Throughout the seminar we will cover the following areas:
- How can you help yourself?
- Morning routine
- How to deal with internal and external obstacles?
- Resilience to face adversity
- Comfort zone
- Confidence building
- Positive mind-set
- Communication and verbal expression
- Life Balance
Moving on from a job we’ve held for a significant amount of time, means a lot of change. And change is something we all deal with differently – some embrace it, some resist it, but we all have to figure out how to deal with change as best we can. Even positive life changes can be stressful. Whether you intend to retire, or move to another job, or remain as yet undecided; it will take some time to adjust to your new life.
This enjoyable and informative workshop is designed to help you prepare for the changes ahead, so that you are well equipped to adapt to the transition with comfort and ease rather than distress.
Headspace at home
In this session we will look at the culture we are currently in, and why our wellbeing is so affected at the moment. We will help you learn what your body & mind do when you are under pressure, stressed, or anxious and show you how to deal with it and how to adequately resource ourselves. Taking a simple approach, we will learn how to spot stress coming & disarm it throughout the day so it doesn’t build up and overwhelm you. We will include some light meditation techniques throughout, and give you some simple tools which can be used immediately
The sleep workshop helps participants understand why sleep is the foundation that we can build our Mental Fitness upon. The workshop explores why we sleep, what happens when we sleep; how even a slight deficit in sleep can affect on our emotions, physicality and cognitions, and offers practical tips to improve our quality and quantity of sleep.
The aim and purpose of this seminar is to outline a systematic process to set up concrete steps in how to create, follow and achieve small and long term goals. To define specifically what the outcome will be involving all the senses. It is to emphasize the importance of structure, discipline and momentum. To understand how they interlink and how it can help the person to continue on the path towards success, achievement and fulfilment.
The aim and purpose of this seminar is to outline how belief systems, internal dialogue and positive statements have an impact on one’s behaviour. What effect does negative thinking have and how to eradicate negative thoughts? It is to understand and explore how our beliefs are shaped by the belief engine within us. It is to examine our understanding for developing false beliefs that are sometimes held with great confidence and shield us from living our desired life. How can we work on our belief system to create a positive way of living?
The aim and purpose of this seminar is to outline how self-limiting beliefs can have a significant impact on the performance and effectiveness of an individual. What to do with empowering beliefs and how to address values and needs that have an influence in our life today.
Self- limiting beliefs are those that constrain us. By believing in our limiting beliefs, we impoverish our
lives. They are often about our self-identity. The beliefs may also be about other people and the world in general. It is important to understand and to be aware of our self-limiting beliefs, to work on them and to eradicate them from our lives.
With this, it is important to address how values and needs play an important part. Needs are not good or bad, it is what action you take to fulfil your needs that makes the difference between positive and
negative. What drains you and what gives you energy?
Personal Therapy explores any issues in your life that you wish to address. These can range from depression, anxiety, trauma, dissatisfaction, pain, or the search for meaning.
Each person has their own unique way of engaging in this process. Our integrative approach allows for individuality. Working in a supportive, warm, caring, and non-judgmental environment can equip you to engage with your struggle as you discover alternative approaches to moving forward
Food Crew
Do you find food labels confusing? It can be difficult to understand the difference between truly healthy options and marketing and know which foods to buy and which to leave on the shelf. This talk covers the three things to look for on food labels, what ingredients to avoid and the practical steps you can take to make sure you are buying the healthiest options.
Healthy eating has a reputation for being expensive and complicated. While this can be true, especially if you are trying to keep up with the latest food trends (goji berries are so last season!), it is possible to have a healthy diet without breaking the bank. This practical talk shows you how to build a healthy diet with everyday superfoods. We cover meal planning, our top kitchen tools, where cheaper options can be healthier and easy ways to save both time and money.
Cardiovascular disease remains Ireland biggest killer. However evidence into the role that nutrition and exercise play in keeping our hearts healthy continues to mount. This practical talk includes the top 5 steps to take to protect your heart health and helps you to build a heart-healthy action plan you can put in place today.
Want to make sure you are fuelling yourself properly and getting the most out of your food choices? This practical and informative talk covers our top 7 healthy eating tips, including what to eat and what to avoid. Be prepared for some surprises! Learn about healthy swaps for your favourite foods and the one thing that will help you to make healthy changes and stick with them.
It’s difficult to make time for healthy eating and tempting to take shortcuts and grab food on the go, especially when things get busy. In this interactive talk we identify where your food choices may not be as healthy as you think and give our top three healthy eating tips for busy people. The talk includes tips on healthy snacks on the go. We also share three ways to make healthy eating easier and the one change you should make today. This talk can be adapted to suit teams working irregular hours or shifts
Ever eat something you know you shouldn’t be eating when you are not even hungry? Or finish a chocolate bar and immediately want another one? This practical and interactive talk delves into when, how much and why we eat and the impact of these decisions on our health and eating habits. With lots of real life examples, the talk will help you to understand your dietary habits and how to change them to keep you as healthy as possible.
According to a survey by the International Food Information Council Foundation intermittent fasting was last year’s most popular diet. Research shows ever more promising benefits, from weight loss and reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes to improved mental clarity and even longer life. In this practical seminar we look at the truth behind the headlines and explain the realistic potential benefits, the best way to follow intermittent fasting, who should avoid it and potential downfalls
As environmental awareness grows, many of us want to do our bit for the planet, but are not sure where to start. This practical talk covers food and lifestyle tips that can help your health and your bank balance as well as the planet. Our ‘Go Green’ checklist helps to identify your key green actions for the next three months and beyond
It’s hard enough to eat healthily at the best of times and much harder now, with most of us working from home, keeping kids amused and dealing with lots of stress. Nutritional Therapist and head of our Food Crew Heather Leeson shares some tips on keeping on track with healthy eating, even under the current circumstances.
According to some research, sleep is even more important than food in relation to performance. So why is sleep one of the first things we are willing to sacrifice when we get busy? Research suggests that even small amounts of sleep deprivation take a significant toll on our health, our cognitive capacity and can lead to weight gain. Most of us need at least 7 hours sleep per night to feel rested. The WHO recommends 8 hours
In this seminar we will discuss the following:
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- Think about how you eat – Eat regularly and avoid skipping meals
- What you eat matters – Foods that can help support sleep
- Think before you drink – How certain drinks can disrupt your sleep
- Stress Support – Take active steps
- Sleep Hygiene
Good Health is about more than weight and BMI. Our nutrition and health reviews focus on the information that really matters for health and performance, helping participants to understand where they need to make change to support their long term health and well-being
Each 15 minute confidential review includes:
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- Optional Body Composition assessment including: hydration, metabolic age, body fat % and waist circumference
- Explanation of results and where action is required.
- Food Diary Review
- 3-month targets to work toward
Money Crew
Financial Wellness is an integral part of every employees overall happiness. In this session we cover the 4 main topics of “No Surprises” financial planning. This 1 hour session is our most popular session as we cram in lots of useful financial planning takeaways. We bring employees on a high level whistle stop tour of tax, insurances, mortgages and savings and investments. All of this wrapped in our philosophy of “no surprises” where we show employees how to identify, quantify and target future financial events.
We believe in a “No Surprises” approach to our financial planning philosophy. In this session, we show members how to plan for the various future financial events in each employee’s lives in a targeted and focused way. Financial Stress, which we are all trying to avoid, is a symptom of a lack of financial planning. In this session we teach employees how to identify future financial events, quantify them, and plan for them so that when these events arrive, they are fully prepared for them!!
It’s better in your pocket rather than theirs! And crucially no taxman is actually harmed in the delivery of this session! This session looks at the various credits, tax rates and standard rate bands that make up our tax system. We will highlight to employees the various tax related tricks and tips they can utilise to try to reduce their tax bills, in the years gone by and the years ahead!
In this session we will look at the various elements of the employees financial wellbeing. Given the challenges that we are currently enduring, never has it been more apparent that unexpected events do sometimes happens. This session will look to show employees how to plan for the unexpected and given the recent Covid 19 environment, Nick will look at social welfare benefits, insurances, financial planning principals and investment/pension markets.
Insurances are something we all have and we all very rarely look at! We highlight to employees how the various life insurances should be calculated and structured. We highlight to employees the benefits they have in their own workplaces and then unveil all the nooks and crannies of the insurance world! Once armed with an understanding of how benefit amounts are calculated, employees can then review their own insurance set up to see if they are over or under insured and ultimately make their insurance spend as efficient as possible
Now this is where financial wellness meets fun! Most employees like seeing their money get bigger so in this session we educate employees on the various types of money and the many ways to save and invest. This session will look at our carefully chosen tips and tricks when it comes to savings and investment and will show employees how to match their savings goals with an investment type
Now this is where financial wellness meets fun! Most employees like seeing their money get bigger so in this session we educate employees on the various types of money and the many ways to save and invest. This session will look at our carefully chosen tips and tricks when it comes to savings and investment and will show employees how to match their savings goals with an investment type
One third of our adult lives are likely to be spent in retirement so we drill-down on the various considerations of retirement. We look at three key areas of retirement, namely retirement trends, the numbers behind a happy retirement and the solutions available to help employees get there. We show employees what to expect when they get to retirement and we show them a high level overview of what they will need to do to reach their own income in retirement goals. This session will also shine a light on employer retirement benefits and educate employees on old pension benefits they may have and how best to plan for their own retirement.
This session is for your employees who are approaching retirement and have some big decisions ahead ! They will have lots of choices ahead of them so this session will show them the pros and cons of all of the retirement options they face. We will show them how to make their money last long into retirement and we will remove all of the confusing pensions industry jargon to give employees a real understanding of what lies ahead. Employees will leave with a wealth of knowledge that will prepare them for the exciting but often complicated financial times they are about to enter
1-2-1 Financial clinics are the most popular element of any financial wellness programme. Clinics are designed to take the theory delivered in our webinars and turn them into functioning financial roadmaps for individual employees. Employees will leave a clinic with their goals highlighted and they will be given a suggested route to achieving those goals. Clinics are 30 min long and are conducted by qualified financial wellness experts.
Fit Crew
Awareness about the importance of exercise for mental and physical wellbeing and long term health continues to grow. Evidence shows that those with sedentary jobs benefit greatly from including exercise in their day. For people with active jobs, improving fitness levels and flexibility can help prevent injury. However it can be difficult to find the time and the motivation to exercise, especially when work and family life are busy. These one hour exercise sessions include practical tips and demonstrations to encourage your team to reap the benefits of including exercise in their day
Regular exercise has huge benefits to physical and mental health, including reducing of chronic disease, improving mood and even extending life expectancy. This talk explains the benefits of incorporating exercise into working life, whether participants are already exercising or new to it. Includes practical demonstrations, do’s and don’ts and Q & A
In this talk we will discuss the importance of good nutrition and exercise. This is a general overview of how important being active and healthy eating is, and how it impacts on so many areas of your life. We will show you lots of little things you can do across the week to make improvements. “Lots of small things, done consistently will, over time lead to massive results”
In this talk we discuss the importance of being physically active across the week. We will look into the benefits, both mental & physical, of being regularly active. We will go through a series of tips that can be easily incorporated across the week into your schedule, ‘No time is no excuse’. We will also incorporate a practical work into this session
This seminar will focus on our sleeping and try to improve our regime moving forward. Sleep is regularly overlooked, so quickly it is the first one we put on the long finger when our schedules get busy. However sleep and lack off, can have a bigger impact on us than you might imagine. Poor sleep quality can impair our:
- Appetite (making us a lot hungrier)
- Concentration
- Recovery
- Metabolic health
- Weight loss efforts
- Immune function
As you can gather, it has an impact on everything so it will make other aspects of our lifestyle/ diet harder to change if we skimp on sleep. The aim is to get 7-9 hours sleep per night. If you’re not close to these targets, let’s increase the amount of sleep you get by 30 minutes, make this your norm and look to add to it again until you’re at the 7+ mark.