A Bellyful is Never Enough One of the main barriers we face when it comes to eating mindfully is our tendency to be distracted whilst we eat. Our busy working lives may dictate we take our lunch breaks al-desko and our breakfasts on the fly. A busy home life makes mindless eating attractive; seductive even. In …
What is Mindful Eating? Our relationship with food is one of the most significant indicators of health and wellbeing. We have more control over our eating habits than we may think, or choose to believe! For many of us, informed decisions, making subtle changes in eating habits and taking our relationship with food seriously can …
Discovering Wellbeing As a writer, it’s always exciting to find yourself creating content for an innovative organisation. Indeed the process is all the more enthralling when the company in question supports and epitomises your long-held beliefs about health and social care. I’ve been writing for charitable organisations and foodie/wellness publications for near on three years …
Previously, we talked about how this wellbeing service brings together members on the one hand (they’re neither patients nor clients whilst they’re in the Hub) and makers on the other. We went so far as to suggest there appears to be a new breed of makers who have a very particular focus and dedication to …
New Outcomes Call for New Spaces When we first started to work with the SmartCare organisation and talked through the design principles of their wellbeing service, it quickly became clear they had a serious intent to do something innovative. Their Social Prescribing Lead, Dr Aftab, wanted to mesh two sets of data. Firstly, she was meticulous about what …
Are You a Neomaker? We had a great event on the 25th April at the Hazelwell Hub in Kings Heath, Birmingham. Don’t take our word for it. We’ve been talking to the attendees and reviewing the feedback. We can tell you, some very interesting themes are emerging from those conversations. Everyone who came along wants to do …
“Buzzed” About Wellbeing It’s 10.45 AM on Wednesday 25thApril and there is already a queue signing in to the first ever BHappy Hub wellbeing gathering. Over the course of the next four hours around 50 members of the Kings Heath community and around a dozen “wellbeing providers” congregate at the Hazelwell Hub in Kings Heath, …
