Guest Blogger, Emily Alder-Jeffs , Pilates and Nutrition Coach We would like to thank Emily for sharing her valuable knowledge and helping us to stay happy and healthy. Here are Emily’s top tips for staying motivated and focused while increasing your...

How are you feeling today? If you can identify with feelings of overwhelm, stress, fear, anxiety, pressure, sadness or hopelessness you’re not alone. As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many people across the world have had to make huge shifts in...

Week 1 – An Introduction to the Programme   At Block Recruit we are on a mission to help all candidates and clients in the sector become more resilient and happy people.   Following on from Zoe's talks at the IRPM Regionals raising...

Week 2 – Daily Hassle Log – Building Your Resilience Welcome to Week 2! The word "stress" is used to describe the physical and / or emotional response to the demands and pressures of modern-day living.   Stress can be a positive thing, which...

Week 3 - Positive Self-Talk - Building Your Resilience   Welcome to Week 3!   Positive Self-Talk is based on the concept that the way you talk ‘in your head’ shapes the way you see the world and interpret things. Therefore, if our self-talk...

Week 4 – A Note of Gratitude – The Science of Happiness   On our 4 th week of the 12 Weeks of Wellbeing, we’re focusing on gratitude.   Did you know that it is scientifically proven that one of the greatest contributing factors...

Week 5 – Stability Zones – Building your Resilience   How many times have you had “one of those days”?   You know, when it seems like everything and everyone is against you. Problem after problem, everything is out of your control and it...

Week 6 – WAVE: Ride the Emotion – Building your Resilience   FACT: Large population-based research studies have indicated that the practice of mindfulness is strongly correlated with wellbeing and perceived health. Studies have also shown that rumination and worry contribute to mental...

Week 7 – Walking Your Way to Happiness – Building Your Resilience   “When we spend most of our time at work or thinking about it even when we're not physically in the workspace, our levels of cortisol - the stress hormone – are raised....

Week 8 - The Burn Book – Building Your Resilience Welcome to Week 8!   This exercise was brought to our team by our Client Development Manager, Zoe. If, like Zoe, you’ve seen the teenage Comedy film, Mean Girls 100 times, then you’ll...