For as long as I can remember I've had what some people call an "irrational fear". To use it's posh word I suffer with lepidopterophobia. "BUT WHAT IS THAT LAUREN?!" I hear you cry. It's a fear of.....
Read moreThe 3rd of February marked my one year anniversary of being in the 12 Step Programme Overeaters Anonymous. One the 1st of February 2025 I had a breakdown . I really hated myself and couldn't see a way out. On the 3rd of February I handed it over and within 2 minutes I was on a virtual Overeaters Anonymous Zoom meeting that changed my life .
Read moreLast week I sat on a panel with two other colleagues, Wendy Robinson who is the Director of Services at CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) and our work Wellbeing Ambassador Jeff Brazier. The panel event topic was 'Therapy' and was filmed to be shared with colleagues in a months time. I mainly shared about my experience with seeing a therapist, briefly a…
Read moreIn September last year I planned to start a blog series "Things I've done to improve my Wellbeing". I wrote one post, about reading , then I didn't write any more for that series. In November I followed it up with " Things I STOPPED doing which affected my Wellbeing ". I could easily think that I failed in not continuing with that series …
Read moreOn Thursday the 20th of March I attended the Great British Workplace Wellbeing Awards.
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