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Clowning with Angie Wakeman Jan 23rd, 2023
Clowning with Angie Wakeman

Imagine turning up with some colleagues who are also friends, with some strangers too, and three hours later you are going to be cavorting across the room, all eyes on you and your clowning partner, twisting comically, distorting your body to the music of the Pink Panther? Oh yes, and you’ll be wearing a red nose and a ridiculous hat. The more ridiculous, the better.

Spotting the Elephant in Your Wellbeing Room Feb 10th, 2021
Spotting the Elephant in Your Wellbeing Room

In an average week I was regularly spending up to 20 hours on a train, add to that the commute to and from the station, the very early starts, very late finishes, delays, cancellations, diversions, lack of seats and refreshments, and you can see how this would negatively impact my wellbeing.

Tips for Working from Home May 11th, 2020
Tips for Working from Home

Many of us may be familiar with working from home, but no-one has ever had to work from home during a global health crisis and in such numbers. All of us have had to adapt to new ways of doing our jobs; for some that adaptation has been fairly straight forward, for others it has been more of a challenge...

Delivering Difficult News

A few weeks ago, I fell of my horse and fractured my spine. A compression fracture of one vertebra, but a fractured spine nonetheless. It wasn’t a dramatic fall; my horse did nothing wrong, no psychological trauma, just the embarrassment of looking like a total novice despite 54 years in the saddle...