To mark World Menopause Day on 18 October 2020, we asked Julie, our menopause workshop facilitator to share her top 5 tips for Managing Menopause at Work. Julie is a menopause coach and trainer who delivers our ‘Understanding Menopause’ and ‘Menopause for Managers’ workshops. Develop a menopause policy or guidance document to inform leaders, …
Returning to Office Massage after Covid: Our Best Practice Guide
After months of working from home we expect many of your employees will be crying out for long-overdue office massage to iron out tight shoulders and tense necks. However, we also appreciate and acknowledge there may be some trepidation around returning to your regular massages. Which is why, we’re sharing our best practice guide to …
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What should my company do for World Mental Health Day?
Mental health problems can affect any one, on any day of the year, but World Mental Health Day on 10 October is a great opportunity to initiate a company-wide conversation on mental health. Drawing on our 10 years experience delivering workplace mental health solutions, we’ve shared five of our favourite ideas to celebrate World …
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5 Desk Yoga Poses For Working from Home
Nearly 5 months in to working from home and many of us are feeling the strain of our home office set-ups and a more sedentary working day. Drawing on our 10 years experience teaching office yoga, we’re sharing our top 5 desk yoga poses to keep neck niggles, sore shoulders and bothersome backs at bay. Office Yoga Pose …
Life After Lockdown: Continuing to look after our Mental Health
As the UK prepares to lift lockdown restrictions further, Stretching the City’s clinical psychologist and leader of our mental health webinars, Dr Rebecca shares her advice for protecting our mental health as we navigate the months ahead. Praise is certainly in order for all of us who have endured these lengthy, challenging lockdown measures. Us humans have …
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Meet Charlie, our Men’s Mental Health Campaigner & Coach
15-22 June marks Men’s Mental Health Week. Despite suicide being the biggest cause of death for men under 35 and 76% of death by suicides by men, men are still less likely access psychological therapies than women. Lead by Charlie Hoare, a male mental health campaigner and certified coach (who will share his own mental health …
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How to get the most out of your virtual yoga class
Like many business, when lockdown hit we swiftly moved all our workplace wellbeing services online. Unsure how receptive our clients would be to replacing their regular ‘in office’ yoga class with an online alternative, we were overwhelmed (and super impressed) by their dedication to keeping up their regular classes, albeit via Zoom. With online …
Working parents share their tips for navigating the coronavirus crisis
It’s half-term here in the UK, but for parents who’ve had their little-ones underfoot for the past 10 weeks, this week feels no different than others. Our ‘Finding Balance as a Working Parent’ webinar has helped hundreds of working parents balance the juggle of work + kids + the C-19 crisis. The webinar is …
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Learnings from our Wellbeing Webinars during Covid
It’s been six weeks since transforming their business to a solely (hopefully temporary) virtual one. During that time, Stretching the City directors, Katy Chambers & Sally Lovett have now virtually taken part in over a hundred of their client’s wellbeing webinars. Here they share some of their key learnings. Rituals and Routine are key Katy: …