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Glued to Your Phone? Read This and You'll Want to Put it Down!

Glued to Your Phone? Read This and You’ll Want to Put it Down!

Cyber Aware have launched a #TechFree15 campaign encouraging people to put down their smartphones for just 15 minutes and do something beneficial for their wellbeing instead. It’s also a great opportunity to install the vital security updates your phone needs for it to stay healthy too!

  What’s the first thing you do in the morning? If you’re anything like me, you reach for your smartphone. I…

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Five Tips to Help You Make Decisions

Five Tips to Help You Make Decisions

  I took a little walk at dusk recently along the beautiful East Yorkshire coastline and as I was wandering along I came across a fork in the road. There was a signpost there that, against the setting sun, was in such dark silhouette I couldn’t see where each path was leading. I tried to capture it on my phone for you but the photo doesn’t really do the beautiful view justice.

Anyway, it got me…

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Five Tips To Help You Make Decisions

Five Tips To Help You Make Decisions

  I took a little walk at dusk yesterday along the beautiful East Yorkshire coastline and as I was wandering along I came across a fork in the road. There was a signpost there that, against the setting sun, was in such dark silhouette I couldn’t see where each path was leading. I tried to capture it on my phone for you but the photo doesn’t really do the beautiful view justice.

Anyway, it got me…

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Are You Suffering From Emotional Cataracts? How pain from the past might be blinding you in the present

Are You Suffering From Emotional Cataracts? How pain from the past might be blinding you in the present

My dear grandmother used to suffer from cataracts. This meant that her vision was cloudy and she couldn’t really see much more than the outline of shapes or changes in light. She also used to get a bit confused on occasion. One day, I paid her a visit and when my Dad told her that I’d arrived, and she stood up joyfully to greet me. I was seventeen at the time and I was quite tall for my age, so…

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Why Do We Love to Talk About the Weather?

Why Do We Love to Talk About the Weather?

According to a new survey of 2000 UK adults, the average Brit spends 104 hours – that’s almost five full days each year – complaining about the weather!

It certainly seems to be deeply ingrained in British culture to hold long conversations about the weather. In fact, we’re known around the world for it. Tetley Sunshine Tea’s ‘State of the Summer Report’, was commissioned to launch its new…

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How To Spot Imposters Without Falling for Their Charms

How To Spot Imposters Without Falling for Their Charms

You’d never be one of those ‘stupid’ people who falls for an imposter online and ends up giving them all your money right? Or would you? Several stories in the media lately have featured highly intelligent people who’ve been conned by imposters. Judith Lathlean, for example, is a 67-year-old, Oxford-educated professor, who admitted paying £140,000 to a man she met on a dating site. How does this…

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How To Take The Stress Out of Christmas Shopping I LOVE Christmas! However, I can also find it one of the most stressful times of the year what with all the shopping, planning, complex family politics and just so much to do, yet so little time to do it!

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Sensitive Bladder? Thinking Twice Before Going Out? Are You Experiencing Bladder Leakage More Often Than You’d Care To Admit?

Recently I’ve been working with Depend, a global incontinence brand who are launching in the UK. I’ve been amazed to discover just how many women experience bladder weakness, and with a surprising average age of only 46 years old. Incontinence is something people often associate only with the very elderly or infirm, but it seems that actually, it’s something experienced by many! I’ve had the…

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EU Referendum: Just Give Me The Facts!

When I first learned that there was to be a referendum, that we could choose whether we wanted to stay in or come out of the EU, my first thought was to vote ‘Out’. I had heard rumblings about how much money we give away weekly. I was worried about our immigration policies. Brussels seemed so very far away to be making decisions which would affect us. I was going to grab my chance to make a…

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Weight Watchers Awards …I'm A Judge… And So Is Oprah!

Weight Watchers Awards …I’m A Judge… And So Is Oprah!

I have some super exciting news! This summer sees the introduction of the brand new Weight Watchers Awardsand guess who has been invited to be a judge? Ahem…me! Yeah I know I gave that away already but I just feel so very honoured to have been asked, and soooo excited to get to see all your entries and choose my favourites! Even more exciting than that though… joining me and the other judges…

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What Do We Spend 8.8 Years of Our Lives Doing and Just LOVE To Talk About? Watching TV Of Course!

  I’ve been working with the team at Freeview recently and this week they released the findings from their new research revealing that the average Brit now spends 8.8 years in a lifetime watching TV! What really interested me though was the fact that the research also showed just what a sociable activity it can be.

Watching TV has traditionally been considered to be an unsociable activity.…

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The Garnett Family Set To Wow The Judges On Britain's Got Talent… Oh And Did I mention They Are Friends Of Mine?

  Several years ago I began singing in an All For One Choir. I’m not really much of a singer but I joined up for fun and because it gave me a sense of community and wellbeing.  It turned out to be one of the best decisions I ever made because, not only did I have a fantastic time in the choir itself, I also gained a wonderful friend in the choir’s founder and director Helen Garnett. She and I…

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The Great British Benefits Handout - My Interview on BBC Look North It seems everyone is talking about The Great Benefits Handout this week, and people have a range of opinions about it all.

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The Great British Benefits Handout - Your Questions Answered by Programme Psychologist

The first episode of The Great British Benefits Handout was broadcast last week on Channel 5 (9th February 2016). As the on-screen Psychologist and one of the members of the expert panel on the programme I knew it would stir up a lot of controversy and get a mixed reaction. In fact, when I was asked to get involved I thought long and hard about whether I wanted to have any part in the creation of…

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The Only Question You Really Need To Ask Yourself This New Year!

The Only Question You Really Need To Ask Yourself This New Year!

Well, that’s it! The end of 2015 and the start of a new year.

For many people around the world 2015 was extremely difficult with many challenges and much heartache on a personal, national and global scale. The turning of the calendar could be seen as quite arbitrary and insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but then it does offer an opportunity to reflect and look forward with fresh hope.…

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London Live TV Interview On The Importance of Taking Breaks At Work

Watch Honey on London Live discussing the importance of taking breaks at work

My recent work with Tetley and their ‘Bring Back The Tea Break’ campaign led to loads of coverage in the national press yesterday! It seemed to be a topic close to many people’s hearts as so many people feel under increasing pressure to keeping working without taking a break, or at least not to be seen doing so. I was interviewed on London Live yesterday about why taking breaks is so important,…

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Bring Back The Great British Tea Break!

I’ve been working with the team at Tetley lately and they recently commissioned some research into the great British tea break tradition. You can read about my recent work with them in today’s news and I’ll be on London Live TV around 1pm today talking about the importance of taking breaks during the working day. There are some interesting articles in the press this morning about this dying…

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