Office Massage

Celebrate with a complimentary Xhilarate massage at The Canvas Cafe – London’s first Happiness Cafe! This year’s focus is all about reaching out and connecting with others. After years of happiness research, one thing has proved fundamental – the importance of our connections with other people. But modern societies are built as if the opposite […]

They don’t call it a power nap for nothing… Something as simple as a 30-minute snooze could help alleviate stress and boost the immune system, according to a new study. Scientists hope that napping could help to improve the health of those who suffer from a serious lack of sleep, which is now recognised as […]

If you’re out for dinner with a close friend, and you get an email marked ‘URGENT’, should you set aside the conversation you’re having and deal with it right away? What about if you’re just getting to grips with a piece of work and your phone rings showing your partner’s number, should you stop what […]

About 10 years ago, I made the decision to simplify my life. Initially this was driven by logistics, as my husband and I had moved from London to Sydney, and into a tiny apartment with absolutely no storage. But soon keeping my life simple and as stress free as possible became a way of life. […]

What makes a perfect working space? Does being a neat freak really make you more productive? Last month Wired editor-in-chief Scott Dadich argued the case for office desks free from coffee stains, scribbled notes and all other traces of human presence. Meanwhile, the Guardian’s Steven Poole advocated the profitable benefits of messiness. So who is […]

So many people I’ve spoken to over the past few weeks are busy or stressed. That’s their default, busy and/or stressed. Instead of talking about achievements or good things or focusing on themselves, it seems like we’re all perpetuating this idea that busy = normal, busy = working hard, busy = being a good person. […]

“Being mindful is not a matter of thinking more clearly about experience; it is the act of experiencing more clearly” — Sam Harris Have you ever grabbed a snack from the office counter and looked in wonder at the empty wrapper by the time you reached your desk? Have you ever looked at the clock […]

Monday 19th January 2015 is ‘Blue Monday’ – apparently the most depressing day of the year for workers in the UK and so called because, according to various “experts” it’s the day in the year we are most likely to feel utterly miserable. But it doesn’t have to be like that! Embrace positive change and […]

As technology accelerates our lives, many of us feel an urgent need to slow down. One seductive solution: A secular sabbath. Pico Iyer makes the case, in this meditative excerpt from his new TED Book, The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere The idea of going nowhere is as universal as the law of […]

Picture This: Your alarm clock didn’t go off so you jump out of bed to get ready for work in 5 minutes. You spill your coffee while sitting in a traffic jam and, once you get to the office, you find out your co-worker has called in sick so you have double the workload. To […]

Britons find their jobs more stressful, precarious and demanding than ever before, according to an extensive poll of experiences of the workplace published exclusively by The Independent on Sunday. Two thirds of employed people say that the amount of work they are expected to do has grown over the past few years, and more than […]

The Priory in Roehampton has been called Britain’s Betty Ford Clinic. It became a crucial part of every celebrity’s “journey” through fame, hosting Kate Moss (treated for “exhaustion” after splitting up from actor Johnny Depp), Susan Boyle, Antonio Carluccio (admitted after accidentally stabbing himself in the chest), Robbie Williams and Amy Winehouse. But while the […]