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The Benefit of Community and Connection for Mental Health
Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 This year’s theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is connection. A simple word that carries incredible weight when it comes to our wellbeing. We’re hyper-connected-but-often-disconnected, and when mental health takes a dip, the instinct can be to retreat further into ourselves. But what if one of the most powerful tools
The Story Behind the Sustain Framework
Over the years, I’ve come to believe that energy, mood and motivation are the foundation of sustained high performance. And I didn’t learn that in a textbook—it’s something I’ve lived, tested, and refined through personal experience and my work with thousands of people over the last decade. In this video, I share the story behind
Redefining Problem Drinking
This month, I’ve been sharing a series of reflections on alcohol—why I gave it up, how we’re influenced by marketing, and the shifting culture around alcohol in the workplace. To wrap up this series, I want to challenge the way we define problem drinking. When we hear the term, many of us picture someone passed
Rethinking the Role of Alcohol in Workplace Culture
Welcome to week three in our April series on alcohol—this time, I want to talk about a shift I’ve been noticing in the role of alcohol in workplace culture. More and more companies are starting to host alcohol-free corporate events, from away days to team socials to Christmas parties. And in my view, that’s a
The Paradox of Alcohol Unpicking the Influence
Welcome to week two of our April series of SNAPs (short novel and practical) on alcohol. Last week, I shared the reasons why I gave up drinking, celebrating 13 years sober. Today, I am unpicking the influence and paradox of alcohol. I want to explore something I’ve been increasingly noticing—and perhaps you have too—the subtle
Why I Stopped Drinking—and a Reflection for the Sober Curious
1st April 2025 marks a big milestone for me—13 years of sobriety. On the 1st of April 2012, I made the decision to stop drinking. A choice I’ve upheld ever since. I’m incredibly proud of that decision, and I plan to keep going for the rest of my life. This month, to mark that milestone,