
Nurture Your Creative Self – Find A Creative You !
Do you have a to-do list? So much of our lives are governed by what we feel we have to do. Family and work commitments are clearly important, but do you also nurture your creative self? Do you even know how to access your creativity? Before you say you are not creative and you don’t…

Workplace Wellbeing: more than plants and yoga sessions
What is ‘Wellbeing’ and how is this relevant to the workplace? According to the World Health Organisation a state of wellbeing is when: “Every individual realises his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully and is able to make a contribution to her or his…
Bounce Beach Party at Business Showcase 2019!
The 9th Business Showcase South West was on Wednesday 19th June 2019 at Ashton Gate Stadium. We shared a successful day with over 250 exhibitors, meeting amazing individuals and being inspired by the talks held on the day. Beach balls, blow up palm trees and a flamingo?! To bring the fun to our stand…

Mindful Walking : A New Dimension
Its Summer ! It’s the Summer and traditionally a time for revealing more of our body to the world. One of the first things to go is my boots – replaced by flip flops and sandals. Not only does the feeling of the air around my feet give me a feeling of freedom, but it…

Learning to live with a beautifully different body
My first 32 years Until I was 32 I had the “perfect figure” I was a size 12 and I hardly thought about my body at all. I had been a Latin American dancer alongside my accountancy career and enjoyed everything dance related. Then one day I got a stomach virus……it changed my life. I…

Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 – Body Image
“30% of all adults have felt so stressed by body image and appearance that they felt overwhelmed or unable to cope. That’s almost 1 in every 3 people” “Mummy, I really like the lines on your belly. I like the swirly patterns they make.” – said an 8 year old girl to her mother. Along…

Calling All HR Professionals!
As April is Stress Awareness Month we asked HR expert Nina Mayler to write this guest blog for us: Calling all HR professionals! Are you feeling the stress of carrying a heavy employee relations caseload? Take the weight off your plate this month… As we see signs of early Spring with bouts of sunshine and slightly…

How to Bounce When the Menopause Comes Calling!
When I started the Discover Your Bounce business venture in 2010 I threw myself into it, only to suffer a stroke through stress three months later. I share my whole story in my book, Rescued By The Coastguard and through my keynote speeches. I now mentor entrepreneurs and managers who have set out on their…

Emotional Quotient – The Basics
What is EQ? In basic terms Emotional Quotient (EQ) is the ability to identify, understand and manage our emotions. We are adults – we know how to control our emotions, don’t we? Surpressing the urge to scream when something goes wrong is a style of management, but is it effective? Who is really being affected? Imagine…

Wellbeing in the workplace, your hidden competitive advantage
Much has been spoken around wellbeing in the workplace in recent years and is it any wonder with mental health issues being on the increase. With 3.3 people out of 100 suffering with depression, 5.9 people out of 100 with generalised anxiety disorder and 7.8 people out of 100 with mixed anxiety and depression it…