According to a recent study, opting to take voluntary early retirement could result in a happier later life and a reduced risk of developing a mental illness, reports BBC News. The past few years have seen various studies conducted on retirement, with many concluding that retirement could in fact worsen our health. Many studies have read more »

Recent research has found that women facing high stress levels at work have a 40 per cent increased risk of cardiovascular disease in comparison to those with low pressure jobs. The US study found that women in stressful jobs stand an 88 per cent raised risk of a heart attack alongside a heightened risk of read more »

So you stepped up to the plate and got yourself a new job, so now all thats left to do is recline in your directors chair with a cuppa and get on with stalking your new colleagues on facebook. In actual fact, starting a new job is one of the most important times in a read more »

In a survey of 2,372 people, 99 per cent of participants admitted to feeling stressed out at some point every day. The survey, which was conducted by herbal remedy brand Rescue Remedy, found that one in four people felt stressed for around 30 minutes each day with 49 per cent saying they had gained weight read more »

Parents at primary schools from deprived areas are being offered advice and coaching tips from businessmen and performance management experts to help them improve their interpersonal skills. Performance coaches at Mind Gym are responsible for training staff in numerous highly successful organisations around the world, including BT and Deutsche Bank. Octavious Black, founder of the read more »

A U.S team of researchers conducted a study of 6,000 employees over a five-year period and have found that working in a consistently noisy environment more than doubles the risk of serious heart problems. The participants were divided into two groups with the first group experiencing persistent loud noise at work for a period of read more »

If you have recently experienced an incident which has set you back in life such as a messy break-up, a redundancy or a bereavement and are looking for help and advice to help you bounce back then listed below are some tips to help you get back on your feet: 1. Lean on your support read more »

We all love to do it but we all hate to be the hot topic, psychologist Dr Pam Spurr explains why our water cooler conversations aren’t always harmless and what to do if you become a victim. Curiosity is a natural part of human nature, we all wonder what is going on in the lives read more »

We have known for a long while that snuggling up on the sofa with a good book is a sure fire way to wind down, but now a psychologist has taken this a step further and has compiled a ”reading list for the soul” which aims to help stressed out workers deal with the stresses read more »

Every now and then its important to sit back and consider what you would really like to achieve in your career. Working takes up such a large proportion of our time, yet we spend very little time really thinking about what we are doing, if we are enjoying it and how to progress. If you read more »