Need more time in the day to complete your marketing deadlines? Finding yourself working overtime and at home? Feeling a lot more stressed at work?
Not completing all your tasks, feel like you can’t cope?
We’ve noticed that health and wellbeing is a real issue in the workplace and in the education sector. HR and Wellbeing Teams are looking for innovative promotional merchandise to support staff and students. The obvious choice has always been stress balls and other anti -stress products but there are plenty of other options. Here are some of our top picks for health and wellbeing promotional items to help your staff and students take some time out, get in a ZEN MODE and shine like a STAR
Let’s Get Creative! Switch from your right brain to your left brain by creating something. Paint. Draw. Sculpt. Have fun with an adult colouring book. Get writing and sketching in a embossed moleskin journal.
For most of us writing consists of emails, deadlines, tick off to-do lists which are never ending and perhaps the odd work project. However, making time to write down certain things, such as our daily experiences, our goals, and our mental clutter can change the way we live our lives.
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It clears your mind for higher-level thinking. By writing down notes in your little jotter book, it clears your mind for other thoughts where you didn’t have the space too before.
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It gives you a record of the past. If you keep a journal and regularly write down your thoughts and feelings, you’ll soon have a record of your experiences that you might otherwise have forgotten. Reading back through this record is not just fascinating—it also provides a valuable insight into your thought process and emotional life. You can savour moments that you could have potentially forgotten and increase your levels of gratitude.
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Keeping a journal can also enhance your levels of self-trust. When you can look back and see how successfully you’ve traversed and dealt with important decisions and tricky situations in the past, you’ll feel more confident in your ability to do so in the future.
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You gain a sense of achievement. Writing things down can foster a sense of achievement and progress, expanding our possibilities and increasing our productivity.
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It helps you think big. Writing things down gives you space to think big and aim high. No matter what’s going on in our outside world, when we write things down, we enter a world of possibility. When we write things down, we have a chance to explore dreams and ambitions that we might not feel safe revealing to anyone else yet. We also have a space to keep track of all our ideas and desires so we can return to them later.
Take a nap or just daydream – Escape from your anxiety and think about your beach holiday or a milestone birthday. Align yourself to your desires and watch the magic happen. The promotional pillow spray and gel eye-mask may work a treat!
Sleep is often the first thing to give up when life gets busy with heavy workloads, irregular work schedules, school, and parenting responsibilities. Sleep may move to the bottom of our list of priorities. For many people, the boundaries between work and home life also becomes almost blurry. People spend an average of 4.5 hours doing work at home each week, with 20 percent spending 10 or more hours working at home. This could represent a cycle in which people are less productive at work because they're tired, so they bring work home, only to have it interfere with their sleep. Sleeping is SO important and will make quite a big difference to how your mood,and with the use of our relaxing sleeping kit you'll find yourself feeling ALOT better.
By taking the correct vitamins each day, it can potentially boost up your mood. If we all try to incorporate vitamins into our daily care routines it's another way to improve your quality of life and boost your mood whilst you're at work.
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Increased energy levels. When you don’t get enough vitamins, your body works harder to perform simple tasks, such as running up the stairs and getting lots of tasks done at work. Taking multivitamins and keeping a healthy lifestyle can help with daily tasks at work and make them seem that little bit easier.
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Improved mood. Certain studies have shown that daily multivitamins have positive effects on a person’s mood and emotional well-being.
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Reduces stress and anxiety. Certain studies have shown that vitamins and minerals can replenish your body.
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Improved short-term memory. A recent study showed that B vitamins can potentially help supporting short-term memory function. In the research, older participants who supplemented with vitamin B12 did better in memory tests, compared to those who did not take supplements.
Take a deep breath love! Sip your water from your promotional hot cold bottle and clear your mind and break out a BIG smile, sometimes you have to fake it to make it!
Staying hydrated at work plays a big part in staying alert, and productivity so that you an your staff can function properly. Maybe the double shot caffeine kick really wasn’t enough…
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Water helps prevent dry mouth. Water keeps your throat and lips moist and prevents your mouth from feeling dry. Dry mouth can cause bad breath and/or an unpleasant taste and can actually be quite uncomfortable if you’re discussing something in a busy meeting, where lots of ears are listening.
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Water promotes cardiovascular health. Dehydration lowers your blood volume, so your heart has to work harder to pump the reduced amount of blood and get enough oxygen to your cells, which makes everyday activities like walking upstairs–as well as exercise–more difficult to those who don’t drink as much. The more hydrated you are, the quicker you can run up and down them stairs and probably get more done in your busy working day!
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Water helps muscles and joints work better. When you’re hydrated, the water inside and outside the cells of contracting muscles provides adequate nutrients and removes waste efficiently so you perform better.
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Water keeps skin supple. When a person is severely dehydrated, skin is less elastic. But no, unfortunately, drinking lots of water won’t prevent wrinkles….
Do a crazy dance or run/skip to work – release some feel good endorphins, listen to some music and let yourself go!
Custom printed earphones are a great way to improve everyone’s mood in the office, everyone loves to listen to their top tunes whilst on their break or when doing some deep intense work, it keeps them on track and benefits them in so many ways, you’ll notice a huge difference in how you’re feeling yourself.
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Improve staff and clients’ mood. Studies show that listening to music can help regulate emotions and creates happiness and relaxation in everyday life when listening to your top favourite tunes.
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Reduces stress. Listening to ‘relaxing’ music (generally considered to have slow tempo, low pitch, and no lyrics) has been shown to reduce stress and anxiety in healthy people and in people undergoing medical procedures. (At our offices we listen to a bit of MOZART!)
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Improves exercise. Studies suggest that music can enhance aerobic exercise, boost mental and physical stimulation, and increase overall performance whilst at work.
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Improves memory. Research has shown that the repetitive elements of rhythm and melody help our brains form patterns that enhance memory. In a study of stroke survivors, listening to music helped them experience more verbal memory, less confusion, and better focused attention.
Here are some other alternatives to help your Mental Health and Wellbeing:
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Bluetooth headphones
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Earphones
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Silicone AirpodCases
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Promotional Skipping Ropes
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Student Gym Kit
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Colouring Book and Colours
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Journal
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Diary