At epoché I am passionate about well-being and psychology beyond just what I do.

So Friday 4th Feb 2023 is World Cancer Day but for many Cancer day is every day

With a pinch of your passion and an inch of your inspiration ... could you help young people get an insight to your career pathway?

Among the hustle and bustle of trying to get a socially distanced seat at a recent neuroscience seminar, I overheard a remark: “We should consider designing learning interventions for the brain and not the learning style”

With two millennials, one teenager and an even bigger kid with a passion for all things hi-fi in the house you can probably imagine the cacophony of sounds that sometimes greets me.

I recently received a communication that was signed ‘Mx’ from a colleague who had previously signed communications as ‘Mr’. This prompted me to ask some questions and do some research; for me it is not about labelling and compartmentalising, it is about being informed, inclusive and respectful.

I constantly seek research and findings that effectively and meaningfully link academia and the real world. A recent example that sparked my imagination was discovering the works of Elizabeth Blackburn a Nobel prize winning, molecular biologist.

World Mental Health Day. A collaboration between Neena Speding (epoché.com) & Dominic Ciambrone (theshoesurgeon.com)

The relationship between mindfulness and stress is well documented. Our awareness of stress and the negative impact it has on ours and other lives is becoming more perceptible. Mindfulness, as a stress reducing therapy, is becoming increasingly used in clinical practice and its impetus in and outside the workplace is gaining steady traction.