Talks & Workshops

Supporting Wellbeing

Our sessions delve into the connection between physical fitness and cognitive function, highlighting the critical role of posture in achieving optimal performance. We provide practical insights and strategies to implement these concepts effectively. Additionally, we offer specialised talks on topics such as menopause awareness, embracing neurodiversity, and cultivating mindfulness to enhance psychological balance and resilience. Each session is designed to equip your team with the knowledge and tools they need to excel both professionally and personally.

Talks

Workshops

Embracing Neurodiversity

Unlock the Potential of a Neurodiverse Workforce: Join us for a powerful one-hour session designed to introduce employers to the concept of neurodiversity and its benefits in the workplace.

  • Gain a foundational understanding of neurodiversity and its impact.
  • Learn practical adjustments to create an inclusive workplace.
  • Recognize the value neurodiverse individuals bring to your team.
  • Foster a culture of empathy, respect, and collaboration.
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Menopause Matters

Menopause touches us all. Whether we’re experiencing its symptoms ourselves or supporting a family member, friend, or colleague.

The Menopause Matters Workshop focuses on three areas that not only affect menopausal women but are important for everyone. Whilst Nutrition is the primary focus for this workshop, it also includes important information about how to have a balanced approach to a healthy mind and body. We’ll explore by taste and discussion various foods and their specific benefits for bone, heart, and brain health. The Information and suggestions provided are intended to offer guidance and promote a healthier lifestyle during the menopause transition.

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Mindfulness

In this session, we will introduce you to the theory and practice of mindfulness, exploring its benefits and applications both personally and professionally. Through engaging discussions and practical exercises, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of mindfulness and learn simple yet effective tools to incorporate it into your daily routine. Our goal is to provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to enhance your focus, reduce stress, and improve overall well-being. Join us on this journey to discover how mindfulness can positively impact your life.
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Embracing Neurodiversity:
A One-Hour Introduction for Employers
Unlock the Potential of a Neurodiverse Workforce: Join us for a powerful one-hour session designed to introduce employers to the concept of neurodiversity and its benefits in the workplace.
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Gain a foundational understanding of neurodiversity and its impact.

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Learn practical adjustments to create an inclusive workplace.

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Recognize the value neurodiverse individuals bring to your team.

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Foster a culture of empathy, respect, and collaboration.

Workshop Highlights

Understanding Neurodiversity:

Get an essential overview of neurodiversity, including conditions like autism, ADHD, and dyslexia.

Impact on Individuals:

Explore how neurodiverse individuals perceive and interact with the world, and understand both their unique strengths and potential challenges.

Practical Workplace Adjustments:

Discover simple yet effective adjustments to create a supportive and inclusive environment for neurodiverse employees.

Benefits of a Neurodiverse Workforce:

Learn about the innovation, creativity, and improved team dynamics that neurodiverse individuals can bring to your organization.

Interactive Q&A:

Engage with our expert facilitator to ask questions and discuss strategies for fostering an inclusive workplace.

*Supervising First Aid for Mental Health. Accreditation FFA, SCQF Level 6 also covers Neurodiversity in the workplace. 

Menopause Matters :
Menopause touches us all. Whether we’re experiencing its symptoms ourselves or supporting a family member, friend, or colleague.
The Menopause Matters Workshop focuses on three areas that not only affect menopausal women but are important for everyone. Whilst Nutrition is the primary focus for this workshop, it also includes important information about how to have a balanced approach to a healthy mind and body. We’ll explore by taste and discussion various foods and their specific benefits for bone, heart, and brain health. The Information and suggestions provided are intended to offer guidance and promote a healthier lifestyle during the menopause transition.

Heart Health – Covering heart friendly foods choices that can help prevent clots, improve blood lipid levels, and enhance circulation.

Bone Strength- Delving into bone friendly foods and supporting healthy choices to help maintain bone density, reduce risk of fractures and support overall skeletal health.

Optimal Brain- Exploring brain-boosting foods to opt for nutritious choices that can contribute to cognitive wellbeing, support mental clarity and enhance brain function.

*Please let us know any food intolerances, allergies or dietary requirements. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional or nutritionist for personalised dietary recommendations.
Exploring Breath & Mindfulness Tools
Twelve-Week Programme

Duration: 12 x 30-minute live weekly sessions (via Zoom or equivalent)
Objective: Deepen participants’ experience, familiarity, and comfort with mindfulness tools, equipping them to build their own breath and mindfulness toolkits. This programme supports participants in better managing their mental, emotional, and physiological wellbeing.

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Discussion: Each session will discuss the benefits of the tools for the mind and body, and provide tips on integrating the tools into daily life, both for managing situations and as an ongoing practice.

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Tool Management: Participants will learn tools for managing the stress response, promoting sleep, energising, creating balance, and enhancing focus and creativity.

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Foundational Structure: Sessions will include a short breath practice to settle participants in, followed by discussion and practice of formal and informal mindfulness tools.

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Progressive Programme: While the programme is progressive, each session remains relevant and accessible for participants who may drop in and out rather than commit to the entire series.

Greentree Wellbeing Talks

Greentree Wellbeing offers Wellbeing talks full of information, practical tips and advice on a range of topics to inspire and motivate your workforce.Our talks can be used as lunch and learns, individually, as part of a programme or an event. They can be added to our wellbeing packages or be booked separately.Our speakers are all of a high standard and expert professionals in their areas of Wellbeing.

The effects of Physical Fitness on Cognitive Function and Performance

Tracy Griffin

This talk will give you an introduction to the brain and recent research backed up by evidence from MRI scans. The talk focuses on how exercise directly affects the brain and the body. Tracy looks at the best exercises for improved cognition and performance and how to incorporate movement into a busy working day.

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One of Edinburgh’s most established Personal Trainers, I am also a Professional Speaker. I established Griffen Fitness in 2005, located in a private studio in Leith. I specialises in effective exercise that can be done anywhere, anytime (including workplaces) and believes in tailoring workouts to the individual free of the constraints of a gym. I enjoy training people of all ages and abilities, and with a number of clients in their 80’s, you’re never too old to start exercising. With a keen interest in nutrition, neurology and the cognitive benefits of exercise, I am the author of the Healthy Living Yearbook (www.healthylivingyearbook.com) containing over 75 seasonal recipes.

I was a co-founding Director of Edinburgh Festival of Cycling and has given talks to many organisations including the Scottish Lighthouse Board, Run and Become and Edinburgh Wellbeing Festival, also masterclasses for sporting events such as Etape Caledonia cycle race and workshops in Waterstones and Blackwells bookshops. I am a regular columnist for a number of local magazines and blogs, and has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, Women’s Running magazine and BBC Radio Scotland. Get fit and enjoy it!

Griffen Fitness has been national finalist for three awards over the years, Association Scottish Businesswomen ‘Young Business of the Year’ 2006, Small Business Awards 2017 finalist for ‘Ethical / Green Business of the Year’, plus Scottish Businesswomen’s Awards 2018 ‘Board Member of the Year

griffenfitness

www.griffenfitness.com

Performance and Posture

Gary Blackwood

This talk will explore your brain, spinal structure, health and sports performance and how they are linked to your posture.

Find out how stress and posture affect your effectiveness and performance at work and what you can do to improve them, with simple practical exercises from our professional Chiropractor.

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I graduated in 2007 from the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic, with a master’s in Chiropractic and since 2013 I have run my well-respected practice in Edinburgh’s West End. Realising that too few people understand the value and benefits of looking after the spine and brain I regularly talk to local business and groups to give them insight and tools that will allow them to improve spine and brain health. Passionate about helping people realise their full potential, as well as chiropractic I teach Kundalini Yoga, and have been an active member of toastmasters for over 5 years.

whitetreechiro

www.whitetreechiro.co.uk

White Tree Chiropractic

Mindfulness and Work

Gary Young

In his talks, Gary provides an insightful and engaging introduction to mindfulness, why its growing in popularity and how we can benefit from it to increase resilience, boost health and wellbeing and become our best.

In addition, Gary’s talks explore the human condition, contemporary neuroscience and epigenetic research to inspire his audience with ways to unlock our full potential and positively impact the world around us.

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I am the founder of The Mindful Enterprise CIC, a social enterprise launched in 2017, to help tackle the rising problem of mental health issues and unlock human potential.

The enterprise delivers mindfulness and well-being training to the business sector and individual consumers and uses profits to deliver subsidised mindfulness training to the education sector and deprived communities.

I am a mindfulness and well-being coach and facilitator, accredited through The Mindfulness Association, providing courses, seminars, retreats and 1:1 well-being coaching sessions.

Prior to moving into wellbeing, I spent 23 years in the corporate world as a project and programme manager working on large complex change within the Financial Services sector. This experience has proved invaluable in ensuring I can present to the business community in a way that is relatable, practical and inspiring.

I believe passionately in the power of mindfulness to help unlock human potential, increase wellbeing and enable a change in the way we approach life, to promote the future health and prosperity of the planet.

www.themindfulenterprise.org