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What is TikTok brain? What is TikTok brain?
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What is TikTok brain?

Can’t concentrate? Feel an invisible pull to your phone? “TikTok Brain” is a term used to describe how short form videos are ruining our ability to focus.

Digital DetoxingHealth and wellbeing
Why am I always so busy? Why am I always so busy?
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Why am I always so busy?

How did we get so busy? Because we’re working more, right? Actually no - we’re working less hours than previous decades, yet we feel constantly overwhelmed with work, plans and leisure. So why do we have this illusion of the ‘busy problem’?

Stress and anxietyProductivityHealth and wellbeing
Simple self-care: why you should look after yourself like a childSimple self-care: why you should look after yourself like a child
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Simple self-care: why you should look after yourself like a child

With endless wellness trends and self-care commodities, it can be overwhelming to know what you should be doing to look after yourself. So take it back to basics and look after yourself like you would a child.

Health and wellbeing
How to make your own dopamine menu How to make your own dopamine menu
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How to make your own dopamine menu

Instead of scrolling when you’re bored, creating your own a dopamine menu can help you kick the habit of reaching for your phone.

Health and wellbeing
Digital Switching: Scrolling and App Hopping is Actually Making You More BoredDigital Switching: Scrolling and App Hopping is Actually Making You More Bored
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Digital Switching: Scrolling and App Hopping is Actually Making You More Bored

App hopping and mindlessly scrolling to cure boredom? You might be making yourself more bored.

Health and wellbeing
Prescribing nature: It works “better than medicine” to boost happiness and wellbeingPrescribing nature: It works “better than medicine” to boost happiness and wellbeing
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Prescribing nature: It works “better than medicine” to boost happiness and wellbeing

Study finds that ‘Green Social Prescribing’ works in combatting mental health and overall wellbeing and can be “better than medicine”.

ScienceHealth and wellbeing
50 Afterwork Activities to Replenish Your Energy and Reduce Burnout50 Afterwork Activities to Replenish Your Energy and Reduce Burnout
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50 Afterwork Activities to Replenish Your Energy and Reduce Burnout

Don’t wait for the weekend to do things that make you feel good. We’ve shortlisted 50 things you can incorporate into your weekly routine to help with work-life balance.

Health and wellbeing
Tait Miller: Taking the wilderness by the hand (+ Chicken Recipe)Tait Miller: Taking the wilderness by the hand (+ Chicken Recipe)
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Tait Miller: Taking the wilderness by the hand (+ Chicken Recipe)

Meet Tait Miller, a wild chef that stayed at Olive for our Unplugged Residency.

Unplugged Residency
September Reset: Why we still feel “back-to-school” energy as adultsSeptember Reset: Why we still feel “back-to-school” energy as adults
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September Reset: Why we still feel “back-to-school” energy as adults

September is a second ‘New Year’ for wellness and is filled with back-to-school energy. So how can you embrace the September reset and make the most of the last few months of the year?

Health and wellbeing
“Touch some grass”: 10 surprising benefits of nature“Touch some grass”: 10 surprising benefits of nature
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“Touch some grass”: 10 surprising benefits of nature

What does that phrase “to touch some grass” actually mean? And 10 reasons why you should definitely do it.

ScienceHealth and wellbeing
20 little things that aren’t little20 little things that aren’t little
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20 little things that aren’t little

We spend a lot of our lives focusing on the big things, but sometimes it’s the small moments in life really make us happy. Here’s our take on 20 little things, that aren’t actually little.

Health and wellbeing
Slow vs Fast Dopamine: How to boost dopamine naturally Slow vs Fast Dopamine: How to boost dopamine naturally
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Slow vs Fast Dopamine: How to boost dopamine naturally

Quick dopamine hits from social media are making us dopamine junkies. So how can you boost dopamine naturally?

Health and wellbeing
What is ‘sunshine guilt’? Here’s why you feel FOMO when it’s sunnyWhat is ‘sunshine guilt’? Here’s why you feel FOMO when it’s sunny
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What is ‘sunshine guilt’? Here’s why you feel FOMO when it’s sunny

Sometimes you’re not able to go outside and enjoy the sunshine. Here’s why you might feel guilty of FOMO for this and how to avoid it

Health and wellbeing
Sam Branson (aka Waves Rush In): A Musical Love Note to NatureSam Branson (aka Waves Rush In): A Musical Love Note to Nature
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Sam Branson (aka Waves Rush In): A Musical Love Note to Nature

Meet Sam Branson, also known as Waves Rush In, a singer/songwriter based in Oxford who recently stayed at Bunty.

Unplugged Residency
Benefits of boredom: why being bored is good for your brain Benefits of boredom: why being bored is good for your brain
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Benefits of boredom: why being bored is good for your brain

The best ideas usually come when you’re in the shower. That’s because boredom and idle tasks give your brain space to be creative and problem solve

Health and wellbeingProductivityDigital Detoxing
How to recognise (and beat) social burnout How to recognise (and beat) social burnout
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How to recognise (and beat) social burnout

Social battery feeling like it’s at 10%? How to recognise social burnout and how to beat it.

Health and wellbeing
Going OOO: How to go on holiday without your phone Going OOO: How to go on holiday without your phone
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Going OOO: How to go on holiday without your phone

You set your OOO, but are you actually offline? It might seem daunting, but going offline whilst you’re on holiday might be just what you need for a proper rest. Here are our top tips to digitally detox whilst your on holiday.

Health and wellbeing
The benefits of listening Sleep Stories for deep sleepThe benefits of listening Sleep Stories for deep sleep
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The benefits of listening Sleep Stories for deep sleep

Bedtime stories aren’t just for children. Recent research shows extensive benefits of listening to Sleep Stories before bed.

Sleep
How to use Skinner’s Law to avoid procrastination and screen time habitsHow to use Skinner’s Law to avoid procrastination and screen time habits
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How to use Skinner’s Law to avoid procrastination and screen time habits

Skinner’s Law is 86 years old, but it’s still the key to avoiding procrastination and mindless scrolling habits.

ScienceHealth and wellbeing
The rise of running clubs: why we’re choosing IRL over online connectionThe rise of running clubs: why we’re choosing IRL over online connection
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The rise of running clubs: why we’re choosing IRL over online connection

Everyone seems to be running at the moment with run clubs popping up across the UK. So why are they on the rise?

Health and wellbeing