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Amanda’s Spring 2023 Newsletter Column

By Amanda Furness | 25 April 2023

In her latest column for our quarterly wellbeing at work newsletter, Amanda looks towards an upcoming goal with a mixture of optimism and trepidation …

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Amanda’s Winter 2022/23 Newsletter Column

By Amanda Furness | 18 January 2023

In her latest column for our quarterly workplace wellbeing newsletter, Amanda looks to others for inspiration on a topic which appears to be wearing a bit thin.

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Amanda’s Autumn 2022 newsletter column

By Amanda Furness | 16 September 2022

In her latest column for our quarterly newsletter, Amanda finds that memorable gifts are on her mind …

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Amanda’s Summer 2022 newsletter column

By Amanda Furness | 22 June 2022

In her latest column for our quarterly newsletter, Amanda finds that a fleeting eavesdrop can set your imagination working overtime …

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A valuable lesson re-learnt

By Amanda Furness | 25 March 2022

Amanda is reminded that doing others a favour can rekindle some good, plus a few not so good memories, but brings with it a lesson she’s grateful to be reminded of.

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And everything worked out for the best – or did it?

By Amanda Furness | 07 December 2021

In her column for our Winter newsletter, Amanda finds she has difficulty with only hearing half a story but comes up with a goal for 2022.

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When all is not as it seems

By Amanda Furness | 01 September 2021

Learning that some of the recent bookcase backdrops may not have been what they seemed triggered a childhood memory which resulted in Amanda re-telling a tale of a mis-spent youth in her column for our late Summer 2021 newsletter.

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A secret worth remembering

By Amanda Furness | 05 May 2021

In her column for our Spring 2021 newsletter, Amanda finds that taking the words of the quote, “The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life” to heart, brings its truth to life.

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Gratitude can sometimes be found when you least expect it

By Amanda Furness | 02 February 2021

In her column for our Winter 2020/21 newsletter, a lockdown musing led Amanda to inadvertently come up with her 3 pieces of gratitude for the day.

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Even for a believer in delayed gratification, there is a limit

By Amanda Furness | 30 October 2020

In her column for our Autumn newsletter, a surprising incident causes Amanda to review her attitude towards delayed gratification.

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