The wellbeing industry is feeling bloated, crowded and oversaturated, and I’m concerned it could be getting dangerous.  The last few years has seen a huge boom in the number of wellbeing and mental health companies being established.  And while that *should* be a good thing as in theory it means more avenues of support for...

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week this week, and this year the theme is anxiety. “We all feel anxious from time to time. Anxiety is a natural response to the uncertain world around us. But it’s important that we recognise and respond when we feel anxious, so that our anxiety doesn’t become overwhelming.” “We’ve chosen anxiety...

Speaker bio: George Bettany is the Co-Founder of Sanctus. He grew up in Staffordshire, playing football for Derby County up to the age of 19. After being released, he went on to University which was the beginning of his entrepreneurial journey and eventually dropped out after starting his first business. This journey led him to...

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“You’re incompetent.” “You’re a failure.” “You’re no good at your job and you only got it because you’re lucky.” This is the kind of self talk you might be familiar with if you’re experiencing impostorism: the feeling of being a fraud, intellectually or professionally, regardless of any positive feedback you may be receiving. Impostorism is...

Loneliness has been front of mind for much of this year. 13th to 17th June was Loneliness Awareness Week. Launched in 2017 by The Marmalade Trust, they are the only charity in the world dedicated to raising awareness around loneliness. Back in May, we had Mental Health Awareness Week: an annual event designed to get...

We often ask our Coaches which topics come up most in coaching sessions. Recently, cost of living has been a big one. Staying motivated is another. Happiness at work (and in general). Uncertainty always comes up. Did I already say motivation? Somebody said “retrenchment” which took me by surprise, because that’s a word I didn’t...

Journaling has been an important part of Sanctus since the beginning. Some of us grew up as angsty teenagers scribbling our daily thoughts into Moleskine notebooks. The Sanctus story actually started in a blog post that was pretty much an open journal entry. It’s a practice many of our Coaches recommend to the people they...

I’ve wanted to write a founder’s journal for a while, but I’ve never really gotten around to it. I am imagining writing this in a nice moleskine Sanctus branded journal.  Today I want to write about how I’ve changed, which is about me, as you might gather. Yet I also want to make some more...