One of the weekend events always stands out from the others though. My sons' Saturday football session. It stands out as I have the honour of being the co-manager of his Under 9's team and it is probably the highlight of my week. Digging into my inner Mourinho has been a constant pleasure since I took up the role back at the onset of the first COVID-19 lockdown. It was a wonderful and fun challenge learning to train a group of 8 years olds who couldn't be within 2 meters of each other – but in fairness to COVID, it made us a passing team from day 1!

The Saturday session is notable not just for the explicit joy it brings me (and thankfully my son/others) but also the significant exhaustion I feel in the hours afterwards. The introduction of a wearable piece of technology has given great insights into why this fatigue occurs and what we, as wellbeing professionals, can gleam from the data gathered.  

I wear the Whoop band. For me, alongside the Oura ring, Whoop have produced the first mainstream wearable technology that showed me something I did not already know about the interface between my lifestyle and my physiology... Read the full post