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Illustration of a person held by strings like a puppet. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Body, Main, Medium, Mind

Understanding dependencies

Reflection questions to help you understand your dependencies.

16th July 2026
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Body, Dessert, Easy, Heart, Mind, Organisations, Starter

Feelings and energy board

A board to map the team’s feelings and energy levels.

13th July 2026
Illustration of a person on a paper plane. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Medium, Mind, Starter

Solidarity for systems change

Reflective prompts to help you radically transform the world.

8th May 2026
Illustration of a person surrounded by 5 thought clouds with the word "why". © Recipes for Wellbeing
Dessert, Easy, Mind

5 whys

Five “whys” to rewrite a belief.

26th March 2026
Illustration of a wheel with 8 sections: business & career, finance, health, connections, personal growth, fun & recreation, civic engagement, and physical environment. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Body, Main, Medium, Mind

The wheel of needs

Exploring your fundamental needs across major life areas.

6th February 2026
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Body, Easy, Main, Mind

Inner message hunt

Reprogramming automatic patterns with gentle words.

17th September 2025
Illustration of a person wearing an animal costume. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Body, Dessert, Medium, Mind

As if… game

Cultivating the capacity to become a “new self”.

10th September 2025
Illustration of a person's hand holding five cards with introspective prompts. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Dessert, Heart, Medium, Mind

Pleasure questions game

Reconnecting with the child within.

1st July 2025
Illustration of a person in a reflective mood with a journal and a pen. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Dessert, Hard, Mind

Dissolving the ego

Reflecting on your relationship with ego.

30th April 2025
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Body, Heart, Main, Medium, Mind, Organisations

The wheel of emotions and feelings

A compass to name your emotions and feelings and build emotional regulation in teams.

6th August 2024
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Body, Dessert, Heart, Medium, Mind, Organisations

Emotional regulation in teams

Strategies to regulate emotions in individuals and teams.

6th August 2024
Illustration of a tree with 5 distinctive elements: roots, trunk, branches, fruits, and decomposing matter. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Dessert, Easy, Mind, Organisations

Tree reflection

Using the metaphor of a tree to reflect on projects or situations.

21st December 2023
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Dessert, Easy, Heart, Mind

A year in a day

Using a 24-hour day to take stock of the past year and welcome the new year.

21st December 2023
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Dessert, Heart, Medium, Mind

Wordtangles to untangle the mind

A visual journaling process to bring clarity and peace of mind.

25th October 2023
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Body, Dessert, Heart, Medium, Mind, Organisations, Soul

The iceberg model

A tool to surface what is behind visible behaviour in individuals.

24th July 2023
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Easy, Mind, Organisations, Starter

Recognising brain strengths

A tool to map and celebrate different brain qualities.

22nd February 2023
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Body, Dessert, Easy, Heart, Mind

STOPP framework

A simple framework to work with difficult emotions.

22nd February 2023
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Dessert, Heart, Medium, Starter

Brief Resilience Scale

Assess your ability to bounce back.

11th January 2023
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Heart, Main, Medium, Soul, Youth

Portraiture

A creative activity to uncover your inner and outer self.

25th July 2022
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Body, Easy, Heart, Main, Youth

Draw it in your own style

A creative activity to practise mindfulness through drawing and colouring.

25th July 2022
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Body, Dessert, Heart, Medium, Youth

Colourful confusions

Awareness and acceptance of difficult emotions through drawing.

25th July 2022
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Main, Medium

Multidimensional Poverty Index

Understand the multidimensions behind poverty.

4th May 2022
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Easy, Heart, Mind, Starter

The parenting plate

Be more purposeful and present as a parent by knowing what is on your plate.

11th April 2022
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Dessert, Medium, Soul

Music stroll down the memory lane

Let music carry you as you reflect on your lifetime.

21st March 2022
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Body, Easy, Mind, Starter

Draw breath

Drawing for mindfulness.

12th March 2022
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Hard, Main, Organisations

Asking powerful questions in your organisation

Deep questions to stir up new, creative ideas for the success of your organisation.

20th February 2022
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Easy, Mind, Soul, Starter

4 steps to choosing your guiding word for the new year

A reflective practice to choose a guiding word for the upcoming year.

31st January 2022
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Heart, Medium, Mind, Starter

The DO’s and DON’Ts of Allyship

DOs and DON’Ts for white people wishing to become anti-racist allies for BIPOC.

6th March 2021
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Hard, Mind, Organisations, Starter

Workplace wellbeing assessment

A checklist for setting the foundation for a workplace wellbeing programme.

4th February 2021
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Body, Easy, Heart, Mind, Organisations, Starter

Digital check-ins

Our best check-ins for online meetings.

2nd February 2021
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Body, Dessert, Easy, Heart, Mind, Soul

Burnout and wellbeing scale

A questionnaire to assess your level of burnout and wellbeing.

4th January 2021
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Dessert, Easy, Heart, Soul

End-of-year spell casting

A reflective practice to bring closure to your year and open the new one.

19th December 2020
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Body, Easy, Heart, Mind, Soul, Starter

Nurture your compassion roots

A reflective journaling practice to root yourself in compassion.

5th December 2020
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Gender, Hard, Heart, Main, Mind, Organisations

Gender equality through a norm-critical workplace

Cultivating gender equality in the workplace.

13th November 2020
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Body, Hard, Heart, Main, Mind, Soul

5 steps towards “critical wellness” to overcome racism

A five-step process to heal from the wounds of racism and discrimination.

27th October 2020
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Body, Dessert, Heart, Medium, Mind, Soul

Creating ripples

Spreading ripples of love, hope, and happiness.

17th September 2020
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Body, Main, Medium, Soul

The desire to change

Finding the desire to change.

28th May 2020
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Body, Main, Medium, Mind

Coping with panic attacks

A simple technique to cope with panic attacks.

26th March 2020
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Dessert, Heart, Medium, Mind, Soul

Regression meditation

A powerful tool to explore how early experiences shape your life.

25th February 2020
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Hard, Soul, Starter

Guidance from within

Three yogic questions to find guidance from within.

18th February 2020
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Main, Medium, Mind

Social universe

A reflective activity to define your social universe.

12th February 2020
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Dessert, Heart, Medium, Mind, Organisations

The ladder of inference

A tool to minimise misunderstandings.

29th December 2019
Illustration of a calendar with the words "End of Year" written on it. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Dessert, Easy, Heart, Mind, Organisations

End-of-year reflection

A reflective practice to bring closure to your year and open the new one.

19th December 2019
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Dessert, Medium, Mind, Organisations

Organisations as inquiring systems

Questions to assess your organisation’s capabilities.

26th July 2019
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Dessert, Medium, Mind, Organisations

Workplace wellbeing programme evaluation

A set of guidelines to evaluate your workplace wellbeing programme.

5th July 2019
Illustration of the wheel of awareness. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Body, Medium, Mind, Starter

The wheel of awareness

A time-in practice to integrate consciousness.

5th July 2019
Illustration of a jar with colourful slips of paper. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Dessert, Easy, Heart, Mind, Organisations

Inspiration jar

A small intervention to boost inspiration and creativity in your team or office.

30th June 2019
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Body, Dessert, Medium, Mind

Zines

A mini-pamphlet to harvest and capture meaning.

30th June 2019
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Dessert, Hard, Mind, Soul

The deathbed test

A self-inquiry to discover the meaning in life.

30th June 2019
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Dessert, Medium, Mind

Individual reflection

A reflection practice leading to action.

30th June 2019
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Dessert, Easy, Heart, Mind

Gratitude journal

A quick activity to send you to sleep with a smile on your face.

30th June 2019
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Dessert, Medium, Mind

Coping with a sense of urgency

Embracing “enough” in a paradigm of scarcity.

30th June 2019
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Dessert, Medium, Mind

Coaching feedback

Transforming feedback in a positive force for change.

30th June 2019
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Main, Medium, Mind, Organisations

The wheel of burnout

Exploring the root causes of burnout.

29th June 2019
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Body, Main, Medium, Mind

The book of life

What chapter in life are you currently in?

29th June 2019
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Body, Easy, Main, Mind

Stress diary

A diary to log your stress episodes.

29th June 2019
Illustration of a person drawing on a template with a figure of a child. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Heart, Main, Medium

Self-compassion for your inner child

A creative activity to boost self-compassion.

29th June 2019
Illustration of a river flowing from the mountains into the valley. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Main, Medium, Mind

The river of life

Exploring the flow that connects our changemaker journey.

29th June 2019
Illustration of a person walking in Nature surrounded by trees. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Body, Hard, Heart, Main, Mind, Soul

Solo day

A practice in solitude to rekindle connection.

29th June 2019
Illustration of a person pressing the palms of their hands in front of the heart area. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Main, Medium, Mind

Mental rehearsal

Letting go of the past to reclaim the future.

29th June 2019
Illustration of a pair of hand painting a theatre mask. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Hard, Heart, Main, Mind

Meeting your shadow

A creative activity to embrace your shadow.

29th June 2019
Illustration of four trees representing the seasonal changes. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Hard, Main, Mind, Soul

Managing change

Symbolic death is an essential step towards self-renewal.

29th June 2019
Illustration of a mountain refuge in the mountains. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Heart, Main, Medium, Mind

Finding your inner refuge

An investigative writing practice to find refuge from fears and desires.

29th June 2019
Illustration of a group of people sitting on a couch blindfolded. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Heart, Main, Medium

Dialogue in the dark

A bonding experience to increase openness and trust in a group.

29th June 2019
Illustration of a group of people standing and talking to each other. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Hard, Main, Mind, Organisations

Collaboration questions

How does collaboration look like in our team?

29th June 2019
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Hard, Main, Mind

Belief change process

A deep change process to move beyond limiting beliefs.

29th June 2019
Illustration of a pair of hands going through a set of pictures. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Main, Medium, Soul

A picture says a thousand words

A creative exercise to gain access to your meaning in life.

29th June 2019
Illustration of a person by a window with their eyes closed. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Easy, Mind, Starter

Morning intention setting

A practice to act consciously.

28th June 2019
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Body, Easy, Heart, Mind, Starter

EQ check-in

A quick check-in practice to foster emotional intelligence in a group.

28th June 2019

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