I am Emma and I am the Founder of Encourage Wellbeing.
In 2018, having turned 50, I decided that I needed to make a step change in my lifestyle to improve my overall wellbeing. After a lot of soul searching, some research, and training, I realised that I was not alone and that many people were like me, and in finding the solution to achieve my own wellbeing, I could help others do the same. This is how Encourage Wellbeing was born.
What is Encourage Wellbeing?
Encourage Wellbeing is a completely new Membership Organisation that brings together people who want to improve their overall wellbeing, leading them to a healthier, happier, less stressed version of their current self.
When did Encourage Wellbeing Launch?
We launched on the 5th January 2019, and achieved over 60 members in our first month. This number continues to grow both in the physical and online groups.
Where is Encourage Wellbeing?
Currently we have 1 physical group in Margate, Kent, with a 2nd group opening in January 2020 in Westgate-on-Sea.
What do the members get and do?
Members join by attending the physical group sessions. The main purpose of the session is to Encourage members to learn about what makes them happier in life and how making different lifestyle choices can help them to be an improved version of themselves.
Having a healthy body is key to achieving a healthy mind. We focus on gut health and how to improve this. If you are overweight, improving your gut health, along with other mindfulness changes in our day to day lives, will result in gentle weight loss. However, we are not a diet group. Some of our members choose to be weighed and measured and will set their goals and objectives with regard to what they want to achieve from the group. However, not all members choose to be weighed/measured, as this is member choice. Registration lasts 30 mins, during which time members have access to free drinks and time to mingle and make new friends.
Registration is followed by the group talk. This lasts c.90 minutes and covers different topics each week.
The key aim of Encourage is to encourage it’s members to avoid the foods and behaviours known to cause illnesses such as Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Disease and Cancer, and negative feelings such as Anxiety and Depression, and instead, to embrace the foods, activities, behaviours and mindsets that are known to improve health, happiness and wellbeing.
What is different about Encourage Wellbeing compared to other leading Health Support Groups?
The Encourage Approach focuses on the mindset and behaviours that influence our relationship with food and overall gut health. We work on Mindfulness and understanding food as Nutrition. Each week we also offer an extra session known as Extra Encouragement.
What is Extra Encouragement?
Extra Encouragement is an optional extra session that lasts for approx. 45 mins. This session focuses on how you can increase your activity through fun ways. We also invite local businesses/individuals to attend to give a sample session of other wellbeing activities available to members in their local area. Such sessions have included a Life Coach, a Nutritionist and a Yoga and Nidra teacher, Hynotherapy, Dance, and working with an Image Consultant.
What are the members saying?
The feedback from the members to date has been glowing, and the results speak for themselves. But don’t take my word for it, take a look at the reviews on this page, as well as the many comments shared, about how much the members are loving this new approach.
Want to know more, or join?
If you want to know more, or if you would like to join one of our groups, contact us using the message button on this page.
Dont’ wait - be the better version of yourself that you deserve to be.
We look forward to welcoming you soon
Emma
