WHIS Ambassador Lila Stavropoulou

Lila Stavropoulou is a visionary corporate communication professional collaborating with startups, European organisations as well as local & international NGO’s in digital health communication projects. She is currently collaborating with the eHealth Forum, an initiative created in 2014, to influence perception and change behaviour when it comes to integrating digital health as we all become more …

Room for Reflection

The Danish book that helps thousands of children fall asleep Are you having a hard time getting your child to sleep? Thousands of families love reading “The Children’s Meditations: In my heart” at bedtime. The Danish word “hygge” (hard to translate but close to wellbeing and coziness) is spreading and the Danish way of doing things is …

WORLD HEUTAGOGY DAY 26th September 2017

‘HEUTAGOGY, MEANING MAKING & WELLBEING. The team at The Monastery Manchester is proud to be the ‘spiritual home’ of the World Health Innovation Summit (WHIS) here in Manchester (WHISManchester) This relationship is an integral part of the ‘Life’ programme (LifeSkills Information For Everyone) recently launched and the in-house capability network (Unlike Minds) Not surprisingly then, …

WHIS Ambassador Shafali Arya

Biography I completed my undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of Roehampton in 2013. I then went straight on to engaging in my Masters degree at Brunel University, which is where I conducted research looking into the male experiences of Infertility. Whilst conducting this research, my interest in the area of infertility deepened which …

Infertility Etiquette: What Not To Say…

In light of the upcoming National Fertility Awareness Week (Monday 31st October – Sunday 6th November 2016), I thought I’d raise some awareness regarding what not to say to people experiencing infertility. More often than not, hearing the news of infertility struggles warrants sympathy and in some cases unwanted advice. However, it is this advice …