Curate your media feed

Without a manager hovering over our shoulder, we might be tempted to visit our favourite social media platform every five minutes, alerts pinging merrily all day and a news channel babbling in the background. Griffey counsels against this. ‘Particularly during times of stress and uncertainty, where the news cycle is about trauma and disaster, it’s best to switch off during working hours. News creates dissonance between you being safe at home and the perceived threats of the outside word, which exacerbates stress. Be mindful of the onslaught.’

And, if we feel fragile, it’s not helpful to scroll through people’s photos showing how much fun they’re allegedly having. A study published in the American Journal Of Preventive Medicine found that adults with high levels of social media use experienced three times the perceived social isolation compared to the rest of the population.

As well as limiting how much social media and news we consume, Griffey suggests making a conscious decision to follow uplifting accounts. ‘There’s an argument to follow people who post positive content. On Instagram, for example, you can choose to follow artists who post beautiful images and inspiring quotes. We don’t have to engage with the highly politicised news agenda. You can also follow poets or accounts that post a poem every day. It makes a difference to remind ourselves that there is still life-affirming stuff in the