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Bruno’s story: a brilliant success from our healthy ageing pilot

Bruno shares his experience of taking part in our 12-week healthy ageing pilot, what ‘healthy ageing’ means to him, and advice for anyone embarking on their own Holly Health journey in this short interview with Operations Manager, Lily.

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Small steps, long-term outcomes: Impact of Holly Health after 5+ months of use

Check out the exciting results from our latest survey which asked Holly users who are still using the service after 5 to 12+ months about any perceived changes to their physical and mental health, primary care service utilisation since using Holly, and general feedback.

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Tips for connecting with your community

Natasha, Holly Health Healthy Ageing Project Coordinator at Age UK Lewisham and Southwark, shares her top tips for connecting with your community. Whether it’s volunteering, joining a local exercise or hobby-based group or social club, read how to find what’s available to you and advice on taking the leap in getting involved

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User-centred design: Building Holly Health for healthy ageing

Discover why user-centred design is so important in healthtech and how we applied this approach to our healthy ageing project to create a user-friendly product that empowers users to take control of their health as they age.

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The Semaglutide Debate: Prioritising lifestyle behaviours for overall health over medication

This blog piece offers a different perspective on the use of medication for weight loss purposes: from physical and psychological side effects to sustainability and hidden costs. Be aware, it's a controversial one!

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How does Holly Health impact health and wellbeing?

Over the last year, Holly Health has partnered with over 100 UK GP practices, with a population coverage of over 500,000 patients. This has allowed the company to support thousands of people and to, through data, see how the app can make a genuine impact at scale. Here are some of the main outcomes and insights we've seen so far.

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Holly Health stories: Lin's boost of self-confidence following menopause

We love hearing from the Holly Health community and how people are using Holly Health to support their health and wellbeing.

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Prescribing preventative app-based care

Prescriptions aren’t just for medication. As healthcare becomes more digitised, doctors are prescribing smartphone-enabled and web apps to help with the adoption of healthier lifestyles and to reduce health risks

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Holly Health stories: Geoff's journey to find balance

We always love hearing the experiences of our users, to learn how Holly Health has helped impact their health and wellbeing. We recently sat down with Geoff, who has been using Holly Health since August 2022. Conscious that over the years of working, he had struggled to manage his work-life balance and invariably prioritised work ahead of health, he was looking for actionable tips to improve his mental and physical wellbeing.

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Happy New Habits

Out with unachievable new years resolutions, in with Holly Health habit change support

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Holly Health Healthy Ageing Service: Access For All!

Offering service access to over 50's around the UK!

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Empowering patients to self-manage health with digital tools

Empowering patients to self-manage their own health improves treatment adherence, health outcomes and reduces pressure on a struggling health service. In this post, we explore how digital health technologies are encouraging people to be at the centre of their own care

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Holly Health stories: Beverley's back pocket personal trainer

We always love hearing the experiences of our users, to learn how Holly Health has helped impact their health and wellbeing. We recently sat down with Beverley, who has been using Holly Health since September 2022. Having struggled with staying regularly active, and always looking for new ways to positively influence her health, she discovered Holly Health.

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Rolling out the Holly Health service in a primary care setting - preliminary health and wellbeing outcomes

Over the last year, Holly Health has successfully partnered with a number of GP practices from all across the UK, to trial our services and reach our goal of impacting 1 million people by 2025. So, we have used this fantastic opportunity to research the impact of our services at scale, and in doing so we have produced some exciting preliminary results.

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Holly Health stories: Mary's meditation journey

We always love hearing the experiences of our users, to learn how Holly Health has helped impact their health and wellbeing. We recently sat down with Mary, who has been using Holly Health for six months. Having struggled with managing her anxiety for many years, and always looking for new ways to make proactive and healthy changes in her life, Mary discovered Holly Health.

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Weight-neutral approaches for better physical and mental health outcomes

Weight is not a good indicator of health. So why are we still focusing on a number on the scale so much? In this blog post, we go through our stance on weight loss and why we choose to support people with health-promoting behaviours independently of body weight.

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Disordered eating: the new normal?

Has society's obsession with appearance fuelled disordered eating as the new normal? At Holly Health, we encourage the narrative that food is to be enjoyed for what it is.

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Digital behaviour change coach, Holly Health, partners with Age UK to promote healthy ageing, as it announces £1.4M of funding

£1.4M funding will support Holly Health’s work into sustainable behavioural change and healthy ageing

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Older adults are not afraid of technology: Insights from a qualitative study

An insightful study into older adults' attitudes towards adopting digital health

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Why practice self-compassion? Also, what is that?

The science behind self-compassion, common misconceptions and practical exercises to start incorporating more of it

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Digital health for healthy ageing- How can we make it work?

A review of the challenges and opportunities of using digital health technologies for older adults

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Take a second look: Shaking eating disorders stereotypes

Eating disorders are not exclusive to thin, white teenage girls- Here's why we we need to shake this harmful stereotype

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Science-backed behavioural health support app Holly Health achieves 89% in ORCHA approval

Holly Health is top-scoring health app, assessed by ORCHA

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Winter wellbeing over the festive period 🎄

Take care of yourself this festive period

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A Lowdown on Probiotics

Probiotics are a hot topic right now. But what are probiotics anyway? This post does a deep-dive into the world of probiotics: Why are they beneficial, where you can find them, and what is the best way to take them

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Weight loss and dieting FAQ's

There is a lot of confusing information when it comes to diet and weight management. This post puts together some frequently asked questions on the subject, and provides a science-backed answer that you can trust

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How your breath can help combat stress

In this post you'll find a brief description of how our bodies respond to stress, and two practical breathing exercises that will help you come back to a state of calm in just five minutes

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Is job hunting a bit daunting? Taking care of your mental health while looking for a job

In this article, we’ll explore mental health after university, and look at some good ways to get ahead and attempt to combat negative cycles

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Using values to juggle work, kids and ultramarathons

In this article Tara writes about how she manages her very busy work schedule, while also taking care of her family, and herself. She gives us practical advice on how to juggle it all without losing sight of what matters in life

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Engage your mind: Mindfulness and eating

This post describes what mindfulness really is, the science behind it, and how in Holly Health we apply mindful eating and other mindfulness techniques to support behaviour change.

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Using science to turn our intentions, into actions

It's very common to get 'stuck' in the place between wanting to make a change, and actually going through with it. This article goes through the science that can help us bridge the gap between what we want to do, and what we actually do.

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Depression: A journey of self-discovery

This article is a very personal piece where Susan, who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, talks about how it feels like to go through a depressive episode, and how to use it as an opportunity to get to know yourself better

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Tips for supporting your mental health through nutrition

5 nutrition habits to take care of your brain after going back to 'normal'

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Fit and healthy or unhealthily fit?: Dangers of Obsessive Exercise Glorification

The prevailing obsession with ‘wellness’ shows no sign of abating, with the emphasis being on controlling body weight and shape through diet and exercise.

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Building a health app that treats people as individuals, not robots

This article outlines our reasoning behind building Holly Health in a way that supports and takes into consideration the complexities of human psychology. After all, we are trying to help individuals, not robots!

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The endless scroll: Are we Insta-addicted?

As a child of Gen Z, I feel as if my own growth coevolved with that of social media.

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How to take care of ourselves and each other in the process of going back to 'normal'

Why it's ok to keep a slow pace and how to make it happen

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From punishing to nourishing: Why we need to make peace with food

The importance of healing our relationship with food and how to get started

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Modern Health Challenges

A reflection on where we are, and where we are going in the world of healthcare

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Eating Disorders Support and Recovery

How to spot early signs of an eating disorder and how to seek the right support

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Eating Disorders Training and Support

Challenges in accessing support for eating disorders, from undertrained physicians to pressurised health systems, and how digital solutions have stepped up to bridge the ‘waiting list gap’ - providing support while people wait for NHS care

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Ask an expert: Why is Covid-19 raising eating disorder rates amongst young people?

Tiago Duarte, psychiatrist and eating disorder specialist, explains one of the reasons why the COVID-19 pandemic has led to higher rates of eating disorders in young people

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NHS workers and people awaiting mental health services to receive free access to digital mental health support

Press release 6th January: Holly Health launches £100k worth of support to NHS workers and people waiting on mental health waitlists

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The Winter Blues

Here you'll find some reasons why we tend to feel low during the winter months, how this can be a public health problem, and some suggestions on how to feel a bit better

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The journey towards a better relationship with food: Erica's story

This is the story of how Holly Health helped Erica through her journey towards recovering from an eating disorder, and with her overall mental wellbeing. Plus! A FREE gift for you to get the support you were looking for.

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DHSC Health Incentives programme: A move in the right direction or missing the point?

Check out Holly Health's take on the new department of health and social care health incentives pilot

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Why nutritional health is about more than just food

Everyone's relationships with food is different and complex. Here we discuss our approach to help you improve the way you relate to food in a flexible and sustainable way

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User research at Holly Health

A brief description of the research methods we use at Holly Health to understand our users, and to constantly improve our product!

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The Holly High Five 🖐: Holly Health Founders

The Holly High Five involves five key questions that will provide you with some personal and professional insights from some seriously inspiring people. This week we have Holly Health's founders Grace Gimson and Claire Wu.

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