The Women's Wellbeing Lab
Learning Centre

Understand what wellbeing support involves, what the Lab offers, and whether it fits your life.

The Learning Centre at a Glance

The Learning Centre is the free hub of the Women's Wellbeing Lab, created by Elizabeth Simpson, MSc Psychology, Accredited Wellness and Resilience Coach. It brings together guides, free wellbeing activities and article previews, so you can explore the Women's Wellbeing Lab at your own pace before deciding whether to join.

Jump to a section

→ Join the Women's Wellbeing Café

(a monthly 50-minute online session for women to connect, £5)

→ Women's Wellbeing Lab Guides

(how the Lab works, what it costs and how it compares)

→ Activity Hub

(free wellbeing tools, from 2 minutes to 5 days)

→ Preview of Articles Inside the Lab

(resources from inside the Lab)

→ Book a Lab Navigation Session

(a free 15-minute session with Elizabeth to help you find your way around)

→ About Wellbeing Coaching with Elizabeth

(psychology-informed wellbeing coaching, from monthly group sessions to one-to-one support)

Join the Women's Wellbeing Café

50 minutes, the first Friday of the month. £5, from wherever you are. Limited spaces.

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Understanding the Women's Wellbeing Lab

Everything you need to decide whether the Lab fits your life.

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Why We Don’t Publish Case Studies

Why the Women’s Wellbeing Lab doesn’t publish case studies or client testimonials, and what confidentiality in psychology-informed coaching actually means for you.

4 min read

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Why the Women's Wellbeing Lab Costs What It Does

Why the Women's Wellbeing Lab's three membership levels are priced as they are, and what's actually included at each one.

6 min read

How the Women's Wellbeing Lab Compares to Apps and Coaching Programmes

How the Women's Wellbeing Lab's three levels compare with a wellbeing app, a fixed-length coaching programme, and hiring a coach directly.

8 min read

Before You Join

The questions to ask first, answered plainly.

What If I’ve Tried Coaching or Self-Help Before and It Didn’t Stick?

What the evidence shows about why earlier attempts at coaching or self-help often don’t stick, and how to start again without the guilt.

7 min read

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What If I’d Rather Not Share in a Group?

If the idea of sharing in a group is what’s holding her back from the Monthly Reflection Session, here’s what it actually involves, and the ways to start even if group reflection isn’t where she wants to begin.

4 min read

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What If I Don’t Have Enough Time for My Own Wellbeing?

Hesitating before committing to regular coaching sessions is common, and it’s rarely about wanting support less. Here’s what time actually looks like at each level of the Women’s Wellbeing Lab.

5 min read

Choosing Your Wellbeing Path: Coaching vs. Therapy

Coaching and therapy work differently, serve different needs, and are not interchangeable. Here is how to understand the difference and decide which is the right fit for you.

8 min read

Activity Hub

Four free ways to start, each ready to use today.

The Pause Practice

10-minute activity - Start here

Ten minutes to name what has been getting in the way and find a clear place to begin.

(No log-in needed)

Start The Pause Practice

The Pause Practice free 10-minute wellbeing activity

Autumn Wellbeing Reset

5-day email series

Five days, one small step at a time. Pause, reflect, and decide what matters most.

(Inside the Women's Wellbeing Lab, create a log-in)

Join the Reset

Wellbeing Quiz

Short quiz

Answer a few questions and find out where your wellbeing attention fits best right now.

(No log-in needed)

Take the Quiz

Priority Planning Grid

Free PDF

A tool built for real life: see what is truly yours to do, and what can move.

(No log-in needed)

Download the Grid

A Look Inside the Lab

Free articles and member previews, demonstrating a sample of the resources library available to you once you join.

Wellbeing Tool: Your Needs Audit (Using SDT)

Exclusive content for members. The Three Needs Reflection Tool: a short Women's Wellbeing Lab exercise for checking in on the choice, capability and connection research links to wellbeing.

2 min read

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Support Doesn't Have to Wait Until Things Get Worse

There's no threshold that has to be crossed before support is worth having. What the evidence actually says about the barrier that keeps women waiting, and why coaching exists for exactly this space.

7 min read

Wellbeing Tool: Know Your Character Strengths and Use Them on Purpose

Exclusive content for members. Character strengths are among the most well-evidenced areas of positive psychology research. This Lab resource covers the VIA Classification, how to access a free personal strengths report, and a structured activity for applying strengths across different areas of life.

3 min read

Wellbeing Wisdom: Why START Wellbeing Goal-Setting Works Better for Women Than Traditional Frameworks

Most goal-setting frameworks weren't designed with women's lives in mind. The S.T.A.R.T. Wellbeing framework draws on self-compassion research and behavioural science to offer an approach that accounts for competing demands, variable energy, and real life rather than assuming consistency and full agency.

5 min read

What If You Have Been Measuring Success All Wrong: Health, Happiness and Meaning as a Different Starting Point

Most women are measuring their health, happiness, and success against criteria they never chose. This article explores where those criteria came from, what the research says about what they cost, and how Self-Determination Theory and psychological wellbeing research point toward a more grounded starting point.

8 min read

Why Women Find It So Hard to Start (And What the Research Actually Says)

If you know something needs to change but can't seem to start, it's not a motivation problem. Discover what the research says is actually happening — and what to do instead.

5 min read

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Lab Navigation Session
For members and non-members who are new or curious
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Wellbeing Coaching with Elizabeth

Elizabeth Simpson, MSc Psychology, Accredited Wellness and Resilience Coach, offers psychology-informed wellbeing coaching through the Women's Wellbeing Lab, from monthly group sessions to one-to-one coaching.

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Listen to In Real Life

Short conversations and coaching insights on women's wellbeing, free to listen to whenever suits you.

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