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7 Ideas to Enjoy Nature for Better Mental Health
This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is focused on the theme of nature and there is a good reason for that. There are many proven benefits of being exposed to nature and the positive impact it has on mental health and wellbeing. Being in nature helps you take time out from life’s everyday demands and…
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Are Embarrassment, Shame, and Guilt the Same Thing?
It’s a complete misconception that embarrassment, shame, and guilt are the same thing, in reality, they are different sides of the same coin (if 3-sided coins were a thing) and I think it’s important to recognise the difference between them. Last month I shared what shame is and how shame might be affecting you, even…
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Shame Might Be Affecting You More Than You Realise
Shame is a wide-spread epidemic and left unaddressed it ruins lives, often for generations, but what if you don’t even realise that shame is at the root of your problems? I don’t believe that shame is helpful. In fact, shame is more likely to be the source of destructive behaviour than the solution or cure,…
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Divorce Doesn’t Mean Failure
Marriage is forever, except when it’s not. And it’s high time we stopped seeing divorce as failure and started embracing the new chapter we move into when marriage comes to an end.
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Stop Worrying About Breaking Your New Year’s Resolutions
Are New Year’s resolutions really worth the hassle if we just break them? And is there a better way to achieve goals we set for ourselves?
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Making the Most of Christmas When You Feel Down
Christmas time is often portrayed as a time of joy, laughter, family, and magical experiences. But that is not the case for many, and it’s ok to not be ok at Christmas. 2020 has been a difficult year for a lot of people, with redundancies, businesses struggling to survive, stretched finances, children at home 24/7…
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How to Support a Friend With Anxiety
It is understandable to be worried about a friend with anxiety and not know how to support them if you have never experienced it yourself. But there are some simple things you can do to help and ways to offer support without fearing that you will say or do the wrong thing. What is anxiety?…
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Using Lockdown to Improve Your Life
With local lockdowns upon us, and further national lockdowns looming, could this be our chance to slow down, put ourselves first for once and use it as a spring board into living the life we dream of?
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Dealing with Childhood Trauma in Adulthood
Childhood trauma comes in many forms, but one thing is clear, it can have long-lasting and devastating effects on people’s lives.
But it doesn’t need to stay that way, and there is light at the end of the tunnel with the right support in place.
Finding Inner Peace
When life gets hectic, it can seem like finding a sense of inner peace is frankly impossible to reach. But it is closer than you think.
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