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Beyond Awareness: Building Community Support for Mental Health
Building community support for mental health begins with a commitment to empathy, patience, and a willingness to engage in conversations ...
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Ready? Set? - Let the Binge Watch begin!
You’re sitting down in front of the TV after a long day and decide to start watching that new show everyone's been talking about… Cut to...
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Hate Speech Hurts: Examining the impact on Mental Health & Wellbeing
What we need to remember that while Freedom of Speech is one thing, Hate Speech is another. In a time which is dominated by social media...
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Weighing in: Lessons from the Trial without a 'Winner'
In recent times, amidst all the other news, it has been the high-profile defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard which has...
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Sportspersons are Human too - Mental Health in the world of Elite Sport
We don’t question an athlete or professional sportsperson taking time when they need to recovery from a broken wrist or a pulled...
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New Is Good, but Familiar Is Better - The power of Nostalgia TV
“I’ll be there for you” - more than just a catchy theme song or tag line, this is quite the reality of the TV show itself & of others of...
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There is nothing Glamourous about a Mental Health struggle
A few of decades ago, virtually nobody would go to their doctor to talk about their Mental wellbeing. If they found themselves feeling...
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Coping with Triggers - The Aftermath of Trauma
Reliving a bad memory after encountering a trigger can be a very hard experience which can leave you feeling very shaky, powerless,...
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Coping with Flashbacks - The Aftermath of Trauma
If you ask someone who’d been through trauma or has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), they might tell you that the thing they find...
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They say, Blood is thicker than Water… But is it really?
How often have you heard the phrase ‘blood is thicker than water’? - Throw in extra points if it came from a family member who was trying...
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Talking about our Vulnerabilities may leave us feeling even more Vulnerable
We’re told getting things off our chest will make us feel better in the long run, but what should we do if we initially feel worse? If...
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Unloving things masked in the name of Love - Living with Toxic Parents
When you think of the term ‘parents’ or ‘family’, it might evoke an array of emotions, based on your childhood and current family...
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Discrimination, Stigma & Prejudice - Mental Health amongst the LGBTQ+ community
Love is Love. Equality Matters. Love is Free. We are all the same inside. -- We’ve all heard these slogans, and on days which are...
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Patriarchy, Oppression & Gaslighting - the Toxic Cocktail of Family Businesses
We’ve all grown up on the age-old adage, ‘Don’t judge a book by it’s cover’, but how often have we tried to apply this to the various...
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Save the Planet, It can save your Mental Health too!
“Save the Earth - we have no Planet B.”; “You planet needs you” ; “The Climate is changing, why aren’t we?”, “Make a change for Climate...
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When Happiness crosses over to the Dark Side
If you’ve come across articles on the lines of ‘How to be Happy’, ‘Top tips to boost your happiness’, ‘Ideas for Cultivating Happiness’,...
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If You don't Snooze, You Lose!
There is a reason it’s said that when someone is having a rough day it’s likely that they “woke up on the wrong side of the bed.” - As it...
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Looking at Mental Health beyond 10th October
Every year when 10th October comes around, Social Media is abuzz with conversations about Mental Health with hashtags trending,...
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