A 2014 study by The Weather Channel and YouGov in 2014 reported that 1 in 3 of us living in the UK will experience ‘winter depression’ , otherwise known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). This can result in us feeling …
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.
Maya Angelou
Many of us have things we would like to change in our lives, sometimes we daydream and imagine how life could be different. …
The National Council for Hypnotherapy recently reported the following:
According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 526,000 workers in the UK suffered from work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2016/17, and 12.5m working days were lost as …
It was the Roman poet Horace who first used the phrase ‘Carpe Diem’ to express the idea that one should enjoy life while one can: to seize the day.
Is that what you did in 2017?
Maybe you felt …
At the European Congress of Endocrinology in Lisbon, scientists outline how disrupted sleep patterns can trigger changes in appetite, metabolism, motivation and physical activity, or even a combination of all these factors. This leads to disruption in people’s appetite and …
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/can_gratitude_be_good_for_your_heart
Could saying “thank you” help you to live longer?
For many decades, behavioral cardiology studied only the impact of so-called “negative traits”—such as stress,
As the shortest day approaches and daylight is in short supply, I get to thinking about SAD (seasonal affective disorder) which is a type of depression that occurs in the winter in countries that are a distance from the equator. …
In a new book The Upside of Stress, Kelly McGonigal explains why stress can be good for you.
Did you know that stress in the short-term can
A really interesting article here by Fiona Kennedy.
We absolutely agree: self-harm doesn’t have to be physical.
Much more often it’s the ‘stories’ we tell ourselves – that we are not good enough, not likeable and certainly not loveable, that …
An article published recently by the National Council for Hypnotherapy states that:
It is men more than women who suffer mental health problems brought on by work and are less likely to seek help, the charity Mind has said, with …
It’s an exciting time, a wonderful opportunity to spread your wings, make new friends, become independent, but at the same time it can be daunting. You may be asking yourself so many questions:
Here are some great tips from the telegraph to help your young adults adapt to life as a sixth former.
Exams are over. In a few short months you’ll be starting sixth-form. But what can you expect?
By Shemsi Prinzivalli on Tuesday August 15th, 2017
Nothing is Personal
There is an ancient and well-kept secret to happiness which the Great Ones have known for centuries. They rarely speak of it, but they use it all the …
I have been following the news stories over the past weeks with regards to the British Airways computer failure, leaving passengers stranded, their luggage left behind, etc. during one of the busiest holiday periods of the year. In the words …
A survey in the UK has revealed that Instagram is rated as the worst social media platform in terms of its impact on young people’s mental health and the Royal Society for Public Health says social media may be fuelling …
With thousands of pupils across England, Northern Ireland and Wales having started their GCSE exams, everyone knows this is a stressful and anxious time for teenagers and parents alike.
Add to that the normal pressures of modern life which, a …
I’d love to say ‘it’s that time of year, the sun is shining and we are all enjoying the start of summer’.
In reality, it’s raining and it’s been raining fairly heavily for the last few days. It’s hard to …