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July 4, 2022

Making Difficult Changes – Tips and Ideas    

Making difficult changes is something that we all face at one time or another in our lives. Some people breeze through change, some struggle with it but ultimately come through on the other side and some actively resist it or
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June 26, 2022

Gardening for Better Mental Health

Gardening for better mental health – as summer is here many of us are taking advantage of the nicer weather and getting out into the garden, enjoying the sunshine, BBQs and the fresh air. We have a number of other
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June 19, 2022

Tips for Low Self Confidence & Self Esteem

Tips for low self confidence – If you are experiencing low self esteem you may be also experiencing a lack of confidence in yourself and your abilities. What is healthy self- confidence and self-esteem? When we have healthy self-esteem we
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June 11, 2022

Are holidays good for mental health?

Are holidays good for mental health? Summer is upon us and many of us will be thinking about getting away for a couple of weeks maybe to another country, seeking out new adventures and experience or perhaps exploring the UK
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June 6, 2022

Protecting children from abuse Workbook 2 Parts 1 & 2

Protecting Children From Abuse ConverSafe Workbook 2 Parts 1 & 2 – Exploring Touch and Exploring Body Touch. Esha Johnson has recently released her second Children’s Therapeutic Activity Books. These books are for parents, carers, teachers, foster carers, social workers,
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May 30, 2022

Is an instant world bad for your mental health?

Is an instant world bad for your mental health? This is an incredibly important question for all of us in today’s world. If I need some clothes, groceries, a book, a piece of furniture, pretty much anything in fact, I
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May 16, 2022

Living with HIV and Mental Health Support

Living with HIV can be difficult, AIDS/HIV has been a huge taboo for a long time. People living with this have been discriminated against, experienced unacceptable prejudice and intimidation. What is HIV? HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. ‘Immunodeficiency’ refers to
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May 16, 2022

Managing Loneliness

Managing Loneliness can be an incredibly difficult thing to do. Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme this year was loneliness. To feel lonely from time to time is not unusual, it is a normal human emotion.
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May 8, 2022

Mental Health Awareness Week – 9-15 May

Mental Health Awareness Week is 9-15 May 2022. The theme for this year is ‘loneliness.’ Mental health Awareness week is an even that is run annually by the Mental Health Foundation, for the last 20 years it has given the
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May 3, 2022

Is Multitasking Bad? What happened when I turned off the TV!

Is Multitasking Bad? The ability to do more than one thing at once is often something that we prize in our society that is focussed on productivity, always being available and responsive and that expects things to happen straight away.
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