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Talking About Terror

How can we talk about tragic world events with our loved ones while also looking after our own mental health?

The Science of being HAPPY

Few psychologists studied positive emotions before the late 1990s, focusing instead on behaviour and thoughts or negative emotions. Today, however, happiness is taken seriously as a science – positively speaking, that is.

Shift Your Mindset

Imago Relationship Therapy (IRT) was developed by Harville Hendrix and Helen La Kelly Hunt based on their experience of working with relationships, including their own marriage, and through synthesising the work of other renowned relationship experts and thinkers.

Reading books instead of Kindles can improve your concentration

A new study has found that reading books over kindles can improve concentration and long-term memory.

How to cope with adversity

It is a natural human response to focus on the negative during challenging times, but there are a number of strategies that can help overcome hardship. Here are four steps to get you started.

Liar Liar

It’s human nature to delude ourselves and for some people, the habit knows no bounds. But it comes at a price. Here’s some advice on how to acknowledge and overcome self-deception

Why are habits so hard to break?

It turns out that trying to break a habit is hard for a reason.

Energise Your Tired Mind With These Four Easy Steps

Clear your crowded mind and re-energise your brain to give you a boost when you need it the most.

Positive Affirmations and How To Make Them Work For You

Throughout the day our minds are filled with thoughts, a constant flow of affirmations. Unfortunately for many, most of them are negative and create immense suffering. The good news is, you have the power to change this. One of the most powerful ways you can change your reality, is to retrain your thinking and how you speak to yourself.

The Power of the Pause

As work and relationship demands battle for our attention, space to reflect and take time for ourselves becomes even harder to find. Understanding the difference between urgent and important will help set priorities and ensure you don’t neglect an integral consideration – you.

Healing the Past

Traumatic events can affect people for decades, causing feelings of intense fear or helplessness. New therapies are helping sufferers deal with the physical consequences of trauma, using novel methods to release distress and move on.

The science of negative thoughts and how to stop them

Science explains why we dwell on negative thoughts and find it so hard to let go.

Healing in the Wake of Tragedy

Traumatic events, and exposure to traumatic experiences, shake us to the very core and the resulting pain can be almost unbearable for many. However, we may have hit on the key to understanding how to best help people to recover from it – community connectedness.

How To Help Children With Video Game Addiction

Video game addiction is becoming a real problem in children. Now, a new study by researchers at McMaster University, shows that […]

Removing the stigma surrounding maternal mental health

One in 10 women face pregnancy-related depression, while only six per cent will seek out immediate help.

Natural Medicine

It may seem like an oversimplified solution in our currently overstimulated world: to take a walk in the park to clear our heads, but the relationship between nature and our mental health and wellbeing has been the focus of more and more studies in recent times, providing us with intriguing results.

Being Unique

Comfortable with the status quo? Research shows tapping in to your originality and daring to break the mould could be the ticket to big ideas and big results, both personally and professionally.

Brain Fitness: Five ways to get your brain fit (and why it matters)

Brain fitness is about having a fit and healthy brain that allows us to perform at our very best, in all circumstances. This is why it matters.

Learn how to change your thoughts

The power of positive thinking and positive attitudes can affect your life more than you might have realised, which is why mentally adjusting your mindset can have a huge impact on your life and the people around you.

Study shows brain scans could help to identify babies at risk of developing autism

A new study is raising hope for Autism diagnosis and benefits of early interventions.

The Art of Communication

Therapeutic communication activities at a young age have shown benefits for children on the autism spectrum, with positive effects lasting years.

Magical Magnesium

5 reasons why you should be including magnesium in your daily diet.

A simple life

Start the new year right by simplifying your life.

The Surprisingly Simple Key to Greater Happiness and Health

In our minds we are usually everywhere else but here, in the present. When we are not present, we are not aware, and we are not mindful. It’s that simple.

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