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Burn out is one of those phrases that we have probably heard of but maybe don’t really know enough about to know if we might be experiencing it. Traditionally it has been applied to work (job burn out), but more recently it has been referred to with parenting, lockdown or exercise...
Do you feel like… You are smiling on the outside and breaking on the inside? Day-to-day you fulfil all your responsibilities despite the challenges, so everyone thinks you are fine but you’re not? Your invisible illness means others don’t understand you, and it is difficult for you to ask for...
The first step to recovering your mental health... I think we are all getting slightly better at recognising when we are struggling with our mental health. We know when we are stressed or anxious or overwhelmed or feeling low. Maybe we only realise things need to change when we can...
Feeling Anxious? Add these 5 nutrients to help ease your Anxiety, naturally... How have you been coping with all the changes lately? We have all had to adapt to a new normal, a new way of living, new threats and new challenges for us all which we will have to...
Sunlight is the battery for our biological clocks (our Chronobiology). Our circadian (daily) rhythm is affected by early morning daylight helping us, among other things, to produce melatonin which helps us to sleep when it gets dark. We have special sensors in our eyes that feed back the intensity of...
Do I have anxiety? It’s no surprise that many of us are finding that the uncertainty and threat of the current situation is escalating our anxiety levels and that it feels bad for our mental health. For people already living with high levels of general anxiety or, specifically, have health...
Do you have trouble sleeping? With 31% of the UK population suffering from insomnia and as many as 2/3 suffering from 'disturbed sleep' - you are not alone. The good news is that there are plenty of small changes you can make that will make a positive long-term difference to...
Going into the new decade of the 2020s all the thinking in mental health research is looking at the impact of nutrients on your brain. Nutrients for brain health is something we all really need to start thinking about and prioritising as way of managing our mental wellbeing. A vital...
Are you fed up with feeling exhausted everyday and want to know how to reclaim your life? I was reading an article on the causes of tiredness the other day and the top reason was “Lack of sleep”. Urrr, well, tell us something we don’t know. I’m not going to talk...
Linking nutrition to mental health is a new + developing field in Psychology. Traditionally we think of eating well to keep our bodies healthy but we seem to have missed the link of eating well to keep our brains functioning well. A huge body of evidence now exists that finds...
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