Category: wellbeing
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Three ways to use focus to improve your wellbeing.
“Don’t think of polar bears.” What do you think most people think of? And if you say to yourself I don’t want to be anxious… what do you think you are? Here are three ways to use focus to improve your wellbeing.
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Five ways to leave your past behind you and be happy
Five ways to leave your past behind you and be happy We recently enjoyed a lovely little family holiday. The first in a long time. And with the seaside, picnics and adventures came a lot of country driving, more than we have done in years. At one point the inevitable happened and my husband found…
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Three reasons to be patient, persistent and proud when battling mental illness
Mental illness can be one of the hardest illnesses to overcome.
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Don’t be scared of saying the wrong thing. Saying something is better than nothing.
Don’t be scared of saying the wrong thing. Saying something is better than nothing. I see so many posts on social media about what we should and should not say to someone when they are struggling with their mental health. So many things saying, you must not try to fix the problem, you should not…
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Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react.
‘Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react’ I love this statement, not because it is accurate or scientific. But because it challenges us to think about how much we chose to sit back and let life happen and how much we own our stories.
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Hospital Anxiety. Five ways to overcome it so the panic attack never arrives.
Hospital Anxiety. Five ways to overcome it so the panic attack never arrives. Hospitals have always made me anxious, when I recently had to go for an operation I was sure I would suffer from anxiety attacks but with some careful well-being care and great support I managed to avoid them.
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Social media drains our happiness. How to detox…
Social media can be a great way to connect with others. Learn and grow. Or simply enjoy our time. For many of us we love nothing more than spending hours a day scrolling through the apps to fill our time. Sometimes those little apps absorb more than battery. Here are some tips to take a…
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Owning your mental health can transform you. Three simple ways to do it.
When we think of physical health if we were asked how do we measure it most people could real off a list of things, weight, blood pressure, blood sugar, mobility, eye sight, BMI, hydration, iron levels the list goes on. But when we asked how do you measure your mental health the answer is much…
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Six things I have learnt about mental health. Awaken your Awareness.
In honour of mental health awareness week, if the pursuit of breaking down the stigma, for education and understanding here is a brief journey of my mental health and what I have learnt about mental health.
Rowan Aderyn 