Practicing gratitude is really good for our mental health and our overall wellbeing. It can help us to become less materialistic and to calm ourselves by focusing on the here and now, reducing worry about the unknowns of the future. Not only practicing gratitude for our own lives is important, paying forward thanks to others…
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Midweek Blog and Round Up: 10 March
Happy Wednesday to you all. Things have been quiet around here for the last few days, as I have been busy with the Mental Health First Aid course, as well as being unwell over the weekend, so I’ve had to very much focus my attentions on just getting through the last few days. Life is…
Midweek Blog and Round Up
Hello All I hope you are having a good week. It a very busy week for me, a lot is going off in and out of work at the moment. I’ve been spending a lot of time planning of late. Planning out work in my new job, planning out training and work for the positivity…
Being Too Busy Is Bad For Your Health – Ways To Relieve The Pressure
Dr Devon Price, the author of Laziness Does Not Exist, has always gone above and beyond. Relentlessly productive, the social psychologist was the sort of person who got a small thrill when frantically checking things off their to-do list. “I am someone who was playing by the rules of society, which say that your worth is determined by…
What is the bad habit you gave up that’s made you a better father?
Its probably no secret to anyone that bad habits can hold you back in life. Bad habits can limit your social wellbeing as well as hold you back from acheiving what you want in life. I read an interesting article on this topic. This article is from fartherly.com but I think it has some good…
Blog: The Anxiety Hangover
Its not very often I re-post a blog – I like to keep things fresh. But sometimes, it’s the right thing to do. I am reposting a blog from summer 2020 – its on the topic of the anxiety hangover. Many of you will not have read it as it is from a long time…
Blog: Time to talk
4 February, is Time to Talk day. So this blog is simply to highlight that day and talk about talking. Here is a direct link to the website before I do anything else: Time to Talk Day 2021 | Time To Change (time-to-change.org.uk) I want to include a quote from the home page “A small…
Blog: Warrior
Hello Happy Friday, the weekend is within smelling distance 😊 Next week is a time to talk day on 4 February – so I’ll be doing some articles and blogs around that topic next week. If anyone else has anything planned for a time to talk day, please could you get in touch with me?…
The no-drug approach to mild depression
I read an interesting article on the Harvard Medical website around approaches to managing depression without a need for drugs such as anti-depressants. Each individual’s symptoms are different and the treatment approach is for the individual. I’d always recommend talking to a medical professional or doctor etc. As some one who has experienced depression a…
Midweek Blog & Round Up: 27 January 2021
Happy Wednesday I hope you are all well. It has been a busy few days for me, both in and out of work. I’ve been busy working on a new access process with a new team member, I think we are making a great new approach that’s really going to save many people (including myself)…
Better Days Wellbeing 