Most of us have felt loneliness at some stage in our lives and some of us feel it more acutely than others. Being lonely isn’t a mental health issue in itself, but it can make us feel down and it can lead to existing psychological health issues getting worse.
Read the full blog post >Covid 19 has made a difference to most people’s lives and returning to the ‘new normal’ may be difficult for some as we try to adjust to life after lockdown.
Read the full blog post >When most people are first introduced to meditation, they often have an impression that it’s all a bit ‘touchy feely’, a little ‘airy-fairy’, not their sort of thing. However, countless people have come to learn that meditation can help them feel calmer, more grounded, less anxious, and generally less stressed and low.
Read the full blog post >There seem to be two kinds of altruism. Psychological altruism means being kind out of a concern for the welfare of others, while not thinking of your own self-interest. Biological altruism refers to behaviour that helps the survival of a species. Apparently, evolution has actually hard-wired philanthropic conduct into human beings. Perhaps humans are not just selfish or psychologically egoistical as some may propose?
Read the full blog post >There are some things we cannot change in this Covid 19 situation, but we can modify how we react psychologically in these times.
Read the full blog post >We cannot deny that many of us will experience sadness because of COVID 19 related events. We are all under this gloomy psychological cloud at the moment, but clouds pass and after the sky clears, the sun eventually comes out.
Read the full blog post >Leading experts have researched and published their findings in The Lancet 2020* stating, “The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is having a profound effect on all aspects of society, including mental health and physical health.”
Read the full blog post >I’ve seen hundreds of clients and encountered many different psychological issues during thousands of hours of offering therapy, but I’ve never experienced anything like the stresses and strains that Covid 19 has delivered because it has affected everyone somehow.
Most of the following advice will almost certainly apply, and will help, in non Covid 19 times too:
Read the full blog post >Covid 19, commonly known as Coronavirus is all over the world and the relevant authorities are doing as much as they can to deal with it.
Read the full blog post >The world rolls on and by and large it becomes more complicated. There is more pressure, less space, more impediments. Being on the cusp of your twenties is a period when young people need to have support and guidance on request, but instead for some it can seem as though they have entered a cauldron of inescapable strains.
