16 Apr 2020

Overcoming exam stress is so important as stress in students can lead to poor academic achievement, apathy, depression and behavioural problems, and at a time when schools are increasingly under pressure and both students and teachers face higher levels of stress.

16 Feb 2020

22 Feb 2019

Scintillating title, I know. Let me see if I can explain this important phenomenon that we probably never think about, but which affects us all.

13 Apr 2017

Wanted to share this post with you…

By Ellen Scott (for Metro.co.uk)

Since I’ve started being honest about my mental health, I’ve noticed that my relationships have changed – mostly for the better.

13 Feb 2017

To know the difference between depression and a plain bad mood, you normally have to have experienced both. It is a cruel twist of fate that when we are depressed and most in need of the support, love and comfort of others, we find ourselves least able to accept it.

29 Aug 2016

A more personal blog this time… 

Last Wednesday, at 3.30am I was violently shaken awake by an earthquake that has left central Italy in a state of complete shock and utter despair.

18 May 2016

Supporting someone who is experiencing mental unwellness can be one of the most challenging things a person can do. Doing it well, can be one of the most important.

14 Apr 2016

The answer lies in our endorphins, or opioid peptides as they are also known, which play a strong role in food intake. And before you say ‘then let them be gone!’, you should know that endorphins help us deal with both physical and emotional pain and without them, quite frankly, we would be done for!

1 Jan 2016

So here we are again – at the dawn of another New Year! I feel inspired, hopeful, excited. I guess I’ve always had an innate optimism, even when things have been, well, less than peachy let’s say. Yet I can’t help but muse on whether I could have flown higher, discovered more exotic horizons, felt better inside if only I had prioritised myself a little more. Indulged in a little ‘healthy selfishness’, from time to time.

1 Dec 2015

With Christmas just around the corner, I thought it would not be entirely out of place to write a short blog on festive eating. According to the British Dietetic Association (BDA), it is estimated that we typically consume an additional 500 calories per day over the Christmas period and a whopping 6,000 on Christmas day itself! By the start of the New Year, this amounts to a weight gain of around an extra 5lbs (2.3kg for you metric folk). Sobering, isn’t it?

10 Nov 2015

This amazing talk, given by Amy Cuddy, Social Psychologist, explains how spending just two minutes in a particular pose can tangibly affect how we feel. For good or bad.