Managing your mental health while in self-isolation or quarantine.
There are a number of ways to support your mental health during periods of self-isolation or quarantine. Remind yourself that this is a temporary period of isolation to slow the...
Panic and Pandemics
In light of the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, this blog post will focus on the fear of contagion to contagion of fear. To begin, let’s distinguish between a pandemic...
Social Anxiety Disorder
How SAD Happens: The Development of Social Anxiety Disorder Many people say Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) feels just how it sounds: sad. The disorder can be described as an...
How to stay positive under pressure
We have moment of our lives where we are put under pressure. We want to perform our best and can self-disclose of a recent experience of being out under pressure,...
Managing stress
I often see patients and clients state that they are stressed. I always ask what does that mean? What is stress to them? So what I have learnt to each...
Smile Smile Smile
Smiling is something very important for your mental health The importance of smiling for wellbeing is essential. A smile can change your outlook in life, can change a persons mood...
Overcoming failure
Through our journey of life, we all have suffered some type of failure. This can be failure in exams, failure in relationships, failure in health or failure at work. We...
Optimizing your wellbeing
We are all coming towards the end of the first month of the new year, and slightly feeling the blow of Christmas and new year parties. Money seems dry, new...
5 Minute de-stress exercise
This exercise is for all of us through our busy days, a form of mindfulness during your day. This can also be used as technique to refocus, or reduce anxiety....
Linking socio-economic status with health in the UK
Socioeconomic or SES refers to an individual’s level of income, education, occupation or wealth within society. Health inequalities are a crucial concern has been a key focus point in parliament...