What does anxiety look like?
What do you think of when you think of anxiety? Some symptoms are well known, but there are some lesser-known symptoms that are worth looking out for in those closest to you.
Love is…
When you are loved — when you have a true emotional connection with another person — you are seen and accepted with all your imperfections.
Every Breath You Take
We all know what it’s like to not be able to breathe. Whether you’ve just completed a cardio work-out, you’ve had a sudden fall and winded yourself, or your lung or heart health impacts your breathing, not being able to breathe triggers an immediate survival response....
In the Bored Room
We all know what it feels like to be bored. But what’s it for? Why do we get bored? And are we all bored by the same things? Research increasingly shows a link between feeling anxious and feeling bored.
The Rest is History.
Are you getting enough rest? Research shows that, as a nation, we are not resting and relaxing enough, and it’s affecting our health. What can you do to get more rest?
“I want to be alone.” How much privacy do you need?
We all have an innate need for privacy. It’s essential to our mental health and wellbeing that we are able to feel that, at least some of the time, we can afford ourselves some privacy.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
Glade Jul, by Viggo Johansen (1891). One of the most well-known non-religious paintings of Christmas is Glade Jul (or Merry Christmas) by the late 19th century Danish painter, Viggo Johansen. It portrays a maternal figure with variously-sized children, all holding...
Touching from a Distance: Are your hugs the right size?
From the day we are born, we are wired to desire and need touch from other humans. The amount we require differs, of course, across individuals and cultures, but to be deprived of the amount that we need creates feelings of loneliness and emotional deprivation.
Stress Awareness Week: What Does Stress Mean To You?
We’ve just come to the end of Stress Awareness Week. This international event started in 2018 to raise awareness of the effects of stress and help find ways to prevent it. Given that stress is one of the biggest threats to health in modern society, raising awareness...
Do you feel nourished?
In her 1928 essay, A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf writes that “one cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” Our need to “dine well” is, of course, innate. It is necessary for us to eat and drink in order to stay alive, and both our...
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