Why it is so difficult to understand my Mom’s mental health struggles?
I moved to the UK around 9 years ago for education, and recently started my PhD in neuroscience and immunology, looking at how the brain...
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Yuri Milaneschi
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Couple’s psychotherapy: learning to dance in synchrony
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People open up to me. They feel comfortable sharing some of their deepest secrets. This awareness has been with me for a while. It...
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Since the emergence of social media, debates have been consistently sparked about the line drawn between moderate use and disengagement...
Elizabeth Taylor
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I have broached the issue of climate anxiety previously and was inspired by the advice that one way of addressing our fears and despair...
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It is easy to walk past homeless people and ignore them, convincing ourselves they are responsible for their own demise. Post-pandemic,...
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When Depression Takes Its Toll on Your Relationship
Are you dating, married, or in a relationship with someone struggling with depression? Maybe you suspect that your significant other may...
Tanatswa Chikaura
- Jun 12
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Zimbabwean Youth Approach to demystifying Mental Health
I am an MPhil (Masters of Philosophy) in Neuroscience student at the University of Cambridge, mental health advocate, and blogger. I was...
Nikita Sharma
- Jun 9
- 4 min
My mental health hangs by a thread and that thread is a yarn
Every summer my grandmother would ask my childhood self what my favourite colour is. By the time winter rolled around, she would have...
Elizabeth Taylor
- Apr 21
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On Love & Loss of Our Flora & Fauna
From despair to action Spring is coming. A strong sun warms my back and burns away the morning’s frost. One of the many things I love...
Seb Woods
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Swati Singh
- Feb 23
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The Rollercoaster of Self-Esteem
We all have struggled with self-esteem issues at some point in our lives. Our perception of our own competence gets skewed. We start...
Zuzanna Zajkowska
- Jan 12
- 4 min
Post-holiday blues - the psychology of endings and new beginnings
Feeling sad, apathetic, deflated, or irritable is not uncommon after a holiday period, especially Christmas. And of course, there are...
Natali Simmonds
- Jan 4
- 5 min
New Years Resolutions That Won't Affect Your Mental Health
Another new year, another new New Year’s resolution. With every January comes a fresh new start, a new beginning, an opportunity to...
Catherine Shuttleworth
- Dec 23, 2022
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How to Navigate Food and Your Body This Holiday Season
Christmas is fast approaching, with just a couple of days to go until many of us are sat around tables with mismatched chairs from...
Cole Sommeling
- Dec 14, 2022
- 5 min
Relationship OCD: It's Not What You Think
My name is Cole Sommeling, and I am a placement student working at King’s College and currently getting my BSc in psychology. I’ve been...
Cole Sommeling
- Dec 1, 2022
- 4 min
Quiet Firing: The Employer's Answer to Quiet Quitting
It seems nowadays both employees and employers alike now prefer making their decisions quietly and discreetly. At least when it comes to...
Caitlin Pentland
- Nov 23, 2022
- 4 min
Quiet Quitting - a controversial trend or valid boundary setting?
You’ve probably seen the expression ‘quiet quitting’ gathering momentum on social media and news outlets. What appeared to start as a...
Hritika Shrestha
- Nov 15, 2022
- 5 min
The Emoji Phenomenon Taking Over The Workplace
It is no secret that texting has become an integral form of communication in our everyday lives, yet nothing has quite taken the world by...
Subeyda Ahmed
- Nov 10, 2022
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Social Media as a positive tool to promote wellbeing in adolescents
The term “mental health” is defined as a state of mental wellbeing which allows an individual to help cope with the stressors of life and...
Carmine Pariante
- Nov 8, 2022
- 5 min
#BeReal Carmine, you are old!
Is the new social media platform BeReal good for mental health? Not for mine. It’s my fourth day of online activity on the ‘BeReal’...
Courtney Worrell
- Nov 1, 2022
- 5 min
"Keep it down, I've got a social hangover" said the introvert
I don’t know about you, but for me, 2022 has flown by. As unprepared as we may feel, November means the holiday period will be with us...
Kevin Singer
- Oct 24, 2022
- 4 min
When it comes to mental health, America's schools must do more
By Kevin Singer and Sam Ludlow-Broback Fresh off of a long-drawn pandemic, young Americans are struggling with mental health at startling...
Rose Jeppesen
- Sep 20, 2022
- 4 min
How much screen-time is too much for the youngest?
Thoughts on guidelines from a mother and researcher As a mother of two small children, the subject of screen time is something that often...
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