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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...

Elizabeth Taylor
Apr 21, 20235 min read


Rest or Rust? : Unravelling the TikTok ‘Bedrotting’ Trend
Since the emergence of social media, debates have been consistently sparked about the line drawn between moderate use and a concerning...

Seb Woods
Apr 8, 20235 min read


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...

Swati Singh
Feb 23, 20235 min read


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...

Zuzanna Zajkowska
Jan 12, 20234 min read


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...

Natali Simmonds
Jan 4, 20235 min read


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...

Catherine Shuttleworth
Dec 23, 20225 min read


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 14, 20225 min read


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...

Cole Sommeling
Dec 1, 20224 min read


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...

Caitlin Pentland
Nov 23, 20224 min read


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...

Hritika Shrestha
Nov 15, 20225 min read


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...

Subeyda Ahmed
Nov 10, 20224 min read


#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’...

Carmine Pariante
Nov 8, 20225 min read


"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...

Courtney Worrell
Nov 1, 20225 min read


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...

Kevin Singer
Oct 25, 20224 min read


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...

Rose Jeppesen
Sep 21, 20224 min read


How are Ukrainian mental health workers responding to a collective crisis?
Better me: smartphone wellbeing support The stats are overwhelming: back in 2017, 84.6 % of Ukrainians from the general population...

Yuliya Kovalchuk
Aug 11, 20224 min read


Social and Cultural Influences on Immunity: Sketching Social Immunology
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted fundamental truths about infectious disease in humans. First, the makeup of our societies helps...

Eric Shattuck
Jul 28, 20225 min read


Why the Superwoman Archetype is Damaging for Women
It’s a sunny day and I’m sitting in the living room with my eldest daughter reading her end of year school report. She’s worried about...

Natali Simmonds
Jul 27, 20225 min read


Promoting student mental health at university
Promoting student mental health at university necessitates changes in students’ educational and residential environments: A conversation...

Gargi Mandal
Jul 5, 20225 min read


Recharging with Solitude
Solitude is a widely misunderstood concept, often classified as loneliness, and a depressed state of being; however, it is proven that...

Swati Singh
Jun 29, 20225 min read


The Importance of Self-Worth & How to Increase it
Disclaimer : I am not a scientist nor a psychologist with a deep understanding about this topic, but merely a psychology student...

Subeyda Ahmed
Jun 15, 20223 min read


Mastering The Art of Hygge
Hygge (pronounced “hoo-gah”) is a concept that originated in Danish culture that focuses on living with a sense of comfort, coziness, and...

Emily Waters
Jun 1, 20224 min read


I Find Comfort in Striving for Perfection - Even Though It Does Me More Harm Than Good
One of the few constants in my life has been the constant need and desire to be perfect, or at least to be perceived as perfect. But what...

Catherine Shuttleworth
May 11, 20225 min read


The long shadow of loneliness in adolescence
The long shadow of loneliness in adolescence Loneliness can be understood as a painful emotion that arises when the quality or quantity...

Timothy Matthews
May 10, 20225 min read
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