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TRUE FRIENDS REALLY LISTEN My grandmother always told me that, in order to have a friend, you must be a friend. This couldn’t be more...

The Life and Times of ex-Chelsea Football Player Paul Canoville: Mental illness, addiction, cancer and finding help In this exclusive...

There seems to be something special about places and things from the past — something that could even help us with our mental health....

Disclaimer In this blog, addiction psychiatrist Dr. Rebecca Lawrence discusses the topic of substance abuse and addiction, which may be...

The Importance of Physical Activity on Your Mental Health: An interview with Michael Watson, MBE In my life, I have battled a gambling...

One More Reason for a Healthy Lifestyle: Exercise might increase vaccines' effectiveness The COVID-19 vaccine holds great promise for...

Chasing Happiness After the week-long hustle in the office, sitting with a cup of masala tea on a Sunday morning always feels delightful...

Recognising empathy as a cornerstone for making a meaningful impact in a post-COVID world: The Shepley Parkin Empathy Award Emerging from...

Animals to the Rescue — Assisted Therapy & Unconditional Love Over the years, I relocated several times for education and work in India....

How everyday activities can allow our brains to be flexible and adaptive across the lifespan Often, people report that their cognitive...

13 Self-care Tips to Help You Achieve Good Mental Health Mental health has been an increasingly pressing problem in recent years....

The Healing Power of Nature Therapy Ever wondered why you suddenly feel so calm whenever you are in nature? Be it at the park when you...

Giving away everything in search of something more I tossed my backpack into the back and climbed into the passenger seat. It was a...

The Proof is in the Pudding: How Western diets increase our risk for cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease The food we eat can...

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Coach App: Relief comes at your fingertips In early 2020, at age 38, I was diagnosed with Borderline...

When I’m not playing video games, I am a research assistant on the eBRAIN study, researching adolescent brain development and mental...

Bans Off Our Bodies: A Californian’s perspective on abortion rights Trigger warning: The following blog contains discussions about...

Those of you who have read my previous two blogs for Inspire the Mind, first on “Glass Delusion” and then on the physician Francis...

I am a big “smiler”. I smile at strangers in the street. I smile when entering a shop. I smile every time I make eye contact, no matter...

COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the nature in which we have been interacting with our friends and reaching out for support. As the...

It goes without saying, this pandemic has been hard on us all. Not being able to be with the people you love is tough and it’s not...

Sleeping constitutes around one-third of our lifetime. To put this statistic into perspective, if you live until 70 years old, around 27...

It goes without saying that this year has been unlike any other in our lifetime. Due to the pandemic, many of our usual Christmas...

Now that government has decided how the festival season is to be celebrated are we any clearer? In some area’s pubs may open but cannot...