Unfortunately, anxiety is a feeling that we are all familiar with. Having those nervous butterflies in your stomach can even be good at times. However, there are times whereby those feelings of being anxious start to take over and they impact your day-to-day living. If you feel that you have reached this stage or you…
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[AD] When Intimacy Issues Can Cause Problems In A Relationship
Read moreAll relationships at different times will be challenging and will suffer many ups and downs throughout the years that you are with your chosen partner for life. One of the biggest issues that relationships have is intimacy problems. It could be that one of you will struggle to move from the emotional level of your…
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3 Fun Outdoor Activities That Promote Mindfulness
Read moreGone are the days when mental health was a hushed conversation. Today, most people want to learn and understand existing mental illnesses to identify and seek the proper treatment. Moreover, you’ll find it essential to adopt mindful practices like those below to promote good health and wellbeing. Image Credit Fishing For a successful fishing excursion,…
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5 Ways to Boost Your Mental Health During Stressful Times
Read moreLife today is ripe with stressors. You probably feel like there is never enough time to accomplish all that you need or want to do. Life can have so many moving parts that it becomes overwhelming to manage it all. Your work may be demanding and overwhelming or you may be struggling to find…
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Men’s Mental Health: It’s Your Personal Journey
Read moreWhen tackling your mental health, knowing that you are not alone is one of the most comforting features of all. Help is available from a wide range of sources including friends, family, and other men that are in a similar position. While their support is priceless, only you can take control of the situation. As…
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Men: Here’s How to Manage Your Stress Levels
Read moreExcess stress is a major issue for everyone, but it’s often seen as something with predominantly affects women. Sadly, this means that men are sometimes overlooked when it comes dealing with stress or accessing related medical services. However, there are steps that men can take to reduce stress, such as: Pexels – CCO Licence Regular…
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Mental Health For Dads: Time To Speak Up
Read moreIf you are struggling with anxiety because the coronavirus has made you take a step back, slow down, and reflect on life a little more, you might be keen to get yourself out of the rut. It can be challenging to feel more positive each day as we are bombarded with even more Covid stats.…
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Ways to Cope with Emotional Distress
Read moreAttitudes towards mental health have come a long way in recent years. Not so long ago, it was almost taboo to talk about things like anxiety, depression, and emotional distress, but in the modern era, these subjects are surfacing more and more often, with countless people finally feeling safe and comfortable in talking about the…
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Five Reasons Why Therapy Should Not be a Bad Word
Read moreAs mental health and self-care take centre stage at home and work, there still remains a painful and rather troublesome level of stigma around the term ‘therapy.’ If you’re considering therapy for yourself, working alongside someone who is undergoing therapy or are looking to understand a little more about why therapy shouldn’t be a bad…
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We Have Body Issues Too: A Guide For Men
Read moreThere is a lot of focus on women when it comes to articles about body issues. However, this isn’t a subject that is exclusive to any gender. Photo by Nathan Cowley from Pexels One of the reasons that women seem to deal with things better than guys do is because they do something that we…
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10 Simple Things you can do Today to Improve Your Mental Wellbeing
Read moreMental illness not only involves depression and anxiety, but also your psychological and emotional health like how you deal with everyday challenges, what you feel about yourself, and other people, as well as your ability to deal with emotions. Before you seek treatment or professional help, there are simple things you can do to improve…
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The Connection Between Your Mental State and Physical Pain
Read moreIf you live a long life, then hopefully, you will be healthy for that whole time. If you ever do get sick or hurt, it will be relatively minor. However, that doesn’t happen for everyone. Some people become ill, or they sustain an injury, and they never fully recover from it. They’re in physical pain, whether…
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Mental Health & The Man Cave
Read moreTime. It’s an important little word. If you work and you have a family, then you may find that time is something you always seem to be lacking. However, it is a precious commodity, and it’s essential that we are using it correctly. Photo by cottonbro from Pexels Taking time for yourself to do the…
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[AD] How To Know When Have You Entered A ReBound Relationship
Read moreA relationship between two people will always start with you both of you wanting to spend every second of every day of the year together. This is perfectly normal, but sadly not all relationships will stand the test of time and many of them will fail for a number of reasons. Relationships or marriages are…
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[AD] The Benefits Of Online Marriage Counselling
Read moreWhen a marriage hits a rough and difficult time which happens to a lot of marriages. It can be very difficult for a husband and wife to fix the problems on their own. This is for the simple reason that it may start out as a sensible quiet conversation about each other’s concerns and grievances…
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[AD] 5 Signs That Your Relationship is Lacking Respect
Read moreEvery marriage or long term relationship will at some point hit a sticky patch, and that could be sign that there is a more deep seated problem within the relationship that most likely both of you have been ignoring for many years. We are of course living through a global pandemic which has seen countries…
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[AD] Protecting Your Mental Health During Family Hardships
Read moreWhen things are good, they are great. But, this can make people complacent, and in relationships, it could be the first steps towards problems starting and then snowballing into something more serious. https://unsplash.com/photos/JOzv_pAkcMk You always want to think that your relationship is secure and will be the one to last, but as there are still…
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[ad]Children and Mental Health: What to Know?
Read moreMental health is an issue for many people in the United States, and what we might not always realise as parents is that children can have mental health disorders as well as adults. For children, there may be situational events that trigger symptoms of a mental health disorder, or it may be ongoing. Regardless of…
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[ad] Getting Help With Your Mental And Physical Health
Read moreIn todays world with all of its pressures and how fast the world moves, people in general are under undue stress and the strains on everyday life can be become all very hard to deal with. Many of us have at different times during our lives suffered from many different issues with our mental health…
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Let’s Protect Our Children’s Mental Health Listening And Talking That’s All It Takes
Read moreIt’s children’s mental health week this week and there is no doubt that we need to highlight this important topic. The reason being is that mental health is without doubt still being brushed under the carpet. Even today the stigma surrounding mental health is still very much alive and kicking in the UK and that’s…
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[AD] How Gardening Can Help Your Mental Health
Read moreRegular readers of my blog will know that I have had a long standing issue with my mental health. In particular I’ve suffered from some severe bouts of depression throughout my life. It has always been difficult to find ways to lift my mood and simply just be able to cope with life on a…
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