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Mental health

Mental health is just as important as physical health. Allow our contributors to give expert guidance and tips on steps you can take to improve your mental well-being. Learn about different therapeutic approaches and self-care practices that can support your mental health.

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How to Begin Healing From Emotional Pain

Ylwa Woxmark, a certified and accredited equine-guided recovery coach, has healed from childhood traumas and abusive relationships. Today, she is dedicated to helping people shift their perspective...

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A Boy & His Bicycle, and What He Taught Me About Healing

He came to the clinic, and he did all the things that a client at the clinic is supposed to do. He attended groups, saw the shrink, took his meds, attended weekly one-to-one sessions with me, went...

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The 2024 British Rowing Indoor Championships – A Story of Survival, Strength, and Redemption

Where do you start when the story is bigger than the race? This wasn’t about rowing 2,000 meters. It wasn’t about finishing 5th. Or pulling a 6.19 aged 44 on 12 weeks of training. It wasn’t even...

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Nature and Your Mental Health

In a world dominated by screens and concrete jungles, have we lost our connection to the natural world? As mental health challenges rise globally, researchers are uncovering the simple yet profound benefits...

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How 40 Hz Pulsed Light Could Help Your Brain Regain Its Natural Rhythm

Have you ever noticed how calming it feels when sunlight flickers through trees on a woodland walk? That dappled rhythm of light isn't just beautiful, it might be feeding your brain in ways science...

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How To Support Someone Grieving A Suicide Loss and What To Say, What Not To Say

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to amplify compassionate conversations around emotional well-being, trauma, and the realities of suicide. It’s a reminder that caring about mental...

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Harm Reduction is a Real Life Account of How it Saved My Client’s Life

This story was shared anonymously with the consent of the client’s experience in treatment. Firstly, what exactly is “harm reduction” in the world of addiction treatment? Well, it is exactly what...

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Why We Need to Normalize Suicidal Thoughts

Have you or a loved one ever experienced suicidal thoughts? If so, did you panic? Did you feel shame or guilt? Rates of suicidal thoughts and attempts continue to increase, yet most people do not feel...

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Brainwaves & Bots – How Meditation & AI Together Can Co-Create Human Health & Harmony

In today’s fast-evolving digital era, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming deeply ingrained into our daily lives. Simultaneously, meditation gains new ground as a counterbalance to the overload...

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Why Mental Health Systems Are Failing Women of Colour

Across the world, bi-cultural women are silently burning out. Raised between cultures, they navigate an exhausting emotional terrain shaped by dual expectations, unspoken family obligations, and...

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The Silent Struggle of High-Achieving Men and Why Success Doesn’t Silence Anxiety

High-achieving men often appear to embody success, confidence, and resilience. However, beneath the surface, many grapple with silent struggles, low self-worth, emotional suppression, and the...

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Redefining Strength by Meeting the Real Needs of Men

The narrative surrounding masculinity has long emphasized strength, stoicism, and self-reliance. While these qualities can be valuable, they can also create a formidable barrier when it comes to...

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Lighting the Path Project and a Mental Health Framework for Schools and Communities

Suicide remains one of the leading causes of death among young people globally. But we often forget that adults are struggling too, such as teachers, parents, and community members.

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Learned Helplessness and How Sometimes the Best Way to Help a Struggling Loved One is by Not Helping

Long ago, a colleague of mine recounted a story about his son, who was then probably 20 or 21 years old, and who was in a period of his life in which he was abusing drugs and alcohol.

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Why “Fixing Yourself” Isn’t Wellness and What to Do Instead

You know that feeling where you’re doing everything right, the lemon water, the morning walk, the hormone-balancing supplements that cost more than your last electric bill, and yet, you still feel off?

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How to Navigate Anger Related to Unresolved Trauma

Anger is one of our most primal human emotions, unfortunately, it is often misunderstood. It can come in waves like grief, but if left unchecked, anger can be a slippery slope into a lifelong journey...

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