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27Dec

Can Making the Bed Change Your Life?

Jackee Holder

home, self, wellbeing

Soul

Have you ever wondered what an unmade bed says about you? could the way you leave your bed each morning reflect your state of mind?   In the sixties my family lived in one room on the top floor of a terraced house in South London. The bed took centre stage and if left unmade would throw the whole room into disarray. With the bed made, the room would take on a certain glow and everything else that needed to be tidied would fall into place. There are psychological as well as environmental benefits of a well-made bed. In a recent article, Make Your Bed For Peace...
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21Dec

Using Mindfulness to Overcome Insomnia Part 4

Guy Meadows

mindfulness, sleep, wellbeing

Soul

Our series of helpful exercise tips on how to use mindfulness to overcome insomnia continues.
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20Dec

Culture Tip: Electricity

Jacqueline Palmer

culture, films

Soul

Jacqueline Palmer, therapist and film critic, takes a look at Agyness Deyn's star turn in creative film: Electricity, an exploration of epilepsy.
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16Dec

Using Mindfulness to Manage Loneliness

Gill Hasson

loneliness, mindfulness, selfcare, wellbeing

Soul

Unfortunately, loneliness is something we all experience from time to time. Here's how mindfulness can help you manage lonely feelings
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14Dec

Using Mindfulness to Overcome Insomnia Part 3

Guy Meadows

mindfulness, sleep, wellbeing

Soul

How accepting your thoughts through mindfulness practice can help you deal with your insomnia.
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12Dec

Should We Embrace Excess at Christmas?

Ros Coward

Christmas, society

Soul

There are only 12 shopping days before Christmas, but I wonder if it’s time we all called time on the mad rush of thoughtless consumerism that seems to have overtaken the season. Confronted with heaps of packaged gifts, and adverts encouraging us to ‘buy , buy , buy’, the expressions that come to my mind as Christmas approaches are not ‘good cheer’ and 'merriness’ but   ‘enough’ and, ‘too much’. Before the Christmas turkey has even hit the table I’ve lost my appetite, overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of stuff. Yet these feelings aren’t straightforward....
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07Dec

Using Mindfulness to Overcome Insomnia Part 2

Guy Meadows

mindfulness, sleep

Soul

Part 2 of our series of tips and exercises to help you overcome insomnia using mindfulness.
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04Dec

How to Be Vulnerable - And Find Your Real Self

Philippa Perry

loneliness, love, relationships, self, selfcare

Soul

Being vulnerable is scary. But allowing yourself to be so is really important, for yourself and your relationships.
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30Nov

Using Mindfulness to Overcome Insomnia

Guy Meadows

mindfulness, sleep

Soul

In the first part of a series for Welldoing, Guy Meadows shares his effective mindfulness techniques to help you manage and overcome insomnia.
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28Nov

Culture Tip: The Homesman

Jacqueline Palmer

culture, films

Soul

Hilary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones star in The Homesman, a powerful film which addresses feminism and mental health issues.
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