Read our posts about Friendship

30Jun

Keeping Friends When You Have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Nina Phoenix

friendship, PTSD

Mind

Not everybody wants to know about how you are feeling when you have PTSD. This is how Nina Phoenix copes with her friends and family
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18Jun

How to Bring More Laughter into Your Life

Lisa Sturge

friendship, happiness, self, wellbeing

Soul

Laughter can express many things: nervousness, joy, playfulness. It also helps us communicate and bond with others. Here are 11 ways to bring more laughter into your life
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02Jun

Are You OK: The Question I Needed to be Asked

Nina Phoenix

friendship, PTSD, therapist, trauma

Mind

The author has been diagnosed with PTSD and her distress is sometimes clear. But not many friends notice and think to say "Are you OK?"
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30May

Concert For Autism Breaks New Ground

Mike Chunn

autism, children, friendship, music

Soul

When Mike Chunn discovered that no-one would play in a band with a 16-year old boy with autism, he organised a concert for him and others similarly affected
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29May

How to Be Assertive and Set Healthy Boundaries

Jane McGregor

boundaries, family, friendship, relationships, self, work

Mind

Many people find it difficult to be assertive. Setting healthy boundaries can be the first steps to feeling you can take charge posts psychologist Jane McGregor
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25Apr

Keeping the Political Peace with Friends and Family

Karen Pollock

family, friendship, politics, society

Therapists

Therapist Karen Pollock has advice for people who worry that the General Election will, like Brexit, cause ruptures in their family and social lives
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02Apr

Social Eating Helps Connect Communities

The Big Lunch

family, friendship, happiness, health, loneliness, society, wellbeing

Soul

Research shows that eating together communally gives people much-needed emotional and social support. The Big Lunch promotes this ideal
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07Feb

Why You Can't Make it Alone

Gilead Yeffett

cbt, friendship, relationships, resilience, self, stoicism

Therapists

Self-reliance isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's relationships and friendships that keep us mentally healthy writes therapist Gilead Yeffett
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19Nov

The Importance of Conversation

Judy Piatkus

friendship, relationships, society, wellbeing

Soul

Judy Piatkus wanted to bring together people to share opinions, knowledge and experience, so she set up ConsciousCafe. On November 27 it will host a one-day conference in London
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30Oct

Why We Should Support Each Other

Ryan Holiday

family, friendship, identity, relationships, self, society, stoicism

Soul

Don't let struggles with life's problems isolate you from others. Extract from Ryan Holiday's The Daily Stoic
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