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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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03Dec

Show Some Self-Compassion

Julia Bueno

mindfulness, self, selfcare, selfcompassion, wellbeing

Therapists

Why are we so mean to ourselves? Unlock your hidden potential by engaging in some self-compassion.
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27Nov

Why you Should Join a Running Club

Lucy Marcovitch

exercise, loneliness, self, wellbeing

Body

“You should join a running club”. After the third person made the same suggestion I wondered if they knew something I didn’t. I’ve always run alone, happy at my own pace, competing against myself. Joining a running club had crossed my mind, but the idea of running with lots of people made me nervous – my perception was that I simply wasn’t good enough. A general impression of running clubs is that they are for ‘serious’ runners: gnarly men and whippet-like women who run marathons at weekends and compete in county leagues. Ruth thought the same: “I was always...
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22Nov

Using Mindfulness to Banish Negative Self-Talk

Gill Hasson

confidence, mindfulness, self, self compassion, wellbeing

Soul

It's important to be mindful of negative self-talk. Here are some ways you can help yourself accept your thoughts and turn them around.
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19Nov

How to Become a Psychotherapist

Julia Bueno

career, education, self

Therapists

It took a while to get there, and by a rather circuitous route, but I count myself extremely lucky for having one of the best jobs I could imagine. I'm intellectually and emotionally challenged, with ongoing development and learning an essential part of my work. I'm my own boss, which allows me to structure my working week around other commitments. I work both alone and with a team, and I have a strong network of professional support. Every hour of each working day differs, and there is a range of directions in which my professional interests may steer me....
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18Nov

Eating Disorders: A Deep-Rooted Problem

Sarah McGuinness

counselling, eatingdisorders, men, self, therapy, women

Therapists

More and more people have eating disorders, and many more have some kind of disordered relationship with food. Read one woman's journey to recovery.
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13Nov

Ever Wondered 'Why Am I Hungry All The Time?'

Leanne Cooper

nutrition, self

Body

Ever shovel one overloaded fork of food into your mouth after another, barely taking a breath until the plate is clean? Ever wondered how you could consume so much without even being hungry? What’s happened to our appetites? Are they in control of us? They haven’t always been: did you know that into the first few years of life we actually have an inbuilt ability to regulate our energy intake? Seems if we honour this our children tend to have better appetite control down the track. There’s a clue to healthy eating right there! I’m thinking of a close family...
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05Nov

From Patient to Psychiatric Nurse

Joan Inglis

career, self

Mind

Psychiatric patient to psychiatric nurse, Joan Inglis shares her personal journey
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29Oct

What Do Your Dreams Mean?

Philippa Perry

dreams, self

Soul

Dreams, says Philippa Perry, are an important way of understanding ourselves. They are a metaphor for our psyches and a way of unpeeling our unconscious to reveal what we are truly thinking. Philippa’s dream workshop was the first co-production between welldoing.org and the how to: Academy; it was held at the beautiful Condé Nast College of Fashion and Design in Soho, London on October 28. I joined a capacity crowd to hear Philippa, a (non-practising) psychotherapist, teach us how to gather meaning from our nighttime adventures. She doesn't agree with Freud...
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29Oct

Finding Your University Identity

Terri Apter

identity, self, student, university

Work

Dr Terri Apter explores why change at university it so difficult and addresses the challenges faced by young people at university for the first time.
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