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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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19Dec

9 Tips to Help with Seasonal Affective Disorder

Alice McGurran

depression, self, tips, wellbeing

Mind

What is Seasonal Affective Disorder and what can you do to make the winter easier for yourself? We have 9 tips to help you cope
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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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03Dec

Show Some Self-Compassion

Julia Bueno

mindfulness, self, selfcare, selfcompassion, wellbeing

Therapists

Why are we so mean to ourselves? Therapist Julia Bueno encourages us to unlock our 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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07Nov

The True Value of Volunteering in Sport

Join In

exercise, society, volunteer, wellbeing

Soul

Here at Join In, we often see the effect that volunteering has on people. We love hearing how rewarding our volunteers find it to help others, and make a difference in their communities. So we decided to look into the subject a little bit more with an independent online survey. What did we find? Our first conclusion was that volunteering in sport makes you happier. This wasn’t exactly new- previous research in other volunteering sectors has found much the same thing. The big question was how much happier? Could we quantify this? Well, yes we could. The results...
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03Nov

The Runners: Life on the Move

Camilla Nicholls

exercise, films, society, wellbeing

Soul

Camilla Nicholls on short film The Runners, which reveals the philosophers in all of us ordinary people.
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