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15Apr

How Much Should I Pay for Therapy?

Camilla Nicholls

counselling, mental health, therapy, wellbeing

Therapists

How expensive is therapy? Can you negotiate? Tips for the protocol of paying for therapy
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14Apr

What Therapy Did For Me

Anne Wilson

experienceoftherapy, middleage, midlife

Mind

How therapy helped a married mother with a good career overcome her feelings of unhappiness
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12Apr

Should You Have Therapy?

Andrew Samuels

counselling, therapist, therapy

Therapists

How do you know if therapy's for you? Have you spotted an emotional pattern of long duration? If so, then this is a sign that therapy might be useful...
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11Apr

Culture Tip: The Martin Creed Exhibition

Mona Tabbara

Soul

Turner prize winner Martin Creed’s boundary annihilating art has been brought together for an exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in the first major survey of his work. Creed’s irreverence bleeds into every aspect of this multi media exhibition. From listening to music in the lifts to watching  a girl defecate on screen (we’ll get to that later), What’s the point of it? is an immersive, and at times invasive, cultural experience. Creed’s art endeavours to celebrate the unsung heroes of daily life. He deconstructs and rearranges our everyday experiences to allow the...
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09Apr

Why Introverts Don't Like Parties

Linda Blair

psychology

Mind

Introverts and extroverts gather energy in different ways, meaning that social situations may be anxiety provoking for some introverted people
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07Apr

Celebrating Springtime

Jackee Holder

wellbeing

Soul

Spring is the season of hope where we see the early signs of the labour of the winter months come to life. What a good time to notice the parallels in our own lives. Whether our New Year hopes and plans have failed or stalled, spring reminds us that there's still time to start over again. Spring is here I woke up this morning to find the patio outside my kitchen door scattered with big, thick, clumps of fiery green moss, fallen debris from the guttering where the magpies are making their nests, the first hints that spring is on it’s way. Researchers are...
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04Apr

Understanding the Imposter Syndrome

Terri Apter

psychology

Mind

I first witnessed the disturbing force of the imposter syndrome while doing research on young people at the cusp of adulthood.  As they leave the family home and their long term friends for the wider world - either of higher education or employment – the familiar comparators shift, and with it, their comfortable place in the pecking order of peers.  The fear that your true ineptness will be exposed. In defence, some act like peacocks, displaying confidence to attract attention and mark status.  With lots of people around them also strutting their stuff, they may be taken in...
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03Apr

Feeling Present & Grounded in the Now

Caroline Goyder

mindfulness, psychology, wellbeing

Soul

Plant your roots and find your wings: how to slow it down and use mindfulness in daily life to enhance your wellbeing and move forward
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31Mar

Broken Heart: How To Cope With Bereavement

Dr saira

bereavement, counselling, loss, therapy

Therapists

New research shows that in the first month after the bereavement, partners are at much higher risk of heart attack and stroke, literally broken-hearted.
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31Mar

Arianna Huffington: "It's not all about money and power"

Welldoing

wellbeing, women

Soul

Arianna Huffington is founder and former owner of The Huffington Post. Her new book Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Happier Life  is out now. What’s wrong with the current definition of success? Our definition of success right now is based almost solely on money and power. And so to succeed, we lead lives of overwork, sleep-deprivation and burnout. These are actually considered badges of honor! We voluntarily drive ourselves into the ground, if not the grave. This idea of success can work—or at least appear to work—in the short term....
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