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23Jan

How I Felt When I Gave Up Sugar

Camilla Nicholls

health, nutrition

Body

Giving up sugar may be good for your health, but it is difficult for your brain to process says Camilla Nicholls
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23Jan

Culture tip: The Reason I Jump

Jon Madge

books

Soul

Knowing what we’re really thinking is an elusive enough goal, knowing what someone else has on their mind is harder still, and what if that person thinks in an entirely different way? That’s often how the minds of people with autism are depicted: qualitatively different and impossible to understand. The Reason I Jump breaks through a lot of the misconceptions surrounding autism and gives an insight into how the author, a person with autism himself, sees the world. Translated, and featuring a forward, by acclaimed author David Mitchell, the book is a combination of...
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22Jan

Can TV Make Us Happy?

Jon Madge

happiness, psychology, society, TV

Mind

With the National Television Awards tonight and controversy over television programmes filling the papers again, it might be a good time to look at how the television we watch affects our well-being. Our brains are incredibly susceptible to what we watch, in part because of two bits of biological programming. One is that we’re designed to not waste energy, so sitting down and having information come to us feels easy. The other biological quirk is that new experiences register as stronger than familiar ones, we’re hard-wired to seek out novelty. Television provides us...
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22Jan

How to Recover From an Affair

Welldoing

divorce, marriage, sex

Relationships

Many marriages survive the infidelity of one partner, but there are some critical things both must accept first
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22Jan

What is Trauma?

Nicole Addis

anxiety, bereavement, depression, divorce, redundancy, stress, therapy, trauma

Therapists

Trauma affects us in various ways and can come from a wide range of events. Psychotherapist Nicole Addis explores the symptoms of trauma and what might cause it
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21Jan

What are Viniyoga and Yoga Therapy?

Lucy Greeves

yoga

Body

Viniyoga is focused on the breath. It is less of a workout, more of a meditation. Yoga therapy is usually one-to-one
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21Jan

Can Exercise Make You More Creative?

Lucy Marcovitch

art, creativity, exercise, writing

Body

How taking exercise can help solve creative problems
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20Jan

Beat Blue Monday

Lucy Beresford

depression, stress

Therapists

As if Mondays didn’t always get a bad press for being the most miserable day of the week, now apparently we need to be alert for the fact that today is Blue Monday – the most depressing day of the year. Although not actually proven by science, anecdotally it would seem that the perfect storm of bad weather, post-Christmas family angst, a flurry of credit card statements, and the dawning realisation that we’re wobbling on our New Year’s resolutions, can make even the most glass-half-full person feel bleak. To some extent, the idea of one day of the year being worse than...
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19Jan

Four Thoughts on Anxiety About Ageing

Anne Karpf

self, women

Soul

1. Why are some older people described as 'still beautiful', as though age mostly erases beauty? Banish the words from your vocabulary, along with other self-deprecating remarks about ageing bodies, and admiring comments about people who don't look their age. Train your eyes to recognise and your language to include 'old and beautiful'. 2. We read so often about frail old people yet resilient, engaged, vital and outraged ones surround us. If they're not in your family seek them out as your friends, especially if you're young: it will help dispel the...
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17Jan

Culture Tip: Searching for Sugar Man

Camilla Nicholls

culture, films

Soul

The story of loss and love in Searching For Sugarman delights therapist Camilla Nicholls
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