Humans are essentially pack animals. We need the company of others in order to survive. This need to ‘belong’ is an evolutionary one. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors had to conform to fit in – if they stepped out of line they may have found themselves single-handedly dealing with woolly mammoths and sabre-toothed tigers! Research into loneliness …
When I was about seven or eight years old, there was a Lolo ball trend. Any 70’s or 80’s kids will remember these. For anyone who doesn’t know, they look a little bit like the planet Saturn, with a ball at the centre and a footplate forming a ring around the ball. The idea is …
Finding balance in life (but perhaps not on the Lolo ball) Read More »
Being mindful in the heat How can we be more mindful in warmer weather? You may be noticing tempers flaring as temperatures rise this week, due to a high pressure system which is pushing across the UK and Europe, bringing with it much warmer weather than we are used to. When we aren’t typically used …
Good mental health in Mental Health Awareness Week 9-15 May 2022 We hear a lot about “poor” mental health and mental health issues but recently I’ve been pondering what does “good mental health” actually mean? Generally, I tend to avoid using the words “good”, “bad”, “positive” or “negative”, given that these type of judgements are …
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