Tag: mental health
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Exam Season – ready for this?
Exams are one of the main stressors for young people, and this stress can really affect our productivity. Here are some tips and ideas that can help you this exam season. Create the right working environment Eliminate Distractions Time Management
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Self-Compassion and Self-Esteem
Self-esteem generally starts developing in children, around the age of 3. Through the approval and praise from the adults around us, we begin to view ourselves positively. A healthy self-esteem tends to make us happier, but having low self-esteem doesn’t mean we’re doomed to feel that way forever, we can do something to change it!
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Music for Your Soul
You’ve heard of art therapy, you’ve probably also heard of drama therapy, but what about music therapy? Music therapy involves using sound, or vibrations, to elicit some sort of response from the client. Humans have used music to express emotions for hundreds of years, and music has been so powerful that it has even been…
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How to Love Yourself (in a few easy steps)
Getting to know yourself, and loving yourself, can be one of the most difficult, yet rewarding, experiences. After all, if you’re stuck with yourself for a lifetime, you might as well enjoy the ride. Self-love might sound like a buzzword nowadays, something which only belongs on social media, ideally with a picture of us taken…
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Tick Tock
Time management can be one of the biggest struggles which many people do face. The question keeps emerging: how do I keep up with my life, and all the things I have to do? So what can we do, to use our time properly and wisely?
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Cultivating Intimacy in Relationships
The Oxford English Dictionary defines intimacy as the “inmost thoughts or feelings; proceeding from, concerning, or affecting one’s inmost self: closely personal.” While intimacy can undoubtedly exist outside of romantic relationships, it most commonly associated with romance. Intimacy allows people to bond with each other on many levels. Therefore, it is a necessary component of…
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Coming Home (To Yourself)
All of us go through times of transition, challenges, and difficulties. We may have faced or will face times of loss, confusion, or heartbreak, when we realise we cannot control the way our life is unfolding, whether in our personal lives or the world around us. With mindfulness, we can learn to move through these…
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Supporting Grief
Approximately 5 percent of children lose a parent early on in life, making it rare amongst their peers and, thus, socially challenging. Children with early parental loss are more likely to experience a variety of problems, including a greater risk for depression and anxiety, difficulty with self-regulation with food, alcohol, and substances, and problems within…