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If you’re anything like me, you might have been avoiding the news recently. But it’s becoming more and more unavoidable, with the sad...
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Grace McMahon
- Feb 24, 2022
- 6 min
Protecting your mental health on social media
Social media has been berated in the headlines, there’s been lots of concern about the safety and our use of social media and it might...
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Grace McMahon
- Feb 17, 2022
- 4 min
Men’s mental health: breaking barriers to therapy
Let’s first start by saying this does apply to all people, despite gender - mental health issues don’t discriminate and anyone is...
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Natalie Collins
- Jan 17, 2022
- 4 min
Blue Monday - Beingwell's take
Blue Monday, apparently the most miserable day of the year. Yippee. But we’re wondering, is it science or a self-fulfilling prophecy that...
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Natalie Collins
- Jan 14, 2022
- 4 min
Getting over a 'vulnerability hangover'
How often do you open up, get real with yourself, and express your needs to others? And how often is doing that followed by a...
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Natalie Collins
- Dec 6, 2021
- 2 min
Post your pill: breaking the stigma around medication for mental health
Dr Alex George, the UK’s Ambassador for Mental Health, presenter and author (you might know him from Love Island 2017) posted a picture...
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Natalie Collins
- Dec 2, 2021
- 3 min
How to nip workplace bullying in the bud
Bullying may feel like a term from a forgotten era for many of us, something we associate with playground antics or the big kids at the...
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Natalie Collins
- Nov 30, 2021
- 4 min
Grief Awareness Week: Navigating loss
If you’ve ever lost anything you’ve loved, you’ve likely felt grief. Grieving something is a horrible feeling, but one we will all face,...
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Natalie Collins
- Nov 17, 2021
- 4 min
Would we be happier embracing averageness?
If you’ve been in the pursuit of perfection, to be extraordinary, to find greatness, to be the best - we have some news for you. While...
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Natalie Collins
- Oct 10, 2021
- 4 min
World Mental Health Day: what are we aiming for?
The World Health Organisation refers to health as the “state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...
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Natalie Collins
- Sep 23, 2021
- 4 min
Why does taking a sick day send us into an anxiety spiral?
Whether our health is suffering in response to the covid vaccine (or perhaps even the dreaded virus itself) or our kids have brought back...
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Natalie Collins
- Sep 16, 2021
- 3 min
How to beat those post-holiday blues
And just like that, summer’s over (although we may feel like we missed it altogether with this weather). So if you’re weeping whilst...
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Sam Ntatalika
- Sep 14, 2021
- 3 min
Can we form a new habit in 21 days?
According to the good-old Cambridge dictionary, a habit is ‘something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that...
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Natalie Collins
- Aug 17, 2021
- 3 min
One surprising method that could prevent us from procrastinating...
It’s the night before the presentation/the exam/the interview and whilst we wish we’d spent the previous week/s preparing, instead we’ve...
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Sam Ntatalika
- Jul 20, 2021
- 4 min
What do butterflies, poo, and mental health have in common?
Have you ever had a gut-wrenching experience? Why do we get ‘butterflies' in our tummy when we’re nervous? Is there any science behind...
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Natalie Collins
- Jul 13, 2021
- 4 min
How to support someone managing a chronic illness
Illness isn’t something we like to talk about much, likely because we want to avoid becoming ill ourselves at all costs- (as though the...
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Natalie Collins
- Jul 2, 2021
- 4 min
Is laughter really the best medicine?
Laughter’s ability to heal is something of an old wives tale, which has been observed throughout the ages. Whilst Lord Byron claimed...
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Diego Lambertucci
- Jun 22, 2021
- 5 min
Pride - a personal perspective
Hi, I’m Diego! I’m Beingwell’s UX/UI Developer and to commemorate Pride Month I’ve hijacked this post and sent our copywriter for a...
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Sam Ntatalika
- Jun 17, 2021
- 4 min
Can understanding loneliness help us to overcome it?
‘I feel lonely’, is something few of us would dare admit but almost all of us will have felt at some point in our lives. Whether in...
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Bernard McMahon
- Jun 15, 2021
- 4 min
Men's take on Men's Health week-
When it comes to health advice, navigating articles, advice columns and seeking support can be an utter minefield. Health and wellbeing...
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