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July 03, 2019

Making a mindful home

Making a mindful home: interior design tips to create peace and calm Amid the busy lives we lead, we all know how important it is to de-stress. But finding peace isn’t just about the things that we do to unwind – it’s also about the spaces we spend most of our time in. Thanks to

May 09, 2019

Teenage exam stress

Are your children suffering from Teenage Exam Stress? There is a lot of chat on the media at the moment about exam stress. Teenage students are buckling under the pressure, with some missing school and others being prescribed anti-depressants. Of course, exams and grades are important and no doubt you want your child to have

April 18, 2019

Your local NHS – Have Your Say

How would you like to see your local NHS change? Have Your Say Healthwatch is an independent charity set up under the Health & Social Care Act 2012, acting as a champion for the people who use health and social care services – which is pretty much 100% of the general public – and ensuring

April 04, 2019

High Sheriff of Essex Award for N-Act

N-Act Theatre in Schools are winners of a prestigious award from the High Sheriff of Essex in recognition of “outstanding dedication to educating young people of Southend and adjoining areas on internet safety and the dangers of gang culture.”   N-Act performs interactive theatre projects for young people. The motivation is to use the power

February 05, 2019

STOMP: stopping the over-medication of people with a learning difficulty, autism or both

  STOMP – Stopping the over-medication of people with a learning disability, autism or both What is STOMP? STOMP is a medication related project run by NHS England for people with a learning disability and/or autism. It is about ensuring that people get the right medicine if they need it and that people get all

January 30, 2019

Kelly Swain: a driving ambition to support emotional wellbeing

Kelly Swain: a driving ambition to support emotional wellbeing I’m Kelly Swain. You may have read my introductory article ‘Kelly Swain – My Journey’ published on this website last September? I spoke about my personal journey with mental health issues which were compounded by physical problems resulting from the traumatic birth of my second child.

November 21, 2018

How to Keep Your Brain Young at Any Age

Keeping your Brain Young Your brain uses up a huge amount of energy every single day of your life, particularly when we are stressed. And we all know how grumpy and tired we feel when our energy supply is low, and how difficult it can be to function properly. A certain amount of stress in

October 30, 2018

4 Ways to Improve Your Lifestyle

Improve Your Lifestyle – Improve Your Health You don’t have to change much to start seeing real benefits when it comes to improving your lifestyle. With even the smallest of changes, you will soon see short-term improvements. Maintain those changes and you might be surprised how impactful the long-term improvements are. From finding a better

October 16, 2018

What is causing the rise in mental illness?

Is our economic system responsible for the rise in mental illness? World Mental Health Day Just as I was thinking about where we get our ideas from and how we are conditioned into seeing the world in a certain way, along came World Mental Health Day on 8th October which did a good job in

September 27, 2018

Kelly Swain – My Journey

My name is Kelly Swain and I have had a long journey with mental health issues, compounded by physical problems as a result of the traumatic birth of my second child and subsequent medical procedures. I have come so close to killing myself with lethal concoctions of medication and alcohol. But a friend gave me

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