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Gen Z Mental Health Decline & Support

Gen Z Mental Health Decline & Support

The problem we can’t ignore A series of consumer surveys and interviews conducted by McKinsey finds Gen Zers reporting the least positive life outlook, including lower levels of emotional and social well-being than older generations. Social Media Impact It found one...

Exercise vs Stress

Exercise vs Stress

Stress Awareness month is upon us again, and provides an opportunity to bring attention to the ways that we can manage stress in our lives. What is stress Stress is commonly defined as how we react when we feel under pressure or threatened. It usually happens when we...

NHS – SOS

NHS – SOS

The window of tolerance for our beloved NHS workers is almost shut. Only a short time ago we clapped in the streets to recognise the immense burden placed on NHS key workers during the pandemic. These front line heroes were fighting an uphill battle every day to...

World Mental Health Day 2022

World Mental Health Day 2022

Make mental health and well-being for all a global priority So World Mental Health Day is upon us again and the theme set by the ‘World Federation for Mental Health’, this year is 'Make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority'. The central thrust of this...

Loneliness – mental health awareness week 2022

Loneliness – mental health awareness week 2022

Mental Health Awareness week is upon us once more and the theme this year is loneliness. Most of us have felt lonely at some point in our lives. However when loneliness becomes chronic, it can have an impact on our mental health beyond what many of us might expect....

Stress Awareness Month

Stress Awareness Month

MyMindPal co-founder, Khody Damestani, shares his thoughts and experiences as a therapist during stress awareness month. Stress Awareness month is upon us again so I would like to share my observations with you as someone who treats individuals suffering from the...

The Art & Science Of Sleeping Well

The Art & Science Of Sleeping Well

Most of us have experienced some point in our lives where we have struggled to sleep. For the less lucky amongst us this can develop into chronic insomnia. However we now know that there are a number of preventative measures that you can take to reduce the likelihood...

The Pandemic and your Child: Protecting their Mental Health

The Pandemic and your Child: Protecting their Mental Health

From very early in the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers became aware of the detrimental effects lockdowns were having on the mental health of adults and children. In April 2020, just one month into the first UK lockdown, a UK longitudinal survey of over 50,000...

Is There No End To Covid?

Is There No End To Covid?

Normal is not returning Hope and optimism for a ‘Happy New Year’ feels in doubt again as the likelihood of more restrictions loom once again. The division in society between the vaccinated and unvaccinated is becoming ever more evident. However, a lot of the...

Mental Health In An Unequal World…

Mental Health In An Unequal World…

The harsh reality The World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) President Dr Ingrid Daniels has announced the theme for World Mental Health Day 2021 which is ‘Mental Health in an Unequal World’. This theme was chosen by a global vote because the world is increasingly...

Exercise & Emotional Wellbeing

Exercise & Emotional Wellbeing

The physical benefits of exercise are well documented and undisputed. There can’t be many people out there who don’t know that regular exercise and developing strength and fitness reduces the risk of suffering a range of health conditions and chronic illness. Not just...

Mental Health Awareness  & The Window Of Tolerance

Mental Health Awareness & The Window Of Tolerance

MyMindPal co founder Khody Damestani shares his thoughts and experiences as a therapist during the pandemic… Mental health awareness week is here again so I would like to share my observations with you as someone who works in this area day in day out. The last year...

Life After Lockdown Ends

Life After Lockdown Ends

Will things ever be the same again So the road map for ending lockdown has been revealed and for many it represents the light at the end of the tunnel that they have been yearning for. However will life ever really be the same again for any of us having experienced a...

Home Alone – The Guilt Of Being A Parent

Home Alone – The Guilt Of Being A Parent

Schools prepare to reopen With schools looking like they will be reopening again soon parents find themselves experiencing a range of emotions as they prepare to hand their loved ones back into the capable hands of their teachers.Relief seems to be the mood...

There’s no such thing as a bad habit

There’s no such thing as a bad habit

We all have some habits that we would like to change. Perhaps you’re partial to drinking a little more wine than you’d like to. Maybe binging series after series on Netflix is taking up more of your time these days. It could be that eating too much sugar is your vice....

I’m not a teacher, get me out of here!

I’m not a teacher, get me out of here!

Many parents find homeschooling difficult With schools shut parents find themselves once again taking the reigns when it comes to teaching their little bundles of joys. Whilst some mums and dads may rise to this challenge with ease, others find themselves feeling like...

What’s Your New Tier Resolution?

What’s Your New Tier Resolution?

Every employer knows that the majority of their people have faced a very tough year throughout 2020. In the past, Jan 1st has presented us all with the opportunity to wipe the slate clean and begin the new year with a renewed lease of positivity. Join a gym. Start a...

Relax the body and the mind will follow

Relax the body and the mind will follow

The traditional view is that stress is something that primarily happens in your mind. Whilst it’s true that stress does indeed have an impact on your mind it is importance to recognise that it is a response that occurs first and foremost in your body. The stress...

Tiers for Fears

Tiers for Fears

So lockdown is about to come to an end and we can begin to return to experiencing a sense of freedom and autonomy once more. But that’s not how many people feel as we enter a revised tier system that sees many parts of the country facing more restrictions than before...

Lockdown 2 Now the novelty has gone

Lockdown 2 Now the novelty has gone

Here we go again So once again we find ourselves in lockdown. Logic might suggest that the second time around should be easier. But there are a number of reasons why this lockdown might be even more challenging for many of us. Firstly the novelty factor has gone....

World Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day Has Never Been More Important As the UK braces itself for a return to stricter lockdown measures, and the ensuing impact it’s bound to have on our emotional wellbeing, World Mental Health Day has never taken on greater significance. In June,...

A New Discovery For Treating Trauma

A New Discovery For Treating Trauma

Meditation is receiving a lot of attention in the wellbeing space – more so than ever in fact. Whether it’s online meditation programmes or apps, never before has this tool been so widely available.  Meditation’s positive impact is beyond question; research has...

Footballers In Retirement: The Mental Health Myth

Footballers In Retirement: The Mental Health Myth

Footballers In Retirement: The Mental Health Myth It is commonly perceived that when footballers retire their lives begin a downward trajectory. From childhood up until their mid to late 30s, they have had just one objective: play football. Without such a distinct...

The Truth About Exercise Motivation

The Truth About Exercise Motivation

Motivation Is Not The Only Way There are few habits that have as many physical and mental health benefits as exercise. While there are many people who have the exercise habit nailed, many of us just can’t seem to crack it, despite our best intentions. There has been...

Why a Healthy Nervous System is key to Well-Being

Why a Healthy Nervous System is key to Well-Being

When it comes to mental health, the focus has always been very much on the mind. We are regularly told that it’s our thoughts that determine how we feel, and how we respond to and cope with stress. But it turns out that that’s not the full story. Nowhere near. Recent...

Mental Fitness Is Crucial As We Return To Work

Mental Fitness Is Crucial As We Return To Work

As the business world gingerly opens its doors after an unprecedented period of lockdown that has now surpassed the 100-day mark, many of us are preparing to return to work with no real idea what to expect. Human beings are wired to seek comfort in the familiar....

Work Life On Mars –  It’s life, but not as we know it…

Work Life On Mars – It’s life, but not as we know it…

What to expect when returning to Work A quick Google search of the words ‘return to work after COVID’ unleashes hundreds, even thousands of posts and articles about how employees and employers should manage the gradual return to so-called normality after this...

It’s NOT Business As Usual

It’s NOT Business As Usual

Why we need mental health protection as we return to Work Before lockdown began, we already knew that mental health related issues are the most common cause of long-term sickness absence in UK workplaces. Stress-related absence in particular was also on the rise...

How Your Brain Responds To A Pandemic

How Your Brain Responds To A Pandemic

How Your Brain Responds To A Pandemic Expert therapist Khody Damestani gives us all some great advice on how to cope during this pandemic. In particular: How your brain responds to a pandemic Protecting your mental health Building healthy...

The Value Of Empathy: Why Giving Is Also Receiving

The Value Of Empathy: Why Giving Is Also Receiving

The science of happiness There was a time when happiness was considered a ‘fluffy’ subject not worthy of attention from those in academia. However, with more people currently suffering from mental health issues than ever before, understanding what factors contribute...

Top tips to beat social isolation blues

Top tips to beat social isolation blues

No man is an island The phrase ‘no man is an island’ is one you’ve no doubt heard before. When writing this, the English poet, John Donne was expressing the idea that human beings do badly when isolated from one another as we need to be part of a community in order to...

Free Exercises to Help you Stay Mentally Fit

Free Exercises to Help you Stay Mentally Fit

Free exercises to help you stay mentally fit During these difficult times it is vital you stay mentally fit as well as physically. Please use these simple daily exercises to help manage your stress levels and emotional wellbeing. Stress Management Tools Coronavirus...

Good Mental Health Can Help Fight Coronavirus

Good Mental Health Can Help Fight Coronavirus

The effect on mental health  The coronavirus has created a hyper alert state in huge numbers of people – understandably so, with governments across the world differing in their opinions on how best to deal with what’s now officially a global pandemic.From a mental...

Our Coronavirus Response Has Gone To The Dogs

Our Coronavirus Response Has Gone To The Dogs

Life feels very strange... Life feels very strange at the moment.The unexpected and unwelcome arrival of the Coronavirus has turned the lives of millions of people upside down. The way that we’ve reacted emotionally and behaviourally has varied hugely. The primary...

Pet Therapy – How cats and dogs can lower levels of stress

Pet Therapy – How cats and dogs can lower levels of stress

Stress is linked to the six leading causes of death  When the end of a calendar year approaches and friends and colleagues discuss what they’ll do differently once the clock chimes midnight on December 31, you very rarely hear anyone say that their new year’s...

Time To Evolve From Our Fight Or Flight Instinct

Time To Evolve From Our Fight Or Flight Instinct

The mind and the body Mental health problems are often described as the invisible struggles that happen inside an individual’s head. While this is true, it is important to recognise that these internal battles are not confined exclusively to what’s going on upstairs;...