Chronic pain treatment – let’s end the internal fight
Chronic pain sucks. Research published in the British Medical Journal in 2016 revealed that almost half of all people in the UK live with chronic pain, with rates of [...]
How to be more present
Many, if not most of us take our work home with us. Sometimes it’s physical – we pack up our laptop and files and carry them home. Often we [...]
Face coverings are mandatory in the UK: Here’s how to get comfortable with wearing them
The idea of wearing a face covering has become intensely polarised, bringing yet more fractured arguing and dissension into a situation where frankly, there’s already enough. The science around [...]
Top 3 tips to treat insomnia
Research released last week by Professor Jane Falkingham OBE and a team from the ESRC Centre for Population Change and Centre for Research on Ageing at the University of [...]
Free yourself from stress
Does it feel like the world is going crazy? Does it feel like you can't free yourself from the stress of every day life? In my local area recently [...]
Why ‘mental health services near me’ won’t find you a good therapist
Mental health services near me. The way we search for information is changing. The phrase above is one of the most common search terms used by people looking to [...]
Why you need more sleep
More sleep. That's my answer when I'm asked what's the quickest fix a person can apply to their life. I write about how to improve it regularly; you could [...]
Fears and phobias: what are the worst phobias?
Fears and phobias are surprisingly common, with over a million people in the UK having their quality of life affected. A phobia is defined as being an intense fear [...]
World Mental Health Day: Musings on UK culture
I was very thankful to get a seat on the tube, coming home late Wednesday evening. The evening of World Mental Health Day. It was a pretty standard tube [...]