There are some occasions when we are expected to feel a certain way. At Christmas, everyone is supposed to be happy. So what if someone isn’t?
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Climate change is finally big news. But the enormity of the challenge can be overwhelming. Doing something - however small - gives us back control, replacing anxiety with actions that can have powerful ripple effects.
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Christmas can be hard. But by adjusting our expectations and doing things a little differently this Christmas, we can want less and have more of the things that sustain us.
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Not all stress is bad stress. By learning to differentiate between eustress and distress, we can find a calmer way to be.
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Over the course of the past year, our sense of agency has been challenged. Things have felt increasingly outside of our control. What we can do at times like this is look at where we do have agency. Perhaps most significantly, we can transform our emotional landscape: our feelings.
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Lifetime’s Year of the Ordinary didn’t quite turn out as planned. But in the face of extraordinary challenge and change, people have found comfort in the ordinary and perhaps that’s not an entirely bad thing.
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Invoking 'common sense undermines mental health, disrupting people's sense of self and wellbeing.
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Emerging takes courage. Lifetime therapists suggest 7 ways to reduce emergence anxiety as we come out of coronavirus lockdown.
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Talking on BBC Radio Cornwall, Malachy offers some practical suggestions for tackling loneliness, anxiety and mental wellbeing during the coronavirus lockdown.
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Talking with Debbie McCroy on BBC Radio Cornwall, Malachy shares his thoughts on anxiety in a digital age, and how giving ourselves a more varied visual diet can help us find self-acceptance.
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As Brexit approaches, many of us are storing a few extra tins or stashing the medicines on which life depends. But what we’ll really need in the coming weeks and months is compassion. Here’s some help.
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