The beach is quiet this morning. Not the empty kind of quiet that feels lonely, but the soft kind that wraps gently around you. The kind that belongs to early mornings before the crowds arrive, when the world still feels half-asleep. The sea stretches endlessly towards the horizon, pale-blue water blending into a sky that […]
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By Paris Forsythe-Fields, Content Team Academic During my first week living in Japan, I remember standing in a supermarket aisle trying to buy laundry detergent. It should have been a simple task. Back home, it would have taken seconds. But here, I found myself staring at rows of colourful bottles covered in labels I couldn’t
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When people hear the term ‘mental health’, they often think of mental illnesses, such as anxiety and depression. However, mental health is a much broader term, describing the state of our mental well-being. Having good mental health makes us more able to deal with the stresses that daily life can often throw at us and
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By Paris Forsythe-Fields, Content Team Academic Most people have thoughts about death at some point in their lives. It might happen when we’re reminded of ageing, illness, or the loss of someone we love. For many people, these thoughts are uncomfortable but usually pass without major distress. Thinking about death can even help some people
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By Emily Pearce, Content Team Contributor The Centre for Mental Health’s comprehensive 2025 report suggested that since 2016-2017, mental wellbeing in the UK has been gradually dwindling. They reported that one in five adults suffer from a mental health disorder in some form and that generalised anxiety is becoming more of a daily occurrence in
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by Hannah Parton, Content Team Contributor Christmas is an exciting and joy-filled time for most; however, it can also be an overwhelming and anxious time for some. Previously, each year I would feel the initial excitement of the festive season arriving, and then all of a sudden, I feel sense of doom and a million
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By Troy Banyan, Content Team Contributor Let me start by telling you about my late mother who suffered from chronic anxiety for as long as I could remember, but my introduction to her state of mind was when I was 16. It was in the sweltering summer of 1976 during the school holidays. I’d taken
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Halima Begum, Content Team Academic Anxiety, much like any other disorder, is that it has always existed. The only difference now is that people are more accepting and tolerant of it. Historically, it was just known as “stress” or “tensions” and there were few treatments available. What few treatment options there were are now considered
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Joe Campbell, Content Team academic Since the inception of social media, such as YouTube and Instagram, it has become increasingly easier to access quality information on how to exercise and train. This is the positive side of social media and allows people who are new to exercising to learn proper form. The negative side however
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By Mohammed Hassan, Content Team Academic One of the most significant sources of stress is your workplace. The modern workplace significantly contributes to rising stress levels due to constant deadlines, distractions, and workplace bullying, all of which can be overwhelming. The line between a healthy worker and overwhelming anxiety is often misinterpreted. When the two
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