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Healthy Mind Journals

Is that your friend across the street? You wave cheerfully, shout out “Hiya!”, and… she barely makes eye contact while muttering a...

I hadn’t known my new friend Rhys for that long – a couple of weeks, over lockdown, and of course all communication was by text. Maybe...

If you have negative thoughts, and have tried unsuccessfully to suppress them, congratulations: you’re human! To varying degrees, we all...

Whether you’re into energy healing, massage, hypnosis, meditation, or simply a candle-lit bubble bath to rinse away the day’s stress,...

The time you’ve been looking forward to for so long is finally here: you’re booking a holiday, and as you really want to treat yourself,...

We’ve all heard about the placebo effect – and possibly about its less known opposite, the “nocebo” effect – but do we fully realise the...

Whether you’ve just used up all of the hearts wrapping paper, or you’re practising your best eyeroll, the soppiest day of the year is...

I hear it everywhere, and it’s undeniable: 2020 was difficult, bewildering, challenging – and for some, heartbreaking. We need healing....

And so the year has come full circle, and here we are in 2021. January is generally seen as the saddest month of the year – with the...

Consider these four statements: · I always seem to be rehashing in my mind recent things I’ve said or done · My attention is often...

What if you didn’t need to judge or berate yourself when you feel you don’t measure up? I so often hear putdowns like “I’m rubbish at...

Depression and anxiety have long been considered risk factors for cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s Disease. A four-year study carried...