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Jul 15, 20214 min read

The Healing Power of Nature Therapy

The Healing Power of Nature Therapy Ever wondered why you suddenly feel so calm whenever you are in nature? Be it at the park when you...

Nik Monastere

Jun 9, 20214 min read

Lived Experience

Minimalism and Adventure

Giving away everything in search of something more I tossed my backpack into the back and climbed into the passenger seat. It was a...

The proof is in the pudding: How Western diets increase our risk for cognitive decline and Alzheimer

Michael Butler

May 25, 20214 min read

Lifestyle & Relationships

The proof is in the pudding: How Western diets increase our risk for cognitive decline and Alzheimer

The Proof is in the Pudding: How Western diets increase our risk for cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease The food we eat can...

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Coach App: Relief comes at your fingertips

Daniela Silva

May 24, 20215 min read

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Coach App: Relief comes at your fingertips

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Coach App: Relief comes at your fingertips In early 2020, at age 38, I was diagnosed with Borderline...

Twitch and Mental Health: the Parasocial Paradigm

neurominded

May 24, 20215 min read

Lifestyle & Relationships

Twitch and Mental Health: the Parasocial Paradigm

When I’m not playing video games, I am a research assistant on the eBRAIN study, researching adolescent brain development and mental...

Bans Off Our Bodies: A Californian's perspective on abortion rights

Clare Liedstrand

May 18, 20216 min read

Society & World News

Bans Off Our Bodies: A Californian's perspective on abortion rights

Bans Off Our Bodies: A Californian’s perspective on abortion rights Trigger warning: The following blog contains discussions about...

The Well-Documented Mental Health Crisis of Ann Walker and Anne Lister

Emily Zarevich

May 17, 20216 min read

Arts & Culture

The Well-Documented Mental Health Crisis of Ann Walker and Anne Lister

Those of you who have read my previous two blogs for Inspire the Mind, first on “Glass Delusion” and then on the physician Francis...

Five groups of people I smile at when I am running

Carmine Pariante

May 11, 20213 min read

Lifestyle & Relationships

Five groups of people I smile at when I am running

I am a big “smiler”. I smile at strangers in the street. I smile when entering a shop. I smile every time I make eye contact, no matter...

How to be there for a friend the first time they call you for support

Anonymous

May 4, 20216 min read

Lifestyle & Relationships

How to be there for a friend the first time they call you for support

COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the nature in which we have been interacting with our friends and reaching out for support. As the...

Celeste Miller

Mar 12, 20214 min read

Society & World News

Warm up your soul with a hot cup of tea

It goes without saying, this pandemic has been hard on us all. Not being able to be with the people you love is tough and it’s not...

Anna Bogdanova

Feb 24, 20214 min read

Lifestyle & Relationships

Sleep to remember (and forget)

Sleeping constitutes around one-third of our lifetime. To put this statistic into perspective, if you live until 70 years old, around 27...

Emily Hayes

Dec 21, 20205 min read

Lifestyle & Relationships

Craft and Connection this Christmas

It goes without saying that this year has been unlike any other in our lifetime. Due to the pandemic, many of our usual Christmas...

Christmas and pandemics: Times for love and anger

Dinesh Bhugra CBE

Dec 21, 20203 min read

Society & World News

Christmas and pandemics: Times for love and anger

Now that government has decided how the festival season is to be celebrated are we any clearer? In some area’s pubs may open but cannot...

Working from home during the Coronavirus — good or bad for our mental health?

Frances Weston

Nov 27, 20205 min read

Science & Research

Working from home during the Coronavirus — good or bad for our mental health?

For years, many people have advocated that the majority of office work can be done from the comfort of one’s own home. If you are going...

Why Perfectionism May Be Damaging for our Mental Health

Courtney Worrell

Nov 25, 20208 min read

Lived Experience

Why Perfectionism May Be Damaging for our Mental Health

Before we start to really dive in, I have a bit of a confession to make: I think I’m a perfectionist. Ok, well maybe it wasn’t the...

Understanding mental health and how to keep it strong during this pandemic

Lokesh Agrawal

Jul 16, 20208 min read

Lifestyle & Relationships

Understanding mental health and how to keep it strong during this pandemic

Nowadays, everyone is talking about mental health, yet do they understand what this is? Let’s begin this blog by first understanding what...

Running from a scientist’s point of view: hating it or loving it?

Juliette Giacobbe

Jul 14, 20206 min read

Science & Research

Running from a scientist’s point of view: hating it or loving it?

Through this whole corona virus-lockdown ‘end of the world’ situation, a few things have kept my mental health afloat: coffee, impromptu...

The outdoors and mental health: an “after-the-lockdown” perspective

Carolina Estevao

Jul 7, 20204 min read

Science & Research

The outdoors and mental health: an “after-the-lockdown” perspective

In these recent months of lockdown, I have felt drawn towards — or, better, hypnotized — by the nature around me. I have surrounded...

Exercising our immune system during COVID-19

Richard Simpson

Jun 23, 20206 min read

Lifestyle & Relationships

Exercising our immune system during COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on health, society and the global economy. Worldwide infections are now over...

Nicole Mariani

May 26, 20205 min read

Lifestyle & Relationships

Feeding our mental health

Cooking without a doubt nourishes your psychological well-being; it soothes the soul and the mind” — Chef Zipora Einav For some people...

"Fake it till you habit": a neuroscience approach to improving your routine

Anna Bogdanova

May 12, 20204 min read

Lifestyle & Relationships

"Fake it till you habit": a neuroscience approach to improving your routine

One thing that all people (and even some animals) have in common is habits. Bad ones, good ones — our lives are all about changing them,...

TOP TIPS FOR SUSTAINING YOUR MENTAL WELLNESS THROUGH THE CORONA VIRUS

Rachel Kelly

Apr 23, 20205 min read

Lifestyle & Relationships

TOP TIPS FOR SUSTAINING YOUR MENTAL WELLNESS THROUGH THE CORONA VIRUS

1. Make your bed first thing Every morning, make your bed to your own satisfaction, the duvet nice and straight and the pillows plumped....

Omega-3 fatty acids: it's about more than just fish

Juliette Giacobbe

Mar 18, 20204 min read

Lifestyle & Relationships

Omega-3 fatty acids: it's about more than just fish

Fish, and particularly fish oil, contains molecules called omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Walnuts, soybeans, and flaxseeds are...

Carmine Pariante

Mar 18, 20205 min read

Lifestyle & Relationships

Running in the times of #Coronavirus

Is this #pandemic changing our approach to pollution? And to life? Let me start with an Editor’s Note. We don’t usually start a blog with...

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