wellbeing – A New Vision for Mental Health

Forget regret! How to have a happy life – according to the world’s leading expert

Author: Editorial 17th March 2023 0 Comments

“relationships … don’t just make us happy; they also help us weather the unhappy times, the challenges.” This article by Emine Saner is about an interview with Dr. Robert Waldinger (director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which has been…
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eudaimonia, happiness, Harvard Study of Adult Development, hedonism, relationships, Research, Robert Waldinger, The Good Life, wellbeing

Prescribing nature: the restorative power of a simple dose of outdoors

Author: Editorial 17th February 2023 0 Comments

This article by Donna Lu has been published in The Guardian. It begins: “In my mid-20s, I undertook the quintessentially Australian rite of passage of moving to London for a few years. Months into my first English winter, I started having…
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Australia, blue space, Donna Lu, exercise, Green Adelaide, green spaces, nature-based therapy, social prescribing, The Guardian, Thomas Astell-Burt, wellbeing

‘When life was unbearable, horses helped us through’

Author: Editorial 5th December 2022 0 Comments

This article by Roberta Caiazza has been published in The Psychologist. It begins: “Everything happens for a reason. 2019 wasn’t a great year for me, but I stumbled upon a Groupon voucher for a horseriding lesson. I’ve not looked back since….
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Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association, equine-assisted therapy, nature-based therapy, Roberta Caiazza, The Psychologist, wellbeing

Why being by the sea is good for our mental wellbeing?

Author: Editorial 20th October 2022 0 Comments

This article by Claire Watt has been published on the Sea Sanctuary website. It begins: “ Blue Health is becoming a popular topic all over the world, gaining momentum as studies uncover exactly how blue spaces – such as the sea can improve…
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blue health, Claire Watt, exercise, nature, Sea Sanctuary, wellbeing

Why Writing can be Good for Your Mental Health

Author: Editorial 3rd August 2022 0 Comments

This article by Ashe Fox has been published on the Sea Sanctuary website. It begins: “‘Write hard and clear about what hurts,’ wrote prolific author Ernest Hemmingway; it’s something he demonstrated in much of his works. So what are the benefits…
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Ashe Fox, journals, Sea Sanctuary, wellbeing, writing

AM I NORMAL?

Author: Editorial 28th July 2022 0 Comments

This book – subtitled “The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don’t Exist)” – has been written by Sarah Cheney. The publishers say: “Before the nineteenth century, the term normal was rarely ever associated with human behaviour. Normal was…
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anxiety, books, Culture & Society, history, normality, Sarah Cheney, wellbeing

A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life

Author: Editorial 15th July 2022 0 Comments

This book has be written by Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein. The publisher says: “A bold, provocative exploration of the tension between our evolutionary history and our modern woes – and what we can do about it We are living through…
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books, Bret Weinstein, diet, Education, evolutionary biology, Heather Heying, parenting styles, sleep patterns, wellbeing

Fishing cures PTSD and anxiety, first ever clinical study aims to prove

Author: Editorial 11th July 2022 0 Comments

This report by Danielle Sheridan has been published in The Telegraph. It begins: “ Fishing has long been lauded as a relaxing pastime which can put one’s mind at ease. While it has been claimed anecdotally that fishing can help with post-traumatic…
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anxiety, Danielle Sheridan, depression, fishing, nature-based social prescribing, Nick Cooper, PTSD, Research, social prescribing, The Telegraph, wellbeing

The Matter With Things, Iain McGilchrist

Author: Editorial 8th July 2022 0 Comments

The themes of this video are relevant to how mainstream psychiatry – which dominates the current approach to mental ill-health and its treatment – has come to be shaped the way that it is. The video producers say: “In ‘The…
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consciousness, Culture & Society, Iain McGilchrist, neuroscience, philosophy, psychiatry, videos, wellbeing

The Divided Brain: Our brains are far more complex than a left/right split

Author: Editorial 23rd June 2022 0 Comments

This 11 minute video has been produced by Aeon Video. It concerns different ways in which we can look at and experience the world … ways that have profoundly shaped the kind of society and culture we live in, and…
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Culture & Society, Iain McGilchrist, neuroscience, philosophy, Royal Society of Arts, videos, wellbeing