wellbeing

The Politics of Well-being and Ecstasy

Jules Evans is a Fellow at the Centre for the History of the Emotions. He writes : “What Use is the History of Emotions? The history of the emotions can often seem a rather niche field. I sometimes receive incredulous looks…
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The “Green Care Approach” – An Antidote to the Disconnected Human Crisis

Lalita Powell is the founder of Lakota Fields (a not-for-profit holistic horse sanctuary offering equine-assisted personal development and learning opportunities). She writes: “Even though pharmaceutical intervention and talking therapies are still the most popular form of intervention offered by the NHS in…
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Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing has produced an inquiry report – Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing – Second Edition (July 2017) – that presents the findings of two years of research, evidence-gathering and discussions with patients, health and social care professionals, artists and arts…
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Clonakilty has become Ireland’s first autism-friendly town

Geraldine Gittens, writing in the (Irish) Independent newspaper : “Clonakilty has become Ireland’s first autism-friendly town. Over 80 businesses and organisations carried out four specific actions, in association with the As I Am charity, in order to achieve the accolade. They erected…
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A Big Emotion is Not an Emergency: Helping Teenagers Manage Their Emotions

Lisa Marchiano, writing in Aero magazine says: “I learned early in my daughter’s toddler days that savvy moms don’t gasp or shriek when the baby falls and bumps herself. At playgroups, the correct response was modeled for me: toddler falls down; toddler looks…
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An Educator’s Guide to Mental Health and Wellbeing in School

The publishers of this book say : “A brilliant and practical collection of essays by educators, psychologists and counsellors, highlighting the critical importance of mental health and wellbeing of students in our schools. The book has been collated and edited by…
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