Tag: self-care
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Parental Burnout: the signs, causes and how to avoid it
When we think of burnout, we’re likely to associate this type of exhaustion with excessive and prolonged stress that occurs when we feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, or unable to meet constant demands at work. For many years, burnout has been seen as an occupational hazard- but it’s not only reserved for the workplace… Research has […]
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Eat to beat: Fight stress with the right fuel
Surprisingly not all the stress we experience is bad. After all, it’s what drives us to get out of bed in the morning and encourages us to prioritise our daily tasks. The trouble is that stress is somewhat inevitable in today’s high-pressure environment, and unfortunately none of us are strangers to feeling stressed out. Left […]
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Choice overload: What exactly is decision fatigue?
You’re probably familiar with having to make plenty of decisions, every day, all day. Some of those decisions can leave you feeling conflicted, and it can become tough to make the right choice. You go around in circles until you either a) make a snap decision because you’re too tired to think anymore, or b) […]
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Mindful eating: Free yourself from unhealthy eating habits
How often do you sit and eat — not while you scroll through social media, read a book or commute to work, but actually sit quietly and focus on the food you’re consuming? We live in such a high-speed, grab-and-go society that often our food consumption is shoehorned in while we’re doing something else. Your […]
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Sleep easy: Why it’s essential to get sunlight in the morning
It’s well-established that sleep is essential to our physical and mental health. But despite its importance, a troubling percentage of people find themselves regularly deprived of quality sleep. If you find yourself lying awake in bed tossing and turning until the early hours, you may need a sleep reboot. According to Dr Andrew Huberman, tenured […]
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A vital vitamin: Are you getting enough B12?
Plant-based diets have quickly become the norm for many of us, but while removing animal products from our diets is particularly good for the environment, it can leave us with a challenge when it comes to getting enough vitamin B12 as this vitamin is not found in plant-based foods. Vitamin B12 naturally occurs in most […]
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Some stress is actually good for you: Here’s why
In today’s modern world, we simply cannot avoid a life without stress. Long-term chronic stress can create an imbalance in your body and can be detrimental to your health and wellbeing if not proactively dealt with- but did you know there’s another type of stress that is actually good for you? How can stress be […]
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Tired of feeling tired? How to beat the post-lunch slump
Ugh. It’s almost two o’clock — you know this, not by looking at the time on the bottom right corner of your screen but because your body has hit the seemingly unavoidable afternoon slump, right on cue. You’re feeling tired, groggy, irritable, and all you want to do is nap even though there are a […]
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12 habits that make anxiety worse and how to change them
Nervousness, panic attacks and feelings of sadness plague more of us than you might think. Mixed anxiety & depression is the most common mental health problem in Britain, and around 8 million people in the UK have some form of an anxiety disorder, affecting around a third of people at some stage in their lives. But […]
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Listen to your gut: 5 key differences between intuition and anxiety
Listening to our intuition is something we often find quite difficult. Whether it’s a deep sense of knowing about something or someone, or our inner voice indicating that we’re out of alignment with our goals, values or beliefs, it can be hard to distinguish between who’s doing the talking. So how can we recognise the […]
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