Sustainability and Wellbeing
This week sees World Environment Day, and the theme for 2023 is Beat Plastic Pollution. As a species, we are addicted to plastic - we...
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- May 29
- 2 min
Eating Disorders
UK Eating Disorder charity BEAT estimate that 1.25 million people in the UK live with an eating disorder, many in secret. Eating...
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- May 25
- 3 min
Reclaiming my Mental Health: An Act of Self-Care
One of the YU marketing team, Hisham, has shared how experiencing traumatic events in his home country pushed him to leave everything he...
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- May 22
- 3 min
Is self-love selfish?
Self-love is often something we are compelled into when the worst happens. Perhaps we promise ourselves after a bout of sickness that we...
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- May 15
- 2 min
Is Anxiety Always Bad?
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week, and the theme for 2023 is anxiety. We all feel anxious from time to time, it’s a common response to...
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- May 8
- 2 min
Navigating the Emotional Spectrum: Recognising the Difference Between Sadness and Depression
It's common for people to use the terms sadness and depression interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. Sadness is a normal...
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- May 2
- 3 min
Coping with Bereavement
We will all experience bereavement at some point in our lives, and it can be a very difficult thing to cope with. It’s best to start by...
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- Apr 28
- 2 min
Hidden Stress at Work: Tracking the secret productivity killer
Stress Awareness Month is coming to a close, but is a month really all the time we should be dedicating to this important topic? The...
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- Apr 27
- 2 min
Dance your way to better mental health!
Haya from the YU development team has written a positive piece on how her love of dancing lifts her mental wellbeing. "Dancing is more...
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- Apr 24
- 4 min
The Joy of Exercise
Exercise. For some, that word will make you feel motivated and energised. Others feel a shudder of dread at the thought of it. Exercise...
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- Apr 17
- 3 min
A Natural Boost: The Wellbeing Benefits of the Environment
Nature surrounds and sustains us. Every blade of grass, a bird fluttering its’ wings, the air we breathe - it’s all nature, and it’s as...
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- Apr 11
- 2 min
Being an Addict
Addiction can take many forms and doesn't always look like you might expect. Maeve, YU's resident psychologist, talks candidly about her...
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- Apr 5
- 2 min
What is PTSD?
When you hear the phrase post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, the image that comes into most people’s minds is a soldier who...
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- Apr 3
- 4 min
Myths about Stress
We’ve all experienced stress, we all know what it feels like. We recognise the rapid heartbeat, racing thoughts, feeling irritable or...
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- Mar 30
- 3 min
Life with Bipolar
30th March 2023 is World Bipolar Day. Our resident psychologist at YU, Maeve O'Boyle, has written a frank account of her experience of...
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- Mar 27
- 3 min
Mental Health Focus: Challenging Stigma
This week, we are focusing on some of the mental health challenges that people can face. There are many different mental health...
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- Mar 20
- 2 min
Mental Health Focus: Positive Mental Health
Have you ever noticed that when people talk about mental health, it’s almost always negative? We talk about mental health problems,...
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- Mar 13
- 1 min
Mental Health Focus: Loneliness
We all feel lonely from time to time, and we all experience it differently. Generally, loneliness is the feeling we get when our needs...
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