No Likes. The social media world is buzzing with talk that Twitter could be planning to drop the heart-shaped ‘like’ button. Twitter chief executive, Jack Dorsey, speaking recently at a ‘tweetup’ in San Francisco, said he was not a fan of the feature and may scrap it “soon”. The event was part of Twitter’s attempts…
Go on smoke yourself to death
Go on…smoke yourself to death! There’s currently a lively debate running about the impact of junk food advertising aimed at children. Not just the question, ‘should it be allowed?’, but also how it affects children’s behaviour, the ‘pester effect’ and whether it works on a subconscious or more aware level. Are they consuming more sugar,…
What a scorcher – how does it effect our mental health
The Med moves north. The Summer of 2020 continues to break weather records and there’s apparently more to come. We’re being told to get used to it because this is the way summers are going to be from now on. Certainly, we’ll have to adapt aspects of our lives (air conditioning, ventilation, building techniques, water…
Health gadgets can actually be unhealthy
When health gadgets become unhealthy. We’re all aware that maintaining our physical health and mental well-being allows us to get the most out of life. Increasingly there is a realisation that monitoring and recording aspects of our health can help in that process. Advances in technology now mean we can keep a close and constant…
Post Vacation Blues
Post-holiday blues. Few things in life are as gloomy and dispiriting as waiting at the airport luggage retrieval carousel at the end of your holidays. You’re tired, possibly jet-lagged, maybe hungover and you’re painfully aware it’s back to the daily grind the next day. A return to earth and ‘reality’ with a with a depressing…
Generation Zombie
Generation Zombie…the iDead. The widespread use of social media hasn’t been around that long, so reliable research on its impact on human behaviour is still a bit thin. Our relationship to the internet is rapidly evolving in unpredictable ways. But, drawing on our own experience and what we see around us every day, we can…
The summertime interupt
We’re all going on a Summer Interrupt Thoughts are turning to holidays – that wonderful time of ‘getting away from it all’, a chance to ‘recharge our batteries’ — sun, sea and serenity. Well, in the world of psychology and therapy, that break from life’s routines is a clear example of what’s known as a…
Overcome lifes limitations
How to overcome those life limitations. What are self limiting beliefs? Our first formed self limiting beliefs are low self esteem and social anxiety, these are realised and framed in early childhood. This framing of both beliefs and self limiting beliefs act as a filter and rule book to how we react to the world…
Mental health treatment could save the NHS.
Holistic approach produces valuable outcomes. The Mind and Body are inseparable. Problems in one frequently lead to issues in the other. Well-being in either helps well-being in both. Sadly, hard-pressed doctors and hospitals – perhaps also through out-dated training theories –tend to treat human ailments mechanistically – as if the body were made up of…
Summer time blues
Summertime blues, surely not? We’ve all heard of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) relating to the long, dark, cold, days of winter, but can you experience SAD in summer? Well, there’s plenty of research that shows a significant proportion of us go through the summertime blues. Summer is supposed to be about sun, fun, getting healthy,…