Poor mental health can affect our daily lives and our relationships in many ways, and while we all want to support the people we love, the pressure can feel more intense or daunting when it’s our partner who’s struggling…
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Family, friendships, marriage and sex, all directly affect our mental health and wellbeing, we bring you tips, features and explainers
How can you help someone you love who is experiencing anxiety?
According to the Mental Health Foundation’s Fundamental Facts About Mental Health 2016, 19.7% of people in the UK aged 16 and over displayed symptoms of anxiety or depression in 2014…
How to Have a Mindful Engagement
It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement and jump head-first into wedding planning, but are we missing out on important milestones along the way?…
What I Learnt from being in an Emotionally Abusive Relationship
Holly Lochinger was in an emotionally abusive relationship for three years before she was able to see if for what it was. Now she’s a Life Coach specialising in assisting people in reconnecting with who they truly are. Here’s what she learnt on her journey to empowerment…
Family Guide to Gender Transition
Counsellor Anna shares her advice and experience helping people understand the impact of gender transition on the whole family.…
Orgasms: What are the mental health benefits?
With benefits including anxiety-fighting hormones, and a host of physical perks, could regular orgasms transform wellness as we know it? Orgasms are good for us. Like, really good for us. Physical benefits, psychological benefits, and a whole host of social ones; the evidence is overwhelmingly telling us that it’s…
How to Nurture a Healthy Family Dynamic
Similar dramas and debates often crop up in families over the years, causing guilt for not presenting a perfectly happy family unit. But with advice from our counsellor, you can address the dynamic in a healthy way and stop history repeating itself…
Helping Teens Transition: A Guide for Parents
Finding out that your child is transgender is a big message to take in. You might be worried that you don’t know how or what to do or say, or that what you are doing is not enough. Counsellor Anna Jezuita shares her tips on how to support transitioning young people.…
Alexandra Burke: On the Record
The past 12 months have seen extreme highs and lows for Alexandra Burke – and couldn’t have been much more emotionally challenging. Her hugely supportive mother passed away, shortly before Alexandra appeared on Strictly Come Dancing [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40910799] where, despite reaching the final, she received…