HEalth Topics – Emotional Wellbeing
Mental Wellbeing and Blood Cancer: Navigating Stress and Building Resilience
A blood cancer diagnosis, whether leukaemia, lymphoma, or myeloma, disrupts every facet of life, from physical health to emotional equilibrium. While treatments focus on eradicating cancer cells, the psychological toll often lingers, with studies showing that nearly 1…
Mental Wellbeing and Nutrition for Sepsis: Foods That Help and Strategies to Overcome Stress
Sepsis, a life-threatening condition caused by the body’s extreme response to infection, can have profound effects on both physical and mental health. Recovery from sepsis often involves addressing not only the physical symptoms but also the psychological…
Stress Management
It may seem that there’s nothing you can do about your stress level. The bills aren’t going to stop coming, there will never be more hours in the day for all your errands, and your career or family responsibilities will always be demanding. But you have a lot more…
Mental Health, Mindfulness and Wellbeing
MENTAL HEALTH Here are some things you can try that may help to look after your mental health and wellbeing: 1. DO THINGS WITH OTHERS Spending time with family or friends, meeting new people and getting involved in activities can make a difference to how you feel. Get…
Reduce Stress on your Gut
Stress is something we all deal with, but when we’re chronically in a state of stress, our body — and especially our gut health — can feel the effects. The good news is that you can reduce the effects of stress on your gut. HOW DOES STRESS AFFECT THE GUT? First, let’s…
Why physical activity helps
There are many reasons why physical activity is good for your body – having a healthy heart and improving your joint and bone function are just two, but did you know that physical activity is also beneficial for your mental health and wellbeing? We need to change the…
Reducing stress to prevent cancer
A disease such as cancer is often one of the most stressful experiences of a person’s life. Coping with cancer can be more challenging with added stress from work, family, or financial concerns. Everyday stress can also make coping with a cancer diagnosis more…
How to deal with anxiety at work
Not everyone is able to effectively manage and cope with their anxiety at work. Many people struggle with excessive worry about a variety of everyday problems related to work or their personal lives while trying to get their job done. This type of anxiety is typically…
Everyday Mindful Living
The practice of mindfulness—directing all your attention and awareness to the present—can bring many benefits to your emotional and physical health, as well as to the relationships in your life. Everyday mindfulness can: Pull you out of the negative downward spiral…
How to cope with stress and become more resilient
Resilience refers to how well you can deal with and bounce back from the difficulties of life. It can mean the difference between handling pressure and losing your cool. Resilient people tend to maintain a more positive outlook and cope with stress more effectively….
Signs and Symptoms of stress
We all know what it’s like to feel stressed, but it’s not easy to pin down exactly what stress means. When we say things like “this is stressful” or “I’m stressed”, we might be talking about: Situations or events that put…
Loneliness and Mental Health at Work
Loneliness can affect many of us at one time or another and we can encounter it in different walks of life. One in five workers feel lonely at work on a typical working day. This article contains information about loneliness at work, how loneliness can affect our…