6 tips for making your mental health rehab experience a positive one.
It is estimated that one billion people around the world struggle with some type of mental health condition, which includes illnesses such as depression, anxiety, or addiction. 1 in 4 people will be affected at some point in their lives; …
How much alcohol is too much?
In January, Health Canada, in conjunction with the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, released new guidelines on alcohol consumption. They state that not drinking alcohol at all is best, it leads to better health and better sleep. For …
Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW), takes place this year from Monday, February 27 – Sunday, March 5. This is an annual campaign aimed at improving the public knowledge around the realities of eating disorders, and to give hope and support …
Burnout isn’t going away…
Burnout was everywhere during the pandemic. Overburdened healthcare professionals, emergency personnel, and frontline employees; overwrought parents, attempting to home-school, whilst working from the kitchen table. Almost everyone, binging on the doom of the 24-hour news cycles, which spoke of a …
Love is in the air.. or is it love addiction?
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, there are hearts everywhere. Cards, chocolates, flowers (red roses of course), and teddy bears proclaiming, “I love you”, filling the shelves of every shop you enter. You could easily believe the whole world …
Mood disorders: depression and bipolar
Everyone feels a little low at times; maybe we don’t feel like socialising, find it difficult to get motivated, and just want to stay at home and duvet dive. Particularly if we’ve experienced an emotional or physical upset; and especially …
13 Things to look for in a good rehab
Addiction and mental health care: choosing the right place for treatment. Accepting that you may have, or that someone you love, has; a substance use disorder or a mental health condition, is never easy. It can be incredibly difficult to …
The spiritual side of Ibiza
The Balearic Island of Ibiza is synonymous with partying and is a mecca for anyone involved in the music scene. In the 1970s, it was American rock and roll that took the island by storm. Legends such as Eric Clapton, …
What is prescription medicine dependency?
As we start the new year, many of us are reviewing our lifestyles, and thinking about what we can do to be a bit healthier in 2023. Following the festive period, where we traditionally consume an excess of food and …
New beginnings – Is it time for you to make a change?
Yes, it’s that time of year again. The lull period between the Christmas and the Hogmanay festivities gives us a chance to reflect on the 12 months just gone. Were they good? Did we achieve what we set out to …
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