by lauretta@madaboutmylife.net | Aug 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
There is no question that the pandemic and, more specifically, lockdown is going to have a long-term impact on mental health. Research by Mind illustrates the scale of the effects: 65% of adults over 25 and 75% of young people (aged 13–24) with an existing mental...
by lauretta@madaboutmylife.net | Mar 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Stress is unfortunately an unavoidable fact of modern life. Whether through pressures at work, relationships at home or just the constant ‘noise’ of today’s 24-hour news culture, we all experience stress to some degree in our day-to-day lives. There are a multitude of...
by lauretta@madaboutmylife.net | Feb 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
That gut feeling There is a reason your gut is often referred to as your second brain. In fact, there are more than 100 million reasons; that’s how many nerve cells line your gut to make up the enteric nervous system (ENS). Primarily responsible for digestion within...
by lauretta@madaboutmylife.net | Feb 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
No man is an island/Entire of itself/Every man is a piece of the continent/A part of the main. John Donne wrote these words in the Seventeenth century but I think the sentiment still firmly holds. It is impossible to stand entirely alone and live a successful,...
by lauretta@madaboutmylife.net | Jan 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Around 1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health problem each year. And the number of people struggling to cope with these issues is rising, demonstrated by the a rise in cases of self-harm and suicide. As I mentioned in my first blog post, stress is a particularly...
by lauretta@madaboutmylife.net | Jan 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Modern day life is full of stress: fact. We all have plates in the air that we need to keep spinning, with the pressures of work and home life coming at us from all angles. The pace can be relentless, with curveballs appearing out of nowhere at times, taking us...
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