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Managing Stress When Life Feels Overwhelming
There are times when everything seems to arrive all at once. Work piles up, bills land through the door, relationships feel strained and the to do list grows faster than we can tick things off. Often, we keep going without…
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How Early Life Experiences Affect Mental Health in Adulthood
Mental health in adulthood is shaped by many interacting factors, including genetics, relationships, environment and life events. However, research consistently shows that early life experiences can have a profound and lasting influence on adult mental health outcomes. Childhood adversity, trauma,…
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How Can Group Activities Help Support Mental Health Recovery?
So, what really helps when it comes to recovering your mental health? With Mental Health Awareness Week shining a light on the power of community in 2025, it’s the perfect time to talk about something simple but incredibly effective -…
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The Power of Routine for Mental Health
We’re almost halfway through 2025, and many of us are wondering where the time has gone. Amid the mounting pressures of daily life - be it work expectations, family responsibilities, or personal struggles - we often jump from one task…
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The Power of Mindfulness in Supported Living Services
What is Mindfulness? The key to happiness? Brain-changing? As effective as leading anti-depressants? These conversations around mindfulness have been ongoing since the practice gained widespread recognition in the 20th century for its ability to improve mental and physical well-being. However, with…
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Understanding the 5 Ps Formulation in Mental Health and Supported Living Services
In the field of mental health and psychological assessments, the 5 Ps formulation is a widely used framework that helps professionals gain a comprehensive understanding of an individual’s mental health challenges. At Northern Healthcare, we regularly encounter complex mental health…
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Completing the Stress Cycle
You’ve had a very demanding day at work, you get home and your kids are arguing and the house is a mess. You calm down the children and get them to bed, do a quick tidy-up, eat something and finally…
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Stress Awareness – It’s Time to Take Action
Ever since 1992 April has been Stress Awareness Month held by the Stress Management Society to raise awareness of one of the biggest public health challenges that we are currently facing. The negative impact that stress has on all individuals…
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Stress Awareness Month 2022: Community
Held annually since 1992, April is Stress Awareness Month. This year, the theme is community. In this blog, we are going to look briefly at stress and the effect it has on our mental and physical health, before delving into…
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7 Tips to manage stress | Stress awareness month April 2020
Stress is something everyone experiences and feeling stressed is a natural reaction. But sometimes stress can feel constant, overwhelming or can even take over our everyday lives. Stress Awareness Month was founded in April 1992, with the aim of increasing…