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Toxic Inhibitions – The Impact on Societal Wellbeing

Toxic Inhibitions – The Impact on Societal Wellbeing, John Madden MA, BA, PG Dip, Guest Editor, Mental Health for Millennials Volume 1 Introduction Wellbeing, like so many things, is something that we take for granted and doesn’t it always seem to go, we don’t know what we’ve got until it’s gone. We do, however, have …

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‘Letting Go’ by Susan McKenna

‘Letting Go’ Susan McKenna, B.A., Dip., SocScience, Director, Book Hub Publishing& Co-author of ‘Between Two Lands’ Introduction This is a time of profound uncertainty with the global COVID- 19 pandemic. It is a time where we have all been forced to look into ourselves, to draw from our resiliency and where we have been allowed to …

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‘Habit Formation’ by Dr. Phil Noone

Introduction We are creatures of habit and tend to repeat the same behaviours in recurring contexts.  I became interested in the yin and yang of practices as I negotiated to work at home during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. From March-June 2020, during government-imposed ‘lockdown’, I re-negotiated my ‘work-space-time’ routine in ways that were incredibly positive …

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Habit Formation and its Impact on Well-being

Dr Phil Noone, Series Co-Editor, Lecturer in Nursing Studies, NUIGalway From Mental Health For Millennials Vol 4 On Wellbeing. (2020). Galway: Book Hub Publishing. Pages 3.-15. Introduction We are creatures of habit and tend to repeat the same behaviours in recurring contexts.  I became interested in the yin and yang of practices as I negotiated …

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The Millennial Appetite for Culinary Wellness by Catherine Fitzgibbon

The Millennial Appetite for Culinary Wellness “The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.” – Thomas Edison WELL let me Begin… It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to my state of being comfortable, happy and healthy. When presented …

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Music and Wellbeing by Louise Barry

Music & Wellbeing Louise Barry – Singer & Songwriter I locked myself away in a room for two years singing, expressing my grief through sound. Trying to find the voice I had never been willing to hear…MINE – Louise Barry – singer, songwriter Challenges of Youth. Ever Shifting Sands To say that my up-bringing was …

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‘Prone to Panic and Accustomed to Anxiety’ by Jocelyn Cunningham

A panic is an episode of intense fear of abrupt onset, usually peaking within a minute. The fear, often bordering on terror, is generally accompanied by unpleasant bodily sensations, difficulty in reasoning, and a feeling of imminent catastrophe (Rachman, S & De Silva, P, 2010, p.2). I DECIDED TO WRITE THIS piece on anxiety-related topics both …

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Different Ways To Cite The Same Academic Paper

Different Ways To Cite The Same Academic Paper   AMAWahbeh H, Senders A, Neuendorf R, Cayton J. Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: A Systematic Review. J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med. 2014;19(3):161-175. doi:10.1177/2156587214525403 MLAWahbeh, Helané et al. “Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: A Systematic Review.” Journal of evidence-based complementary & alternative …

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‘A Person Centred Approach in Psychotherapy’

‘A Person-Centred Approach in Psychotherapy’ Susan McKenna  This blog presents a discussion on the Person-Centred approach in psychotherapy looking specifically at its theoretical underpinnings and how this exemplifies in practice. Carl Rogers was an influential American psychologist, who was co-founder of the humanist approach to clinical psychology along with Abraham Maslow and his self-actualisation thesis. …

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