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Christmas – A difficult time of year

Sharon Roberts — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 12:47:51 +0000

Not always a Joyful time That time of year is upon us again and the big push to have a Merry Christmas has begun. Whilst many are caught up in the glitter and sparkle of the season, for others this will be a most difficult time of the year. If you have suffered a loss, separation, […]

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Mother’s Day – A Different Meaning

Sharon Roberts — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 14:24:49 +0000

Mother’s Day is celebrated all over the world – the special day we’ve set aside to celebrate motherhood. For those lucky enough, our mothers are the one constant in our lives who never give up on us. They are always fighting our corner and provide us with the secure place we go to when things are […]

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Domestic abuse: Women and girls never need to suffer alone

Emma Radway-Bright — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 01:11:41 +0000

Domestic abuse affects a lot of women. As a friend, I have been aware that some of my friends have endured domestic abuse. As teenaged girls and as women. In relationships and when they were single and ‘fair game’. As a colleague, I’ve seen the bruises, heard the whispered phone calls. Seen the fear and […]

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New Year, New You… Does January mean a new start for you?

Emma Radway-Bright — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 22:15:39 +0000

The New Year is here and January has truly set in. You can’t get away from the barrage of information about new diets, new fitness regimes, new you. At the same time, everyone’s talking about ‘Dry January’ and believing that detoxing for a month will help right the wrongs of the year before. The news […]

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Is Emotional Resilience about ‘bouncing back’?

Emma Radway-Bright — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 20:29:46 +0000

Emotional resilience is generally understood to be your ability to adapt to ‘bad’ things that happen like trauma, stress and crisis. You are emotionally resilient if you can ‘roll with the punches’ and keep going without lasting difficulties. You’re thought to be less resilient if you have a harder time dealing with stress; and major or […]

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