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Suicide: I’ve Lost A Man I Loved To Depression

Emma Radway-Bright — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 23:29:19 +0000

A man I loved as a dear friend has died by suicide. He was suffering with depression. He suffered alone. Didn’t reach out to his friends. To the many who knew and loved him, it’s come as a complete shock. This Man I Loved… … was called Laurence Brown. I loved him because he was […]

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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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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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A new way of looking at mental health

Emma Radway-Bright — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:00:50 +0000

Mental health and wellness continue to emerge as a new way of looking at things. A new way of looking after yourself. There’s the ‘mind, body and soul’ movement, but mostly ‘mind’ isn’t taken to mean talking therapy or counselling. It is more seen as stilling the mind, meditating and mindfulness. Talk to someone While […]

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