Clinical Psychologist, Prof Amanda Gordon, looks how parents can support this milestone. School is the most important social network for children there is. As children move from infants to primary to high school, the importance of their friendships...
We are all aware that social media has an impact on mental health, particularly when it comes to body image. We see the perfect looking bodies, unblemished faces with impossible looking features filling our social media news feeds. But...
Losing a loved one is never easy. The shock and grief that follow news of a death, whether it’s expected or comes out of the blue, can propel us into an emotional tailspin. What happens to our minds and bodies when we learn of the death of someone dear to us? How can...
Grief- it’s a universal experience that tests our mental health in ways we never could have imagined. If you’ve experienced the loss of a loved one yourself, you know how hard it can be to bounce back into living a normal life. We often lean on family or friends for...
We don’t often think about our community except as something that is just there. It is somehow more than family and we may not necessarily engage with it very much. We don’t necessarily reflect on our part in it or what it means to us. However, for many, the pandemic...
“The older we get, the more we become settled in ourselves, and the more authentically we can connect with others.” Amanda Gordon, Clinical Psychologist. Our elder years can be an exciting time; a time where we get to experience some of life’s greatest moments, such...
Getting older can be challenging, but as they say, it’s better than the alternative. Here are some tips on how to age gracefully. Feeling a little wrinklier, a touch greyer or a wee bit slower than you used to? As much as we’d probably all like to stay young forever,...
Humans are hardwired to be optimistic. It is the life force that keeps us moving forward and picks us up when we are down. “Optimism allows us to see the light at the end of the tunnel, if we hold on to it during the bad times, and the good, life will always seem that...
Grief is unpredictable and no two people or grieving processes are the same. It can be felt and expressed in so many ways, where it can overwhelm us and even causes changes in our personality. It can seem dififcult to do seemingly normal, routine things as grief...
