What is positive parenting? Positive parenting is a parenting approach that focuses on building a strong, supportive relationship between parent and child. It is based on the belief that children can thrive when they feel loved and supported. Many parents fall into the trap of thinking that they must be perfect parents – positive parenting […]
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Child development, Parent Support
Dr Ahmad Yuhanna, Psychotherapist and Psychologist shared with us an insightful boundary equation – T + V+ R = M.
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Mental Health
Hear from our two new wellbeing champions, they are part of a volunteer team helping to transform their local community
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Self Development, Wellbeing
What is resilience? Psychologists define resilience as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress—such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems, or workplace and financial stressors. As much as resilience involves “bouncing back” from these difficult experiences, it can also involve profound personal
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Self Development
No matter what you are trying to achieve in life, you are going to find it much easier if you have the right people on your side.
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Self Development
In the last two years the world we live in has changed immeasurably and there’s no denying that our relationships are changing, too.
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Self Development
I have questioned whether I’m doing the right thing as a parent. Am I raising them or spoiling them? All I can say is this, I try my best to make my children happy. This father shows how simple that can be.
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Child development, Parent Support
Sound and music operates at a frequency and a frequency can adjust the structure of water, the mood of a person and literally perform wellbeing healing. We will be exploring the solfeggio frequencies and how some sounds can potentially make us ill.
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Music therapy
During this pandemic we have heard many statistics – the number of infections, deaths, ICU admissions. With so much news and information on the subject it is very easy to forget that behind each statistic lies a human life and a life changing story.
Surviving Covid – How it changed my life Read More »
Mental Health
We all have to face setbacks in our life from time to time, whether in our personal relationships or in our careers. But some people tend to deal with setbacks and challenges better than others.
The real lock down story – life after jail Read More »
Mental Health, Wellbeing
Concerns have been growing in recent weeks about the hesitancy from some people in black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities to have the Covid-19 vaccine. This growing concern has meant higher refusal rates in the very same communities adversely affected by the Covid-19 virus.
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Wellbeing
https://youtu.be/IrzFLy7zJjc Doubt. Self-esteem. Insecurity. Just the mention of these words can take us back to a particular moment in our lives. Perhaps the teenage years or young adulthood – when how you feel about yourself and your place in the world can be so uncertain. But as time goes on and you settle into your
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Grief support, Mental Health, Wellbeing
https://youtu.be/ExycIfI0psY Is there such a thing as absolute confidence? How can we ever be secure and confident in a world is constantly changing? Confidence in one’s value as a human being is a precious psychological resource and generally a highly positive factor in life; it is correlated with achievement, good relationships, and satisfaction. Possessing little
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Self Development, Wellbeing
https://youtu.be/yDIWdyXcE-s Dr Mike Kelly (CEO Institute of Wellbeing) is joined by Superintendant Jeff Boothe in the Wellbeing Cafe. Superintendant Jeff Booth is Metropolitan Police Service Lead for Community Engagement. In todays Wellbeing Cafe our topic is “Black & Blue: Why Black Communities Need To Connect With The Police”. Some of the topics that we explore
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Community
https://youtu.be/_oL5nPmW3y8 In this three part video series, Institute of Wellbeing founder – Dr Mike Kelly, explores the state of mind, a concept that deeply influences our thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. This discussion is not just about defining what a state of mind is but about understanding its complexities and learning how to shift our mindset
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Mental Health, Self Development, State of Mind
https://youtu.be/cTQ0s86_T2o Dr Mike Kelly (CEO Institute of Wellbeing) is joined by Donna Murray-Turner in the Wellbeing Cafe Donna Murray-Turner – Founder Another Night of Sisterhood (ANOS), Chair, Croydon Safer Neighbourhoods & Community Champion In todays Wellbeing Cafe our topic is “Taking responsibility to build your community”. Some of the topics that we explore In our
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