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Scotland’s biggest bus operator has created and launched a brand new online educational resource to support the home-schooling efforts of parents and teachers during the ongoing national Coronavirus lockdown. A Scotland-wide initiative, First Bus has teamed up with teachers from across the country to develop a resource pack for schools, with the aim of providing…
My experience with mental healthMy first experience with mental health goes back to when I was 14, my gran had died suddenly, and I wasn’t coping very well with it. It seemed to trigger something in me, something I hadn’t really experienced before. I have always been anxious, as a child, I would cling to…
JUST 13 GREAT WORKOUT CHANNELS ON YOUTUBE 1. Fitness Blender offers hundreds of no-frills, no-fuss workouts so you can ~hiit~ the ground running. Run by husband-and-wife team Daniel and Kelli, Fitness Blender is a simple yet great channel. All of their videos are filmed with a white background so you can actually focus on what they’re doing….
MAKE YOUR MORNINGS MORE PRODUCTIVE The morning should be a productive time, joyous and an important part of the day but due to the current social lockdown, mornings feel a little slow. The morning is a huge part of the day. To make your mornings more worthwhile, perhaps you must consider some things you need…
THREE INGREDIENT PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES This recipe has just 3 ingredients. It’s fast, easy and the cookies are wonderful! It’s great for kids that are just learning to bake. Ingredients Serving – makes 10 1-2/3 cups peanut butter 1-2/3 cups white sugar 1-3/4 egg You an easily tweak the recipe to make it with less…
Lockdown Day 11 If you can count, you will see I missed day 10 out. This was because I woke in an awful mood, I stumped around the house with no patience or motivation. I put it down to this dreadful situation we are in, but at around 4pm, my period started, and it all…
Today, Wednesday 1st April, new research from UK millennial parenting community BabyDoc Club looking at their worries and fears surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic reveal:• Almost half of parents (48%) think current lockdown restrictions are not strong enough to stop the spread of the Coronavirus• Only 17% of parents are confident that the government can manage…
The Children’s e-Hospital is delighted to announce the launch of its latest online service – Comprehensive Behaviour Intervention for Tics (CBiT). The CBiT service, which is recommended as a first line intervention for tics*, is made up of six strategic therapeutic components to teach children coping strategies to manage their condition. Although not a cure, it…
IT’S OK TO BE SCARED OF THE CORONAVIRUS Everyone’s feelings are hard to put into words just now. A pretty good way to describe the anxiety now gripping the world during this coronavirus pandemic. But saying people are scared of this new virus spreading around the globe doesn’t seem to be right. “Scared” isn’t strong…
My Hypnotherapy Journey – Week 7 & 8 This week I had my 8th hypnotherapy session with George Lewis, I had missed last weeks session due to childcare issues, but I did have my sound track that I was given at the start of my sessions, so I listened to this a couple of times…