Relationships: the Missing Piece of the Wellbeing Puzzle
Relationships – as much as exercise, a healthy diet and not smoking – are fundamental to our mental health and wellbeing.
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Coping Skills
Guided Meditation for Stressed Parents
Parenting is stressful. In this 6-minute guided meditation, psychologist Dr. Andrew Kahn helps you calm your mind and body so you can respond to your child more effectively. This is the last episode of “What Now? A Parent’s Guide to Tantrums and Meltdowns.” Listen to the rest of Season 1 for strategies to help you
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The Circadian Rhythms: Why Teens Are Tired in School
When children become teenagers, hormonal changes shift their circadian rhythm—they get tired later. Since schools typically don’t adapt to their new natural sleep cycle, they often get less sleep during weekdays, affecting their memory retention, emotional well-being, and health. If we want teenagers to learn and prosper, schools could do what sounds so simple, adjust
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How to deal with Rejection
Dig into the psychology of why rejection causes us pain, and explore strategies to cope with this common experience. — Rejection hurts. It’s incredibly painful to feel like you’re not wanted — and we do mean painful. Researchers found that we relate rejection to being “hurt,” using terms like “crushed” or “broken-hearted.” So, why does
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Box breathing relaxation technique: how to calm feelings of stress or anxiety
In stressful times you can use the power of your breath to help calm feelings of stress or anxiety. Box breathing is a simple relaxation technique that can help you ‘reset your breath’ and return it to its normal rhythm. This video demonstrates box breathing and highlights its benefits. In short, it involves: – Imagining
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Neuroscientist: This Simple Habit STOPS PROCRASTINATION
In this video, Dr. Andrew Huberman, a renowned neuroscientist and professor, explains how you can become more motivated and stop procrastinating using a scientifically-proven method. If you’re looking to optimize your productivity and overall health, this is a must-watch! Andrew D. Huberman is an American neuroscientist and tenured associate professor in the department of neurobiology
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Neuroscientist: You Will Never Feel Stressed Again | Andrew Huberman
Andrew Huberman reveals a simple breathing exercise that acts as a kill switch for stress. It’s called the “physiological sigh” or “cyclic sigh”, and it can help you short circuit the stressful response. Andrew D. Huberman is an American neuroscientist and tenured associate professor in the department of neurobiology and psychiatry and behavioral sciences at
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Bressie on the ‘vicious circle of depression’
The Saturday Night Show | RTÉ One
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Meditation for Anxiety
Looking for how to meditate for anxiety? Take a quick break with our 10-minute guided meditation to help calm anxiety, taught by Psych Hub’s clinical manager, Emily St. Amant, LPC-MHSP.
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Brain Health Webinar 2024
Our Think Brain Health: Discover how healthy behaviours support your incredible brain webinar was live streamed last week Wednesday 24th January. During this webinar, which was hosted by HSE Healthy Ireland and the National Dementia Office, Sarah Mc Cormack, HSE Healthy Ireland Lead, Health & Wellbeing was joined by expert panellists to discuss our brain
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Loss and the Grieving Process
Loss is losing something that is of great significance to us. For most of us, our greatest lost will be the death of a loved one, and we will mourn that loss most of all. Grief affects all aspects of your life and involves mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering resulting from loss. It is
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Misunderstanding dopamine: Why the language of addiction matters | Cyrus McCandless
Dopamine is the star of our conversations about motivation and addiction. But journalists, marketers, and app developers alike have missed some critical details. Understanding how dopamine really works to motivate our everyday behaviors–and what goes wrong in drug addiction–is the key to more productive thinking about our ‘bad habits,’ as well as today’s opioid crisis.
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