Bipolar Rule: Stop insulting yourself. ‘Bipolar Rules!’ Sneak Peek

Please note: This is a sneak peek of Bipolar Rules! This rule is part of the emotion rules section. It is a draft. This is not the final version. One of the things you might do when depressed (or even not depressed) is insult yourself. The insults I’ve said to myself have been unbelievably harsh […]

Trauma-informed practice in the youth justice system

Young people in the criminal justice system are typically a traumatised population, yet the establishments they live in and services that they are subject to have been scrutinised over the years for punitive, harmful and even abusive practices. Trauma-Informed Practice (TIP) offers an alternative approach to work with this population in a way which avoids […]

Resilience: How to Build a Strong Mindset to Face Life's Challenges

🚀 Unlock Your Mental Strength with Resilience! 🚀 Navigating through life’s tumultuous tides demands a robust mindset and an unwavering spirit. “Resilience: How to Build a Strong Mindset to Face Life’s Challenges” not only guides you through tales of triumph over trials but also provides you actionable steps to fortify your mental resilience and face […]

Why Mental Illness Feels So Lonely: You’re Not Alone with Depression or Bipolar

Authored: Jan. 23, 2011 Updated: April 23, 2025 People with a mental illness feel alone. Depression makes you feel alone. Depression makes you feel like you’re the only person in the world who feels the pain and sadness that you do. Depression brings about negative spirals of thinking that convince you that there is only […]

Cost-effective therapy for postnatal depression in British South Asian Mothers

A core challenge in research is translating the results of the studies into actual policies and services. Many excellent interventions are developed and tested, but then never integrated into healthcare services (Wainberg et al., 2024) – why? Let’s take an imaginary intervention we might test, for depression. Like most studies, we might examine symptom remission […]

How to protect your energy as an empath

Empaths receive all forms of emotional stimuli from others like sponges that soak up every feeling. The heightened sensitivity that allows you to build gut-level relationships helps you understand others deeply, yet simultaneously leaves you emotionally drained. An empath is a person highly attuned to the feelings and emotions of those around them. Empaths feel […]