How people learn to become resilient

How people learn to become resilient

Resilience presents a challenge.. Whether you can be said to have it or not largely depends not on any particular psychological test but on the way your life unfolds. If you are lucky enough to never experience any sort of adversity, we won’t know how resilient you are. It’s only when you’re faced with obstacles, stress, and other environmental threats that resilience, or the lack of it, emerges: Do you succumb or do you surmount?

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Study shows those who exercise, earn more! Ladies and gentlemen, it's proven.

Study shows those who exercise, earn more! Ladies and gentlemen, it's proven.

It is widely acknowledged that regular exercise has a beneficial impact on our overall wellbeing. At the Harley Street Wellbeing Clinic, we always recommend physical exercise to our clients, so they can enjoy the health and mind-health related benefits of it. Many multimillionaires including

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Professor Margareta James on why people are littering more now lockdown is lifting

Professor Margareta James on why people are littering more now lockdown is lifting

Littering got worse in recent weeks to the point that it is incredibly upsetting to see. We see this and ask why?

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Isolation fatigue: why we’re suddenly impatient about lockdown ending

Isolation fatigue: why we’re suddenly impatient about lockdown ending

At this time of uncertainty, Professor Margareta James, Founding director of the Harley Street Wellbeing Clinic, tells Stylist the brain reverts to survival mode. We are over-vigilant, highly alert and as everything changes so rapidly, we feel we need to keep up with the news.

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Professor Margareta James on domestic abuse increase during lockdown and how to seek help

Professor Margareta James on domestic abuse increase during lockdown and how to seek help

Our homes are safe places to retreat to. When people are dealing with domestic violence, the home is no longer safe, in fact, the home is a battleground.

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What Comes Next: More physical affection and smaller circles – how friendships will change as a result of coronavirus

What Comes Next: More physical affection and smaller circles – how friendships will change as a result of coronavirus

As the lockdown forced us to keep away from our friends, there is a question about whether our friendships change as a result of this?

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Do you think your judgements are correct? Let's have a look at what affects them..

Do you think your judgements are correct? Let's have a look at what affects them..

Did you know that in relationships, we often prefer the familiar (staying together) to the unfamiliar (breaking up), even if we're currently unhappy with our partner. This is called Status Quo bias. There are many of these biases affecting our behaviour and choices every day. 

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Signs of stress in your children and teens

Signs of stress in your children and teens

Young people, like adults, experience stress. It can come from a variety of sources including doing well in school, making and sustaining friendships, or managing perceived expectations from their parents, teachers or coaches. Some stress can be positive in that it provides the energy to tackle a big test, presentation or sports event. Too much stress, however, can create unnecessary hardship and challenge. Adults can sometimes be unaware when their children or teens are experiencing overwhelming feelings of stress.

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Confidence - research shows independent schools' focus on mental toughness

Confidence - research shows independent schools' focus on mental toughness

Pupils in independent schools are controlled, committed, confident and like a challenge, new research into soft skills and mental toughness reveals.

Pupil confidence high as research shows independent schools' focus on mental toughness Findings to enable schools to target and boost pupil wellbeing

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The impact of exam pressure on students' wellbeing - Margareta James interview with the Cambridge News

Doing well at school is a worry all youngsters have to contend with – but are schoolchildren in Cambridge more stressed than we thought?

It could be so, after it emerged children as young as 6 are now being treated for stress by professionals, with the pressure of taking school tests cited as one of the most common denominators.

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