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Help to support suddenly bereaved children

August 26, 2010

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Apparently teachers in UK are getting extra FREE guidance to help support children who are suddenly bereaved.
A recent study highlighted that this area needed some specific interventions and guidance for people involved with these children.
Following a study carried out by ‘Brake’ a road safety charity and one of the  UK’s leading funeral companies [...]

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‘Dog-ing’ helps to stop heart attacks?

August 4, 2010

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There are 400 different breeds of dogs around the world.
When there is a mutual interaction between dogs and humans a chemical called ‘Oxytocin is released – both the dog and the human benefit from this mutual exchange of  ‘feel good factors’.
This exchange apparently can help lower blood pressure and reduce stress, which both [...]

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7 Optimistic tips with added benefits

July 28, 2010

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‘A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.’
Source: Sir Winston Churchill
What do you see?
Do you see the glass half full or do you see it as half empty?
7 tips to maintaining Optimism.
1.    Have realistic goals and expectations.
2.    Always remember you are human with a lot [...]

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Intriguing Message found in a bottle.

July 26, 2010

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The art of curiosity.
One bleak spring day in 2002, a bottle was washed up on a beach on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent UK – a lady found it whilst out walking with her dogs.
Inside the bottle was a letter, tightly curled and held by a ribbon. It was written in French.
The letter [...]

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Do you trust the Government to understand your vocation as a counsellor or psychotherapist?

July 6, 2010

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Do you trust the Government to understand your vocation as a counsellor or psychotherapist?
The previous Government took considerable steps towarde the regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists and had chosen the Health Professions Council (HPC) to administer and accomplish this.
Apparently in March 2010 the Department of Health confirmed that it is still open to [...]

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Marathon at Wimbledon.

June 24, 2010

Marathon at Wimbledon.
The mamouth 3 day Wimbledon contest is finally over. Floridian, John Isner US won the 5th set 70-68 to beat Nichoas Mahut FR in the longest tennis match ever recorded.

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Another 65 minutes were added to the 10 hours played previously in the last 2 days and another 20 games pushed the [...]

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“Either he’s dead or my watch has stopped”

June 15, 2010

Winston McCartney; A layman, dedicated to the welfare of the mentally ill died suddenly on 15 June 2005 at the age of 47. He had only worked in mental health services since 1996, yet within that relatively short period he made an enormous impact.

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His energy, passion and commitment along with his human frailty [...]

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So what makes someone go crazy and gun down numerous innocent people?

June 7, 2010

So what makes someone go crazy and gun down numerous innocent people?

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Recently a gunman, who we shall call Mr.X, killed 12 people in Cumbria, before turning his weapon on himself. He gave a chilling warning of his intentions hours before his killing spree.
Last night a friend of the Mr.X revealed that HMRC was [...]

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Does Truth Lie in Detection?

May 7, 2010

Does Truth Lie in Detection?

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The Jeremy Kyle Show is a UK daytime ITV television talk show presented by Jeremy Kyle, it has been broadcasting since 4 July 2005.
The show is distinctive for its confrontational style, which sees guests attempt to resolve issues with family and friends.

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To Belittle, Means so Much More…

April 30, 2010

To Belittle, Means so Much More…

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One of the worst and lowest forms of human interaction is using intelligence to try to belittle another. This kind of communication is often displayed by covert and dysfunctional individuals, who can appear to be very friendly, happy and successful people. Un-be known that subliminally they are ‘Jekyll [...]

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