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<p>Find Videos, Podcasts, Leaflets and more to help you navigate the Menopause.</p>
<p>World Menopause Day is held every year on 18th October. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of the menopause and the support options available for improving health and well being.&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[<p>Answer 5 simple questions to get your personalised mental health action plan with tips and advice to help you be kind to your mind.</p>
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           <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2022 11:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Repeating a supportive, encouraging phrase gives it power, since hearing something often makes it more likely you’ll believe it. In turn, your belief makes it more likely you’ll act in ways that make your affirmation become reality.</p>
<p>Affirmations can help strengthen self-worth by boosting both your positive opinion of yourself and your confidence in your ability to achieve your goals. They can also help counter the feelings of&nbsp;panic,&nbsp;stress, and self-doubt that often accompany&nbsp;anxiety.</p>]]></media:description>
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<p>As a type of&nbsp;positive self-talk, affirmations can help you alter subconscious thoughts.</p>
<p>Repeating a supportive, encouraging phrase gives it power, since hearing something often makes it more likely you’ll believe it. In turn, your belief makes it more likely you’ll act in ways that make your affirmation become reality.</p>
<p>Affirmations can help strengthen self-worth by boosting both your positive opinion of yourself and your confidence in your ability to achieve your goals. They can also help counter the feelings of&nbsp;panic,&nbsp;stress, and self-doubt that often accompany&nbsp;anxiety.</p>]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[<p>Grounding is a practice that can help you pull away from flashbacks, unwanted memories, and negative or challenging emotions.</p>]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[<p>The main thing I learnt, however, is the importance of letting people in. If I hadn’t let the people around me help, I don’t know if things would have ever gotten better, and I’m not sure if I’d know everything I do know about looking after myself and others.</p>
<p>If you’re struggling, give these a try, but also please talk to someone responsible that you trust! The awful feelings will pass and good days will come. You can do it!</p>]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2022 12:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
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           <title>5 Ways Gardening Benefits Mental Health</title>
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           <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2022 12:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>But the benefits go beyond the physical; there can be a variety of mental and emotional reasons for wanting to step outside. Perhaps you seek the mental clarity of having green space around you, or the grounding effect of feeling your two feet firmly on the earth. It can feel like quite a personal thing – what we seek from nature – and, perhaps, what you look to gain from the natural world changes each time you enter it.</p>]]></media:description>
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           <description><![CDATA[<p>There’s a reason people say to take a walk on the wild side of life – spending time outside can increase our intake of vitamin D, as well as reducing blood pressure, muscle tension, and the production of stress hormones. Nature is unequivocally good for our bodies.</p>
<p>But the benefits go beyond the physical; there can be a variety of mental and emotional reasons for wanting to step outside. Perhaps you seek the mental clarity of having green space around you, or the grounding effect of feeling your two feet firmly on the earth. It can feel like quite a personal thing – what we seek from nature – and, perhaps, what you look to gain from the natural world changes each time you enter it.</p>]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2022 11:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
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           <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Nature is abundant with wellbeing remedies, and you don’t have to be a master herbalist to benefit from them. The act of caring for plants is, in itself, a supportive, mindful experience – helping us to soothe&nbsp;stress&nbsp;and refocus our minds. But there are also many natural samples out there that come with their own wellness properties. Here, we explore six plants that pack just that.</p>]]></media:description>
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           <description><![CDATA[<p>Nature is abundant with wellbeing remedies, and you don’t have to be a master herbalist to benefit from them. The act of caring for plants is, in itself, a supportive, mindful experience – helping us to soothe&nbsp;stress&nbsp;and refocus our minds. But there are also many natural samples out there that come with their own wellness properties. Here, we explore six plants that pack just that.</p>]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2022 11:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
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           <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2022 11:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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           <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2022 11:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Feeling negative today doesn’t mean that you’ve stopped making progress, or that things will get worse. Recovering from burnout is a slow process, not a race. As long as you keep facing the things that are impacting your emotional and physical wellbeing, you are working towards making positive changes.</p>
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           <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[<p>"Is anything causing you stress at the moment?” It’s something I’ve asked patients hundreds of times during my work as a GP.</p>
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           <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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           <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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