The following abstract from Clinical Skills in Infant Mental Health* is important for all parents raising children and worth reading and applying. “Infants develop ongoing and characteristic ways of managing stress and negative feelings. These are variously called adaptive and defence mechanisms and refer to various strategies that an individual uses to manage anxiety and [...]

Concern that stress will cause you to lose hair has been around for a long time. Just to amuse you I am sharing a dissertation that I came across in a book called The Art of Preserving the Hair written by Septimus Prowett, Old Bond Street, London in 1825.  Please avoid taking umbrage at some [...]

The relationship between humans and climate is a topic of universal interest.  Coping with climatic stress will become a major issue for the world as climate change increases the severity of weather events. Keeping it all in perspective is important and that is why I have included the following extract from a Symposium organised by [...]

We all move so fast that we can skate across life if we are not careful and miss out on experiencing parts of it at depth. Vertical living occurs when we totally give ourselves to a moment and cut out all distractions. Try this as an example of what I mean … 1. Choose a [...]