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Nature, culture, biopsychosocial approaches to health, etc.

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and @EnviroPhysio for facilitating this special edition of Frontiers in Public Health.
#osteopathy #osteopath #physiotherapy #pain #health #injury #evidencebased #psychology #psychotherapy #mindbodyconnection #exercise #movementismedicine #planetaryhealth #environment 4/4

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New paper!
New paper!
Got word this morning that a paper wrote was published this morning. This is something which took some time to put together – the goal of writing it was to develop a map ... 1/4
https://t.co/D4KJstDC7a

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It isn’t intended to be a definitive ‘how-to’, so much as a set of critical considerations which people can adapt to their social and environmental contexts when developing nature-based therapeutic interventions.
With profound thanks to my co-authors Payal, Nicole, and Filip. 3/4

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@matthewremski Got a genuine belly-laugh from that first sentence, Matthew!

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@alastairmci They look delicious!

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@IrishRainforest Mini, mellowed-out aurochs. :)

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@HazelPBP Ah god Hazel, that's so awful for all of you. Be thinking of your family - take care.

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@gloverstweets @WhitmoreJen Be good to see more ecologists getting in!

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@ZhangChaosheng Beautiful shot

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@IrishRainforest Both a symbol of death and a saver of life (Taxol, derived from Pacific yew is an effective chemotherapy treatment and is on the WHO's list of essential medications).

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@Ciaraioch Really lovely way to represent these, Ciara.

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@lukeming @FineGael Interesting that 'well-being' initiatives are often used in place of robust worker support systems like unions in the corporate world. Totally individualises responsibility for mental and physical health, while abdicating collective/state duty of care.

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My friend Abood is doing really important work here. Mutual aid groups can have a huge impact.

[Abood Alfarra @AboodMalfarra]

Day 7 of distributing free meals in Gaza!

Donate to our Kitchen to help us continue cooking and distributing free meals for the families in Gaza: https://t.co/dY6YHzZsQ9…

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@NiecyOKeeffe @echolivecork Really important and very overlooked point, Niecy!

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@DRoMammals This is some very welcome good news!

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Mummified homotherium cub found!

https://t.co/6sg1AQpWog

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... health interventions in an Irish context, and how that informs a paper I have co-authored on the topic (currently under peer-review).
It's online and free to attend, and you can get more information (including sign-up details) here: https://t.co/KIczUnAfgK 2/2

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Rare work related post. On Saturday, I will be presenting at the @EnviroPhysio symposium - "Putting nature-based health and therapy into practice".
The talk will be based on some of the environmental and social challenges of nature-based... 1/2

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@Ciaraioch 🤣🤣🤣