https://t.co/oG1ypkwUpi Our @actnforchildren children’s homes change young lives and to have @JohnLewisRetail come in and transform such an important room in this house was wonderful. Thank you!
Want to make friends? Be yourself? Get creative? Have your voice heard?
Our House is our FREE LGBTQ+ group for young people (aged 13-18) 🌈
First session: 29 Nov (17:00 - 19:00) With free pizza ���🧡
For more information, email [email protected]
Ease Seasonal Affective Disorder With an Exercise Routine
Exercise can help improve mood and overall symptoms of those who suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
#exercise#neuroscience#science#psychology
https://t.co/tGPDlpNq1X
What a brilliant response to the @JohnLewisRetail Christmas ad. Means so much to us in #Wales with our fostering services and Skills for Living projects helping care-experienced young people. Find out why the @jlpartnership chose to highlight such an important message 👇
📣 It’s official! @JohnLewisRetail dropped their ICONIC Christmas advert. We’re SO proud to be a part of it 😍
Together, we can support and empower the most vulnerable children in the country, and help give them the magical Christmas they deserve. #TheBeginner@jlpartnership
A Clearer Picture of Developing Teen Brain
Study provides evidence of a critical period for neuroplasticity in the frontal cortex during the teenage years, a time at which risk-taking behaviors and mental illness risk peak.
#neuroscience#science
https://t.co/Bppb1AovnY
We’d like to share with you our vital new project for Year 9 groups in Flintshire, Consent.
The project is delivered in conjunction with Flintshire Integrated Youth Provision and is touring schools until the end of October
Find our project trailer here:
https://t.co/kH4LY932vW
Exploring a new environment helps boost dopamine levels which are projected to the hippocampus, decreasing the threshold for learning.
#memory#neuroscience#science
https://t.co/zDK0RaxTW0
✨ Tonight, superstars all over the UK are staying up, or sleeping out, for our annual #BoycottYourBed fundraising challenge 🌛
They all have one goal – to make children’s dreams of a safe and happy childhood come true ❤️
Good luck and a HUGE thank you to everyone taking part!
A New Explanation for Consciousness
A new theory of consciousness suggests decisions are made unconsciously, then about half a second later, they become conscious.
#consciousness#neuroscience#science
https://t.co/s44ZIuniBi
Study reveals a 44% reduction in suicidal events, including suicide attempts and self-harm, in depressed patients who took folic acid supplements.
#psychology#neuroscience#science
https://t.co/PFekT44bcQ
Skills practice sessions are an essential part of training on counselling, psychotherapy, and counselling psychology courses. Some pointers for those embarking on this essential element of their program: https://t.co/vUohs3i0EG
Who has experienced the 'narcissist' (I do not like this label) completely projecting themself/actions onto the victim? Such that is extraordinary that they are not aware? Eg describing the victim as 'evil and abusive'. Paradoxically that statement is evil and abusive.
"If a plant were wilting we wouldn’t diagnose it with “wilting-plant-syndrome” – we would change its conditions. Yet when humans are suffering under unliveable conditions, we’re told something is wrong with us, and expected to keep pushing through"
https://t.co/EOM01t0uFA