Mindfulness Articles

Ahead of World Mental Health Day our Head of Wellness, Sinead Proos, discusses the top 10 mental health issues that drive calls to our 24/7 Mental Wellbeing Support Programme.

Here Aodan Enright wonders whether our ‘digital first’ lifestyle is giving us a filtered view of reality.

Autumn is a time for change, a time to reflect and plan ahead. Here, Dr. Sarah O' Neill talks about how to embrace this time of year. 

Although it might be feeling slightly autumnal, summer is a good time to develop some healthy habits. Here are some tips to lift your spirits and give your wellbeing a boost. Get out into the light and soak up some vitamin D which helps regulate the stress hormone.

There are many reasons, of course, why New Year’s Resolutions end up falling by the wayside. Too often, we focus on the goal itself, without taking care of the process that’s required on an ongoing basis to get us there. Or we go for things in which our heart isn’t fully invested, maybe what we feel we should be doing. Here coaching expert Aodan Enright looks at things we should stop, start and continue this New Year. 

The age of smartphone ownership is getting younger and huge pressure is placed on children, and thus their parents, to have a smartphone. The National Sleep Foundation has consistently demonstrated that having technology in your bedroom and/or using technology as a sleep aid, can interfere with the quality of sleep, the duration of sleep and daytime alertness. Dr Maureen Griffin discusses her top tips for ensuring that smartphones are not eating into our children's sleep time.

Self-harm and suicide are major public health problems. We asked Professor Ella Arensman, Research Professor at the school of Public Health, University College Cork and a Chief Scientist at the National Suicide Research Foundation, to share her knowledge so that our readers can learn more about the causes of suicide and self-harm in Ireland. You can also download a document with further information and help at the end of this article.

This is the second part of our yoga series. Here yoga teacher and therapist Jessica Hatchett demonstrates good gut health while sitting on a chair.

Recent research by laya healthcare found that eight in ten (80%) of adults in Ireland have been affected by anxiety. Dr Sarah O'Neill discusses the factors causing stress for Irish people based on this research and offers practical tips for understanding and managing anxiety.