5 Things You Need To Know About Anxiety & What You Can Do About It by Seed’s Hypnotherapist and Mental Health Expert, Clare Cogan. It’s not you, it’s your brain. We all have the capacity to get anxious – it’s part of our survival mechanism, our ‘primitive brain’, to help us focus in on danger…
How to spot the signs of depression
Are we depressed AND how do we spot the signs of depression? Covid is hitting our mental health hard. And as we endure another lockdown in the peak of a pandemic at the height of winter, it’s not hard to see why so many of us are feeling low. But are we actually depressed? We…
The Healing Power of Light: Laser Therapy for Sleep & Anxiety
With all that’s been happening over this past few months, it’s no surprise that research is showing this is taking its toll on our mental health. Hot from the US, Laser Light Therapy is gaining momentum on the UK’s wellness scene due to its wide-ranging health benefits for body and mind. We spoke to Seed’s…
Resilience & Calm out of Anxiety & Fear
As we continue our ‘Easing Out of Lockdown Campaign’ today we focus on our mental health & resilience as we get to grips with our new normal. Reports are showing a major spike in numbers of people suffering with poor mental health as a result of the pandemic and lockdown. We asked Deb Milligan, Seed’s…
Coming out of Lockdown – Safely, Effectively & without Fear
With restrictions slowly lifting, how can we ease back into the world with confidence? In the last months, our world and the very essence of our human-ness have been rocked to the core. So how can we best transition back into life feeling ready to face our new normal? According to Kate Kirrane, it’s all…
Mental Health Awareness Week: Why KINDNESS is Key
As we approach Mental Health Awareness Week, Seed Co-Founder & Yoga Teacher, Kate Kirrane, explores why ‘kindness is key’ and explains why the topic of mental health needs our attention now, more than ever before: Last week, as I waited in a socially distanced queue outside the supermarket, it started to rain. One of the…
Meditation Vs Mindfulness – What’s the difference?
In the last few years, meditation and mindfulness have become go-to therapies for those seeking ways to improve their mental wellbeing. In fact, people of all ages and from all walks of life are signing up to classes and courses and downloading apps (think Headspace) at an unprecedented rate, in a bid to reduce stress…
Are our children in the midst of a mental health crisis?
Understand what you can do to help protect & promote the mental wellbeing of your children. When it comes to teenage mental health, drinking, smoking and drug-taking are, according to stats, down in the UK. Yet there is growing evidence that young people are in the grip of a mental health crisis. In fact, recent…
