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Fish has long been established by scientists, doctors, and dietitians as a necessary part of a healthy, well-balanced diet. The UK government recommends eating at least two 140 grams portions of fish a week, with at least one being an oily fish. It is generally agreed that as well as some fish being low in fat, the fats in oily fish are beneficial to our health. There is a wide range of clinical research about the benefits of eating oily fish in terms of helping the developme

The Cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and divides into two hemispheres, left and right. Each hemisphere is divided into four lobes. The frontal lobes: These are involved in speech, thought, emotions, skilled activities, judgment, and social behaviour. This is where the personality lies. The temporal lobes: These are involved in the interpretation and recognition of sounds. The parietal lobes: These are where touch, pain, and taste are perceived. The occipital lobes: T

When people feel Anxious, they often don’t attempt to face it and cope with it themselves, but look to others to take away their Anxiety by asking for reassurance. The more we look for reassurance, the worse our Anxiety becomes, we are likely to develop a habit of constantly asking for reassurance and gradually this can convince us that we can’t deal with it ourselves. It is a natural human instinct to stop ourselves experiencing physical or emotional pain, so if we are exp

​When we are anxious, we interpret certain events as a threat, whether they are or not. We over-estimate the likelihood of what is in fact an unlikely event and under-estimate our ability to cope if that difficult event occurred. ​When we are in a state of anxiety we continually insist in focussing on the more negative possibilities. This is pointless and will only make your anxiety worse. ​You are likely to tell yourself you can't cope, despite past evidence to the contr

Bereavement is a distressing but common experience. Sooner or later most of us will suffer the death of someone we love, yet in our everyday life we talk about death very little, perhaps because we encounter it less often than our grandparents did. For them, the death of a brother or sister, friend or relative, was a common experience in their childhood or teenage years. For us, these losses usually happen later in life, so we do not have much of a chance to learn about griev