Mental Health
Depression, anxiety, stress, sleep and emotional wellbeing guides for everyone, including nurses.
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Wedding Stress: How to Stay Calm, Sleep Well and Stay Healthy Before the Big Day
Practical, evidence-based ways to manage wedding stress: sleep, food, movement, boundaries and when stress is a sign to get support.
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How to Say No to Extra Shifts Without Guilt: 15 Scripts for Nurses
The phone rings on your day off: “Can you come in?” Word-for-word replies for texts, calls and the manager who won’t take…
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50 Encouraging Messages for a Tired Nurse After a Hard Shift
Kind words to text a nurse friend, partner, daughter or colleague after a long, hard or heartbreaking shift. Short messages, longer notes…
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Postnatal Depression: 12 Signs It Is More Than the Baby Blues, and Where to Get Help
Up to 1 in 5 new mothers experience depression or anxiety. How to tell it from the baby blues, and the treatments…
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Bullying in Nursing: 12 Signs, What to Say in the Moment and How to Report It
“Nurses eat their young” should not be a rite of passage. How to tell bullying from tough feedback, what to say when…
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How to Help a Friend With Depression: What to Say, What Not to Say and How to Look After Yourself
Practical ways to support a friend with depression: how to start the conversation, helpful phrases, things to avoid saying, encouraging professional help,…
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Anxiety Symptoms and 8 Grounding Techniques That Calm You Down Fast (Including 5-4-3-2-1)
Common physical and mental symptoms of anxiety, eight grounding and breathing techniques you can use anywhere, longer-term treatments, and when anxiety needs…
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Signs of Depression: 12 Symptoms to Recognise in Yourself or Someone You Love, and How to Get Help
Depression is more than sadness. Twelve common signs, how it can look different in men, older adults and teenagers, when to seek…
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Seasonal Affective Disorder (Winter Depression): Symptoms, Light Therapy and 10 Ways to Cope
Seasonal affective disorder is depression that returns in autumn and winter. Symptoms, why it happens, light therapy, CBT, antidepressants and 10 practical…