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# Wellbeing

This year
2024
Sinéad Burke: Heart disease has taught me to grab life with both hands and live every moment
Sinéad Burke
Last year
2023
Therapist: The key to minding yourself this Christmas? Nurture your routine
Monica Jackman
Therapist: What's the difference between Winter Blues and Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Susi Lodola
Therapist: If we prioritise mental health as a society, we will reap the benefits
Séamus Sheedy
Eoghan Cleary: The new sex ed curriculum is being misrepresented by a small but loud group
Eoghan Cleary
Opinion: Ireland relies heavily on the community and voluntary sector - it is at breaking point
Ivan Cooper
Dr Caoimhe Hartley: 'We hear about menopause but perimenopause can be just as disruptive'
Dr Caoimhe Hartley
Parenting: 'I've realised that to raise resilient kids I need to practice what I preach'
Margaret Lynch
UCC introduces therapy dog programme to combat stress for students
Therapist: It's been a summer of tragedy and loss for many young people
Monica Jackman
Pandemic had no impact on the 'vast majority' of 13-year-olds' transition to secondary school
Opinion: 'How to spend the country's €65 billion surplus and make people happy'
Dr Mark Henry
Opinion: Talking about mental health is fine but isn't it time we discussed mental illness?
Nicola Byrne
10 days silent meditation in Ennis: No phones, no talking, and no outside contact whatsoever
Cormac Fitzgerald
Nutritionist: 'I'm calling BS on toxic diet culture'
Niamh Orbinski
Therapist: Right or wrong, recreational drug use is part of the festival experience
Michael Ledden
Eoghan Cleary: 'We've handed over the sexual education of a generation to the porn industry'
Eoghan Cleary
Opinion: Struggling to keep your New Year's Resolutions? It's all about short-term goals
Dr Emma Howard
All time
Opinion: As a carer, I have met the best of people in colleagues and clients
Breda Pagett
Opinion: GDP is not the right measurement for the growth of a country - it's time for a change
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
Opinion: Five a day will keep the doctors away, or will they?
Dr Jolanta Burke
Opinion: Go easy on yourself in relation to New Year's resolutions - we've been through a lot
Siobhán Murray
Opinion: This year, let go of the 'perfect Christmas' and choose self-compassion
Dr Jolanta Burke & Dr Trudy Meehan
Opinion: It's important to prioritise your mental health this Christmas
Krystian Fikert
Opinion: 'After my dyslexia diagnosis, seeing myself as limited wasn't an option'
Kyra Menai Hamilton
Opinion: It's OK to feel anger in this crisis, but there are healthy ways to manage it
Peter Devers
Opinion: One year on, we're seeing the mental health impacts of this pandemic
Dr Stephen McWilliams & Dr Niall Duffy
Opinion: This Covid lockdown is particularly hard, so it's important to mind your mental health
Bernie Hackett
Dr Deirdre Forde: Untreated menopause can be seismic for a woman, but help is at hand
Dr Deirdre Forde
Teachers' union asks government to start school Christmas break a few days earlier
Young people who talk to parents about relationships 'significantly more likely' to use contraception during sex
Living with an eating disorder: The last few months have brought unwelcome challenges
Ciara
Wellness Wednesday: True body confidence is not about diet and exercise, it's about loving yourself
Cliona Byrne
Nationwide survey will ask people how they are coping as Covid-19 restrictions ease
'We have a duty to our healthcare workers to mind them, while they mind us'
Ciara Wright
Wellness Wednesday: Two yoga teachers say there's never been a better time to roll out your mat
TheJournal.ie Wellness
Wine, exercise and online quiz nights: Taoiseach and ministers say how they're minding their mental health
Roz Purcell shares her routine, recipes and tips for staying positive during Covid-19 isolation
Roz Purcell
Opinion: We need to talk about Menopause
Barbara Edwards
Christmas can be stressful - here are ways to mind your mental health during the holidays