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This week’s blog was written by Assistant Psychologist Gabby Donaldson. With the UK taking its next step out of lockdown, there are a lot of expectations being put in place. People expect things to start going back to how normal looked before the pandemic. People expect friends to be meeting up with each other outdoors.Continue reading “Managing low mood through lockdown easing”

This week’s blog is written by Jemima Onih. This pandemic has changed the way we work, the way we study and the way we live in many different ways. With a lot of us working from home, there is the tendency to feel trapped and separated from the outside world. For some, working from homeContinue reading “Working from home isn’t always easy and that’s OK!”

This week’s blog is written by Assistant Psychologist Gabby Donaldson. Today I thought it would be good to think about autism in girls, as I think this is not spoken about enough. Autism, which is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition, can affect how people perceive, communicate and interact with the world (National Autistic Society, 2018). ItContinue reading “Autism in Girls”

This week’s blog was written by our Assistant Psychologist Gabby Donaldson. One year on from our first lockdown and it is clear the world has changed. Social distancing is a habit, handshakes are avoided, and face-to-face interaction seems like something of the past! Because of all of this, I often wonder whether this has ledContinue reading “Random acts of kindness”

This week’s blog was written by our Assistant Psychologist Gabby Donaldson. Given the recent development in Coronavirus news, a roadmap out of lockdown, it is really important to pause and think how this will affect us and how we may be feeling because of this. In particular, like the previous blog, I want to focusContinue reading “Managing anxiety around lockdown easing”

This week’s blog was written by our Assistant Psychologist Gabby Donaldson. Now that schools have re-opened, I wanted to reflect on the different emotions we might be feeling at the moment.   The thought of being back in the classroom may bring about many different feelings for each individual. For those who continued to goContinue reading “Managing Your ‘Stress Bucket’”

Today’s blog is written by Assistant Psychologist Gabby Donaldson. We have now done one week of our second national lockdown. For some, this lockdown may not have made much of a difference to daily life. You may still be going to school, going into work or continuing to work from home. But, for others, thisContinue reading “When anxiety is bothering you…”

This week’s blog was written by Headspace Guildford’s fantastic Assistant Psychologist, Gabby Donaldson. It’s so brilliant because it reminds me of the rainbows that went up in everyone’s windows the first time we went into lockdown. So read on for ways to use strategies or find hope in difficult times. ‘When it rains, look forContinue reading “Look for rainbows”

Last week I was talking about being kind. For that post I focused on the benefits to you. Today I want to continue to bang on about being kind, because of the benefits to others as well as to you. Maya Angelo once said ‘be the rainbow in someone else’s cloud’. She talked about howContinue reading “Being kind because we’re part of something bigger”

Last week I talked about managing uncertainty by sitting with it. This week I want to think about a different skill which I think is more important than ever in these times. In the time I’ve been working in mental health there has certainly been a shift in public and media attitudes. There is nowContinue reading “Being kind is good for you”