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  • Songs For Sound Minds #25 – The Pretenders

    Songs For Sound Minds #25 – The Pretenders

    Songs for Sound Minds are our picks of the best music that uplifts, inspires and boosts mental health. Songs written as an anthem to overcoming the storms of life. The songs that give hope in those times when we are struggling. This week’s pick by The Pretenders was suggested by one of our followers on…

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  • Songs For Sound Minds #24 – Brian Kennedy

    Songs For Sound Minds #24 – Brian Kennedy

    Songs for Sound Minds are our picks of the best music that uplifts, inspires and boosts mental health. Songs written as an anthem to overcoming the storms of life. The songs that give hope in those times when we are struggling. Our latest pick could very well have been written specifically for January. An antidote…

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  • Songs For Sound Minds #23 – The Zombies

    Songs For Sound Minds #23 – The Zombies

    Songs for Sound Minds are our picks of the best music that uplifts, inspires and boosts mental health. Songs written as an anthem to overcoming the storms of life. The songs that give hope in those times when we are struggling. ‘This Will Be Our Year’ by The Zombies So, have you made your New…

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  • Songs For Sound Minds #22 – Van Morrison

    Songs For Sound Minds #22 – Van Morrison

    What are your thoughts when you first hear this refrain? ‘Well my mama told me there’d be days like this’ Are you thinking about the negative side of things?  The ‘chancers’ in life that your mum warned you to avoid? The times when it feels like nothing is going right? You might even be thinking…

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  • Songs For Sound Minds #21 – John Lennon

    Songs For Sound Minds #21 – John Lennon

    Songs for Sound Minds are our picks of the best music that uplifts, inspires and boosts mental health. Songs written as an anthem to overcoming the storms of life. The songs that give hope in those times when we are struggling. It probably comes as no surprise that John Lennon features on our Songs for…

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  • Songs For Sound Minds #20 – Kelly Clarkson

    Songs For Sound Minds #20 – Kelly Clarkson

    Songs for Sound Minds are our picks of the best music that uplifts, inspires and boosts mental health. Songs written as an anthem to overcoming the storms of life. The songs that give hope in those times when we are struggling. This song focuses on moving on from a difficult relationship can be a liberating…

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  • Male Infertility and Mental Health

    Male Infertility and Mental Health

    Men are in general pretty bad at talking about their feelings. They are taught from their earliest years – both explicitly and implicitly – to hold emotions in. Never cry, get on with it and barely whisper about what is upsetting you. When it comes to male infertility, the whisper typically fades to complete silence.…

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  • Social Media & Self Image

    Social Media & Self Image

    One of the common problems presented by school pupils to our counsellors is the tricky issue of social media. Children and young people are the section of our society that first embraced social media platforms. The highs and lows of social media They have been the first to experience the highs and lows of social…

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  • Songs For Sound Minds #19 – George Harrison

    Songs For Sound Minds #19 – George Harrison

    Songs for Sound Minds are our picks of the best music that uplifts, inspires and boosts mental health. Songs written as an anthem to overcoming the storms of life. The songs that give hope in those times when we are struggling. ‘Any Road’ by George Harrison ‘If you don’t know where you’re going, any road…

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