The Spark Blog
Category: Couples
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Songs For Sound Minds #16 – Madonna
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. There are times when we just want to find a place to switch off,…
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![Life Hacks for Mental health – Part 1]()
Life Hacks for Mental health – Part 1
Mental health is just as important as physical health. Most of the time we try to keep our bodies healthy because we know it makes us feel better about ourselves and helps lower the risk of illnesses like heart disease and diabetes. Whilst we are busy pursuing the body beautiful our mental health can be…
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![Songs For Sound Minds #15 – Carole King]()
Songs For Sound Minds #15 – Carole King
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. Friendships lie at the heart of our latest pick: Carole King’s You’ve Got a…
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Songs For Sound Minds #14 – Stevie Wonder
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. A little known story about a classroom and a mouse is the origin for…
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![Can I ‘have it all’ and Mental Health?]()
Can I ‘have it all’ and Mental Health?
As part of Mental Health Awareness week we are considering this year’s theme: surviving or thriving? 21st century society leads us to believe that we can ‘have it all’. Where all is defined loosely as everything an individual might desire at some point in their life. The reality – and whether we end up surviving…
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Holidays Highlight Relationship Issues
Holidays are important. Especially since we only get a few each year. They can be fabulous times packed with great memories we will cherish forever. Whether we get to enjoy some family fun over Easter or the summer school break, holidays are one of the biggest (if not the biggest) motivation for working 9 to…
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![Songs For Sound Minds #13 – Candi Stanton]()
Songs For Sound Minds #13 – Candi Stanton
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. You Got the Love is the next track in our series, a gospel/soul/disco classic…
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![Coping with Life Transitions]()
Coping with Life Transitions
Benjamin Franklin famously wrote: “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. Change is an inevitable part of life. It is as inescapable as the passage of time and is often the precursor to a significant life transition. Life transitions are typically the most significant milestones in our lives.…
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Relationships and Social Media
Social media is becoming ever more intertwined in our lives and relationships. In an earlier blog we looked at the concept of the ‘digital shadow’ and the risk to relationships between parents and children. The conclusion being that parents who share every aspect of a child’s life on social media risk damage to their future…
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