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(996 words, 5-minute read) Imagine this: You’ve got an interview for your dream job in two hours. You’ve spent the week preparing — practicing answers, researching — and you feel rock solid. To calm your nerves, you grab lunch with a Continue reading Confidence Is Contagious: How Other Minds Quietly Infect Your Own
Imagine living in a world where everyone says the sky is green. You’ve always seen it as blue, but no one believes you—they dismiss your confusion, call you ‘oversensitive’ or accuse you of not trying hard to fit in, making Continue reading Spotting Autism Early: How Machine Learning Makes the Call
Introduction Imagine a house where your child has asthma attacks due to secondhand smoke leaking through the windows. This is the reality for a large number of people living in social housing in the United Kingdom. Social housing communities face Continue reading No Blame, More Gain: How to Create Smokefree Social Housing Without Stigmatizing Residents
[996 words, 6-minute read] You just can’t stand to see someone you love be in pain. A spinal cord injury (SCI) turns life upside down — for them, and for you. You want to know they’re getting the best care Continue reading Can we trust the tests? – Unlocking Mental Health Support After Spinal Cord Injury
Money talk with kids usually sounds like this: confusing, rushed, and ending with ‘just trust me.’ But what if the secret weapon was right in your hands (or to be more precise, was just your hands)? Imagine explaining inflation to an Continue reading Handy Money💰: How Small Hand Movements Can Super-charge Kids’ Money Smarts in Minutes
Wonderful ways of powerful communication Opens new doors that were never there. We yell, laugh, cry, we now are aware. You will help me reach my destination. – A poem from “A Tiny Space”, by nonspeaking autistic author, fifi coo. Continue reading Nonspeaking but Not Unheard: Insights from Disability Support Workers on Communication with Nonspeaking Service Users.
Have you ever noticed your heart racing before a big presentation or important meeting? That quickened pulse is your body’s way of responding to stress, a totally natural process that helps us rise to the challenge. But what happens when Continue reading The Hidden Conversation Between Stress, Mental Health, and Your Heart
999 words, 6-minute read Imagine your phone buzzes—a game notification says your friend unlocked a rare item in a time-limited event. How does it make you feel? Are you excited to unlock it yourself, or do you feel pressured? However Continue reading Fear of Missing Out in Game: Why Some Players Feel More Stress Than Fun
“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.” – Peter Drucker Think about the last time you were in a country where you didn’t speak the language: how did you manage to get your message Continue reading “It’s a Completely Unique Kind of Communication Style”: How Do You Communicate With People Who Don’t Speak?
Hearing voices is seen as a bad thing – but what do patients think? Before we begin, watch this video on what it’s like to suddenly hear voices + why it’s not always a bad thing! 🗣️What do we know Continue reading “Don’t call me crazy, I think I like the voices inside my head!” – What patient experiences teach us about Positive Auditory Verbal Hallucinations