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How Setting Goals Can Help and Hurt Your Mental Health : By Debbie Hampton

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Good and bad memories are stored in different neurons, study finds. - This opens the door to manipulating networks of specific neurons: By Peter Rogers

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https://www.freethink.com/health/good-and-bad-memories-different-neurons?fbclid=IwAR1FWFc-liA0tG9Kql1YAMEo0_PhbnuLUhkAEMNTidrS25xLoT_UgIuvZO4  

11 Warning Signs You’re Practicing Spiritual Materialism: By Aletheia

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Erikson's Stages of Psychological Development : By Brianne Thompson

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Music: In Between: Sound Ceremony by The Medicine Of Sound

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Invisible Bruises 10 Frustrating Things People Say to Childfree Adults : By Kaytee Gillis

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/invisible-bruises/202206/10-frustrating-things-people-say-childfree-adults?utm_source=FacebookPost&utm_medium=FBPost&utm_campaign=FBPost&fbclid=IwAR3X3-7MFHd6fu2wrufmi0CWmSC-dn5w2Ma6bgHttmrbDmGIKVWb29s6T7I  

Partially Compensated - As story about dyslexia - Violet learns to embrace her talents and work at her own pace. In so doing, she discovers there are advantages to thinking differently. : By writer illustrator Krista Weltner

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As one who faces the challenges of Dyslexia, I find this video extremely poignant. (FYI it took me 4 tries to write the word poignant. Silent letters .......... 😜)   https://www.artandhealing.org/partially-compensated/?utm_source=Foundation+for+Art+%26+Healing+Connections&utm_campaign=d29fbf2041-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_091522_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e6ce0c51f-d29fbf2041-17831445&mc_cid=d29fbf2041&mc_eid=56facc0eb0  

How to Love Yourself (the “No BS” Guide) : By Alethia - Loner Wolf

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Understanding Nonviolent Causes of PTSD : By Amen Clinics

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Gii, Gundhi (Hearts and Homes) - Nardi Simpson and art.afterhours – Stiff Gins- In Honour of NAIDOC Week and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

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The acronym NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee.  NAIDOC Week is a time of observance and respect in Australia on the first Sunday in July and ending on the following Sunday.  Born in 1938 as a Day of Mourning, in 1975 it grew into a week-long event that celebrates the 60.000 year history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  NAIDOC Week is a time for reflectoion and celebration for all Australians ans provides valuable opportunities for all of us to learn more about the oldest living culture in history and the controbutions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia and all over the world today in all fields.  

A Simple Way to Deal with Emotional Stress - How to relieve the mental anguish of a difficult situation : By Barton Goldsmith

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/emotional-fitness/202205/simple-way-deal-emotional-stress?fbclid=IwAR3xUJLeDFTTppPHKM8zfTQm6hOHdENXzOiC2MEvO1dGWcsi8TZ8G-j4bR4  

Neurographica and Neuro-Art is the same thing? By Prof. Pavel Piskarev

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The Key Skill We Rarely Learn: How to Feel Your Feelings = We are wired to avoid our emotions, not mindfully embrace them : By Victoria Lemle Beckner

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/harnessing-principles-change/202010/the-key-skill-we-rarely-learn-how-feel-your-feelings?fbclid=IwAR1JnMEOtOTMZfMpTh1-If-OI-P2w6Bk2RXsn3V-SwHBEoBMhUgUtJyY8gk  

Is Sex Addiction a Real Thing? By Debbie Hampton

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https://thebestbrainpossible.com/sex-on-the-brain/?fbclid=IwAR39OrsDG1egb4hUnR7d7jFqGyzWnBuY7oSfvJkuD2xTXOEMdBtoQauiVBE  

Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality - By Anil Seth

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What Elements Define NeuroGraphic Art and NeuroArt?

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Breathing 101: Reducing Anxiety and Improving Your Quality of Life : By Rod Rawls

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How to think like a phenomenologist - Doing Edmund Husserl’s phenomenological reduction will transform your view of the world and your own consciousness : By D J Hobbs

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4 Simple Phrases to Stop Anxious Thoughts During these uncertain times, it's important to interrupt anxious thoughts : By Hilary Jacobs Hendel

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/emotion-information/202005/4-simple-phrases-stop-anxious-thoughts?fbclid=IwAR2qqqiV8aH6jOK9ZeFrOrsS2m2V3kMTQlXsjfM3Dlz1hVG0NbcCtmK49e8   Wellness Fridays

Why we are hard-wired to worry, and what we can do to calm down : By Debbie Hampton

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https://thebestbrainpossible.com/worry-anxiety-brain-calm/?fbclid=IwAR3O8sc-xNwj2kpRycT0MaffZKqd5EL7OBwnVr_r2ZMTOUf596kLriv0JY0   Wellness Fridays

Art and music therapy seem to help with brain disorders. Scientists want to know why : By John Hamilton

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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/02/19/1081263873/mental-health-art-therapy?fbclid=IwAR3Hb_kE_tJQ11B4K35rR0X6BkRL9Aj87RcXOjcX-cJHPgNaIMU7I2z8p3I  

Step Outside : The Psychological Benefits of Walking : By Tifosi Sports

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The Meaning Of Mindfulness : By Debbie Hampton

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https://thebestbrainpossible.com/the-meaning-of-mindfulness-2/?fbclid=IwAR1XZ9o4NrXQsiwFg6PHAHe2MYiN8-K_r8zvaig6RKQuqB5CYQ2lHLiNiCA   Wellness Fridays

How Your Thoughts Change Your Brain, Cells, And Genes : By Debbie Hampton

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Art Therapy for Kids: 22 Activities to Help Your Child Cope and Heal : By Meraki Lane

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https://www.merakilane.com/art-therapy-for-kids-22-activities-to-help-your-child-cope-and-heal/  

How To Easily Boost Each Happy Chemical In Your Brain : By Debbie Hampton

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https://thebestbrainpossible.com/simple-habits-to-increase-each-happy-chemical-in-your-brain/?fbclid=IwAR3QID_7iAjWnEmZp6WHGfjYS87KlcdnEcDWukiOpRXZzK0TVwUnPgUMM8U   Wellness Fridays

Understanding the 4 Fs of Fear and Stress: Fight, Flight, Freeze and Fawn : By Surviving Mom Blog

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Art of Life Counselling in going into semi-retirement. My career as a trauma counsellor has been greatly rewarding in so many ways and it is with a little bit of a heavy heart that Moon Shadow and I will no longer be seeing one-to-one clients. Group Adult Creative Arts Therapy however, will be continuing to run, as will group community group support work and psychoeducation. Live Your Bliss, Mairead.

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Neurographic Art - Basic Techniques : By Alison Hazel

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How Living in a Dopamine-Driven World Leads to Depression : By Debbie Hampton

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https://thebestbrainpossible.com/dopamine-fasting-brain-depression/?fbclid=IwAR0s79Pop6zjhCsFirOpXb0tyYjPJuXwrOd3c6SdObdT9rXCmgYHopX_n-4   Wellness Fridays

5 Nature Inspired Activities for Stress, Depression & Anxiety : By Rachael Rose

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https://www.workshopmuse.com/single-post/2016/09/07/5-Nature-Inspired-Activities-for-Stress-Depression-Anxiety