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Laughter Yoga: Giggling Your Way Into Wellbeing
It might sound like just another bizarre trend, but laughter yoga is an established practice helping people all around the world release tension. It combines intentional laughter with traditional breathing techniques...
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Population Growth vs Planetary Limits: is There Enough for Everyone?
The global human population currently stands near eight billion people and is projected to rise before hopefully stabilising later this century. How should we interpret this growth and what does...
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Filmmaking as Therapy: The Conversation I Couldn’t Have
There are conversations we know we need to have but also know we can’t. Not because we don’t care. But because we care too much about what we might lose...
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Protein: How to Care for Your Health and the Planet
It’s the classic question any vegetarian knows well: how do you get your protein?! But this is something we should all be asking ourselves, now more urgently than ever. Before...
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Adoption: Why ‘Low-Needs’ Is a Dangerous Myth
Adoption isn’t about parents picking and choosing the “right” child, it’s about providing for the child’s needs.
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Starting Together: Family-friendly Ways to Celebrate New Year’s Eve in London
Famously, 31st December is often spent attending late-night parties, raising a glass to the new year and kissing at midnight. London is one of the world’s most iconic cities to celebrate it in,...
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Christmas Around the Globe: Reminding Kids of a World Beyond Gift Lists
As Christmas nears, I am humming carols, connecting with family and braving the crowds to buy gifts, alongside so many others. Around this time of year, it is common that...
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The Hidden Benefits of London’s Green Spaces
London is often cloudy, but that doesn’t mean all activities must be done inside. This is one of the greenest cities in the world, in fact, in 2019 it was...
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How to Explain Puberty to Pre-Teens: An Honest Guide for Respectful Parents
As a parent of a young child, I imagine puberty talks happening when our children are well into secondary school. But increasingly, pre-teens as young as 7 or 8 start...
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Should We Shorten the Work Week – Or Rethink How We Use Our Time?
There’s been a lot of talk lately — including from Bernie Sanders — about shortening the work week in the face of ever-improving productivity driven by AI and other technologies....
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Reflections on Change: “People Don’t Want Their Problems Solved”
“People don’t want their problems solved.” Yesterday, I reached this conclusion about a local community group struggling with overwhelming admin. They raised some issues with me, sounding like they wanted...
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Top 4 Podcasts to Inspire Action and Understanding About the Climate Situation 2023
There has been lots of criticism towards the mainstream media relating to downplaying the significance of the climate issue and the so called Impartiality policies. They end up disproportionately supporting...
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