Articles relating to: Health
The Gayby Has Landed: Parenting during COVID-19
There was a time when my biggest anxiety about having a child was that their rainbow origins would make them prime fodder for bullies.
Read the full story..Living with OCD – and misinformation – during the coronavirus crisis
We’re living in increasingly strange and uncertain times. Our lives are hugely altered, we’re existing in close quarters, unsure about the future and our collective unease is skyrocketing.
Read the full story..“I wanted to reach as many young people as I could.” Deborah Dixon talks about preventing young sudden cardiac deaths with CRY
In September 2011, Deborah Dixon experienced every parent’s worst nightmare.
Read the full story..“My mental health is at its best when I’m active.” Northern Soul does RED January
It’s January. The weather is rubbish, the piggy bank is empty and we’re all feeling a little bit sluggish. It can also be the time of year where our mental health needs some TLC. Northern Soul’s Emma Yates-Badley has registered for RED January 2019, a community initiative that encourages people to support their mental health by doing something active every single day. Emma will be writing about her experience in a weekly blog. In partnership with independent mental health charity, Mind, RED January can provide a focus in a characteristically tough month, empowering you to start the year as you mean to go on.
Read the full story..Review: The Spa, The Midland, Manchester
I absolutely adore a massage. Lying comatose on a heated bed with a shed load of essential oils being kneaded into my face and body is my idea of heaven.
Read the full story..Northern Soul chats to Lauren Coulman, founder of Free to Be OK with Me about anxiety, acceptance and activism
Last year, I lost two stone.
Read the full story..Fleetneedles Forage: The Roses of the North
Roses are an enduring icon of the North: red for Lancashire and white for Yorkshire.
Read the full story..Fleetneedles Forage: how do you like them apples?
Apples are taken for granted in our supermarket multi-choice world.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
- Brute Strength: Why Our Northern Concrete is Worth Keeping
- Writing a novel in 2021? Tips and guidance from a successful 2020 debut author
- Book Review: Lairies by Steve Hollyman
- “We’re a resource for the whole of the North of England.” Kenn Taylor, Lead Cultural Producer North at The British Library North
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