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Community Mental HealthDrinking and driving: Where culture outweighs consequence

September 5, 202117 min

My friend remembers the first time he drank and drove. It was actually the first time he had alcohol, let alone drove under the influence. The year was 2013 and he was 18 years old, speeding in the fast lane and overtaking cars from the hard shoulder while blasting the aggressive hit song of the time, I Don’t Like, by rapper Chief Keef. Needless to say, he quickly learned that alcohol, hyped music and a...

by Nadine Kamal

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Community Mental HealthWhy schools must be more ‘trauma-informed’ in a post-Covid environment

August 31, 202115 min

Prior to the pandemic, the best place to positively impact young people outside the home was school. After all, that is where children typically spent most of their time. With the return of more face-to-face learning this fall, it is expected that many children, once again, will be spending more time with their teachers and classroom assistants than with their own parents in the comfort — and sometimes discomfort — of home. Let’s face it:...

by Devinder Bains

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Community Mental HealthDid Covid-19 ruin our friendships?

August 26, 202112 min

They live in Abu Dhabi and they had been friends for years. Before Covid-19, they spoke on a daily basis and made sure to meet up at least once a week. But as lockdown hit, and personal contact became restricted, they found themselves starting to drift apart. Even when restrictions began to lift, Zainab still didn’t feel safe enough to venture out, and refused to meet up with Soraya, who was eager to get back...

by Anna Pukas

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Community Mental HealthSoph Wellness: ‘Half the problem is that kids don’t feel heard’

August 17, 202114 min

Sisters Sophiya and Sarah Fiazal used their own experiences with mental health issues to launch a platform for people of their own generation, and will soon open their own wellness studio in Dubai.

by Anna Pukas

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Health Mental HealthThe Wim Hof method, an ice cold way to good health

August 10, 202114 min

It's easy, cheap and anyone can do it. Achieving good health is a matter of breathing properly, fasting and taking ice cold baths. Life coach Benoit Demeulemeester explains how.

by Dr Saliha Afridi

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Community Mental HealthProcrastination, distraction, or addiction?

August 5, 20218 min

Over the years, I have noticed an increasing number of people reporting that they are struggling with procrastination. Delaying tasks and not doing what we planned to do not only affects our ever-present to-do list, but also our self-esteem and self-worth. We stop trusting ourselves and lose faith in our ability to show up for ourselves. I believe what most people are calling procrastination is actually a problem with distraction or, even worse, an addiction...

by Anna Pukas

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Community Health Mental HealthYou need to get yourself a hobby

July 28, 202121 min

Pursuing a hobby not only gives enjoyment and pleasure, it is actually vital to our general mental and emotional well-being

by Anna Pukas

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Community Health Mental HealthClarity Coach: ‘In the end you’re going to have to face yourself’

July 22, 202112 min

We must all manage the stresses of life but without self-care, we are all missing the point, says Clarity Coach Shereen Qutob.

by Ann Marie McQueen

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Health Mental HealthNir Levi: ‘Every fly, frog and snake outside is healthier than us’

July 13, 202116 min

I’ve been planning to book a session with Nir Levi, who visits Dubai’s Seva Experience wellness center from his home base in Paris, for years now. Something always got in the way. But as he would say, I finally went this summer because, well, that’s just when I was meant to go. He wouldn’t mean that in the woo-woo, spiritual bypassing way of the faux-zen wellness warrior we are all so tired of. I know...

by Georgie Bradley

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Health Mental HealthCan’t afford therapy? How to deal with depression on a budget

July 4, 202120 min

There are so many layers to depression and it can be an incredibly destabilising period in a person’s life. The common recommendation is to see a mental health professional, but with therapy costing hundreds of dirhams just for one session, that is just not an option for most of the population here in the UAE. Despite the fact that globally, more than 264 million people of all ages suffer from depression, according to the World...

by Dr Saliha Afridi

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Mental HealthBig boys do cry (here’s why that’s a good thing)

June 30, 20217 min

So many of us get involved in the great parenting debate over what gender is more challenging to raise that we are in danger of overlooking a more serious issue: what is the best way to bring boys up to be honorable and respectful men? I speak from experience, not only as a mother of two boys (and two girls) but also as a psychologist who has spent decades working with boys and men. While...

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