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Food as Medicine

in Blogs, Self Care For Caregivers
Explore the role of food in health. Apply nutrition science to guide you on using food as medicine for you and your family. This course introduces the concept of food as medicine. You will explore how food can be important both in preventative health and as an aid in the management of certain chronic diseases [...]

Psychology and Mental Health: Beyond Nature and Nurture

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Learn how a psychological understanding of our emotions and behaviour gives us new ways to improve mental health and wellbeing. Psychological therapies and the work of clinical psychologists are now very popular. This free online course provides an introduction to how psychologists understand emotions, behaviours and thinking patterns, and how this helps clinical psychologists make [...]

Wellbeing and Resilience at Work

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Discover how to maintain resilience and adaptability, and explore the value of good health and wellbeing in the workplace. Today’s world of work is often demanding and rapidly changing. Professionals need to develop new skills to do their job more effectively or to change the way they work in order to adapt to new roles. [...]

How to decide whether you are right or wrong?

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When we declare something as right or wrong, we are fundamentally doing an act of judgment. Is it possible to pass judgment without having some standard truths or assertions to refer to? For example: A judge makes a judgment of right or wrong in a court, by referring to the ‘constitution’. Religious people make their […]

Photo Essay: Three States. Three Caregivers.

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Caregivers navigating complex, emotional situations to meet their needs and others. If you care for a parent or loved one, you almost certainly interact with doctors, nurses and other staff at hospitals, clinics or assisted living facilities. Depending on how age-friendly these professionals are, you either have felt reassured they understand the needs of your [...]

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