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Welcome to my Mental Health Blog!
Find professional and non-judgmental mental health information on topics including anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, loss, self-harm, suicide, borderline personality disorder, relationships, psychotherapy, Covid-19, resilience and more.
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Living Abroad: How to enjoy the festive season
DR. QURATULAIN ZAIDI explores how the on-going Covid-19 pandemic is impacting the mental health of expatriates in Hong Kong, and shares...
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Another Pandemic Christmas: How to share Meaningful Family Time
The festive season is associated with family gatherings and traditions. Travel restrictions and other Covid-19 measures can put a...
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Filipina migrant domestic workers in Asia: Mental health and resilience
Unfavourable economic conditions in the Philippines, combined with the enhanced preference of high-income countries to outsource...
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Back to the Office in Covid 19?
How to manage on-going changes in our work routine without compromising our mental health. #mentalhealth #mindbalancehk #covid19...
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Clutter & Hoarding
When does it become dysfunctional? What drives it? #anxiety #mindbalancehk #mentalhealth
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3 Ways To... Reduce Your Anxious Thoughts
Stress and anxiety can cause our thoughts to race around our head – often worries about the past or the future. This can feel...
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3 Ways to... Practice Mindfulness
Mindfulness has been shown to enhance our wellbeing by improving our emotion regulation and our ability to focus. Being mindful means to...
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Recognize Depression in Yourself and Others
People tend to think that depression involves being sad and hiding away from the world. While that may be a part of it, depression can be...
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Effectively Managing Anxiety
Anxiety is what we feel when our system perceives a threat in our environment. It manifests at four levels: feelings, thoughts, physical...
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What lies at the Heart of your Anxiety?
What is your core fear? It’s usually not what first comes to mind. We start to develop our core beliefs early on in life. They can colour...
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Managing Uncertainty in Uncertain Times
These are uncertain times: It is difficult to predict what will happen next week, let alone in 3, 6 or 12 months. As humans, certainty...
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Recognize Anxiety in Yourself and Others
You suddenly notice an increase in heart-rate and breathing, your palms get sweaty, and you can’t shake that queasy feeling at the pit of...
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Relationship Healing - 10 Minute Visualization
Difficult relationships weigh on our hearts and minds. This visualization helps you to process your feelings and express what's in your...
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How can we Change our Mental Health Stigma?
If you have missed my previous article on why we have mental health stigma, follow this link to check it out. The current article is all...
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Why do we have our Stigma about Mental Health?
Have you felt you couldn’t share your overwhelming feelings or thoughts with other people, worried you will be judged? Do the words...
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Are you Avoiding Closeness?
Do you want a relationship, but worry that a partner may take away your independence and autonomy? Are you concerned about losing...
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How is Self-Sabotage Holding You Back?
Have you ever been in a really good place in a relationship, but suddenly start acting differently? You push your partner away, test...
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TRANSFORM YOUR ANXIETY INTO POWER
You suddenly notice an increase in heartrate and breathing, your palms get sweaty, and you can’t shake that queasy feeling at the pit of...
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ACHIEVE A CALMER MIND
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and...
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Recognizing Depression
People tend to think that depression involves being sad and hiding away from the world. While that may be a part of it, depression can be...
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