Category: 03. Mental Health News
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Tips on tuning in and being grateful
Do you wake up in the morning and instinctively reach for your phone? Why not try tuning into your environment and connecting to the things in life that you are grateful for.
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What is Mindfulness Meditation?
You might have heard the term ‘mindfulness meditation’ mentioned a lot more recently as we try to come to terms with the ‘new normal’. But what is mindfulness meditation?
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Getting physical and staying grounded during COVID-19
Looking after yourself is important at any time, however, given the current climate, it is perhaps now more important than ever before. With many of us now working from and self-isolating, our Exercise Physiologist, Ryan has put together some helpful tips that we can all follow to make sure our we stay active, look after…
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Ngangkari healers
Hunter Primary Care and New Horizons Wellbeing Warriors welcomed the Ngangkari Healers from the Anangu Ngangkari Tjutaku Aboriginal Corporation (ANTAC) to the Hunter region in March 2020.
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Creating a mentally healthy workplace
We spend a big chunk of our time at work. And even when we’re not physically at work, the connected age we live in means the lines between our job and home are increasingly blurred.
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headspace Newcastle celebrates new office expansion to increase services to Newcastle youth
headspace Newcastle will officially open the doors of its new office expansion on Tuesday 29th October, to coincide with the conclusion of Mental Health Month. Federal Member for Newcastle, Sharon Claydon MP, will officially open the space.
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Working to stop people with a mental illness ‘falling through the gaps’
Helping hand: Support coordination services for people with serious mental illness are creating ‘profound’ changes to people’s lives.
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New service to support youth struggling with drug and alcohol misuse
headspace Newcastle has launched a new service to offer counselling and support to young people in the Hunter region, aged 12-19 years, who are experiencing moderate to severe difficulties with their drug and alcohol use.
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Connected to community
FEELING connected to community is vital for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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Funding Boost for headspace Newcastle
In an exciting announcement, services for young people in Newcastle who are at risk of self-harm or experiencing mental ill-health will be urgently expanded.