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Becoming Buoyant: Helping Teachers and Students Cope with the Day to Day

Becoming Buoyant: Helping Teachers and Students Cope with the Day to Day

Becoming Buoyant shows teachers how they can help students to bounce back from daily setbacks and challenges.

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Is there a ‘best time’ to have that first cup of coffee?

Chances are, the first thing you reach for in the morning is a cup of coffee. I’ve written previously about the health benefits of the…

4 min readMay 23, 2024

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Is there a ‘best time’ to have that first cup of coffee?

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My Peculiar Ashwagandha Experience

Regular readers might recall that I began micro-dosing Ashwagandha back in November.

3 min readMay 6, 2024

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My Peculiar Ashwagandha Experience

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Why I’m eating more mushrooms: A very brief guide to adaptogens

I’m searching for ways to make my later years better. Turning 50 scared the hell out of me, especially as I’d put on some unwanted weight…

3 min readNov 29, 2023

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This simple dietary change could save your brain

As I get older, I think about this more and more, and now that I’m in my 50s, looking after my brain (as well as my body) has become even…

4 min readApr 10, 2024

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This simple dietary change could save your brain

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One simple tip for living longer

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and…

5 min readMay 22, 2024

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One simple tip for living longer

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The Everyday ‘Superfood’ You’ve Probably Neglected

I care little for the term ’superfood.’ It gives the impression that all we need to do is munch on Goji berries all day and our health will…

3 min readApr 30, 2024

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The Everyday ‘Superfood’ You’ve Probably Neglected

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Three Habits for a Healthier Brain

I have one major goal — to live a long and healthy life.

4 min readApr 28, 2024

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Three Habits for a Healthier Brain

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Eugene Tooms: A Perfect Monster?

Few monsters are as chilling as Eugene Victor Tooms. Introduced in the third episode of the first season of The X-Files (entitled Squeeze)…

3 min readMar 25, 2024

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Eugene Tooms: A Perfect Monster?

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Whatever happened to Slender Man?

Do you remember Slender Man? It doesn’t seem all that long ago that the modern-day bogeyman was everywhere. Born from the equally peculiar…

4 min readMar 18, 2024

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Whatever happened to Slender Man?

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Darkly weird: Five authors you might not know

When we talk about weird and uncanny fiction, we tend to focus on the classics, think H. P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson or Edgar Allan Poe…

5 min readMar 11, 2024

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Darkly weird: Five authors you might not know

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Marc Smith

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Chartered Psychologist, author, learning scientist, lover of literature and libraries; accidental poet. https://linktr.ee/marc1857

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