It is amazing that whole allotments and greenhouses full of vegetables and flowers can come from just a couple of handfuls of small, dry fragments. Dr Charlotte Allender, from Warwick’s Crop Centre, explains the importance, diversity and quite incredible resilience of seeds.
Dr Harbinder Sandhu, Associate Professor in the Clinical Trials Unit at Warwick Medical School and clinical psychologist, explains some of the feelings we may all experience in the coming weeks and shares some tips for looking after our own wellbeing.
Looking after our wellbeing and mental health is vital in difficult times. Fear and anxiety can suppress our immune system, so finding ways to be kind to ourselves and others while we deal with the spread of COVID19 will boost our immune system and help fight infection explains Sarah Stewart-Brown, Professor of Public Health and expert in mental wellbeing from Warwick Medical School.
In the midst of the pandemic we are all feeling extra anxiety, but what about the 1.5 million people in the UK with an intellectual disability, asks Danielle Adams, PhD candidate at the Centre for Educational Development Appraisal and Research, University of Warwick.
As the year comes to a close, people start thinking about New Year’s resolutions. Dr Harbinder Sandhu is a Health Psychologist and Associate Professor from Warwick Medical School shares a few tips for healthy self-reflection and successful goal-setting.
While the bereaved have traditionally visited graves or burial sites to talk to deceased loved ones, some are now turning to digital spaces to continue their bonds with the dead.
When it comes to success and wellbeing, most parents want the best for their children, right? But the kind of parenting where you try to ensure your child’s success could be their downfall, according to Dieter Wolke, Professor of developmental psychology and individual differences at the University of Warwick.
Is it ethical for GPs to prescibe social activities to lonely people? Two moral philosophers ask not just whether the consequences of an initiative are acceptable, but also whether the initiative respects and honours people as people.
Between 2011 and 2014, Claire Haworth led the Twins Wellbeing Intervention Study, investigating the influence of environment and genetics on our state of wellbeing, and methods to improve our levels of happiness. Claire spoke to Gareth Jenkins about her interest in the science of happiness.
Libby Burton spoke to Gareth Jenkins as part of the What Makes Us Happy series, following conversations with Sarah Stewart-Brown, Claire Haworth and Andrew Oswald and Eugenio Proto.
