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Our lives have been changed by the 2020 pandemic, and in this short article, I am going to focus on how we can move through what has, and continues to be, a scary, alienating and...

Everyone is talking about the Christmas ad by Supervalue Supermarket. It sets the scene of a little boy waiting hopefully for the arrival of a very special Christmas visitor. If...

Autumn has always been my favourite season: vibrant colours, bonfire smells and the return of woolly jumpers and boots. But this year it has felt hard to enter the month of...

We can’t be around each other but we can be with each other. Before the pandemic, loneliness was emerging as a health hazard due to its impact on people's emotional and...

All aboard... only one household at a time! Where we are heading, though, is anyone’s guess. Think magical mystery tour. And it’s going to be a bumpy ride so hold on...

Winter can be a difficult time for many people and this affects our mood and our physical health. But there are ways to improve our circumstances through the dormant time of year...

Have you ever lived abroad? Even gone for a few months? It can be difficult to do so for a short time, let alone a permanent move, even to another English-speaking country, or...

What image do you see when you think about the word "lonely". It often conjures up images in our minds of a fringe subset of society...the elderly, the homeless, even discarded...

Loneliness has been around long before COVID-19 showed up. Loneliness, already seen as widespread in our society, has been exacerbated by the pandemic and subsequent lockdown...

Historians will be writing about this strange period of time for the rest of the 21st century. Many of us will emerge changed as this pandemic proves to be much more than a health...