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care, treatment tips, and self-improvement.

Feeling stressed? Positive ways to stay calm during lockdown…

As we are entering level 4 of the lockdown we have come to know our enemy, the coronavirus a bit better. According to Prof. Adam Kucharski, a mathematician at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, there is a saying among epidemiologists: “If you’ve seen one pandemic, you’ve seen… one pandemic.”
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What is EMDR?

EMDR was discovered in 1987 by American psychologist, Francine Shapiro, when she noticed that eye movements influence the way we react to emotions, memories and behaviours. This process can identify the root of the underlying psychopathology.
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Things to do in two square meters?

I wrote this list on Day 11 of the lockdown, but then got carried away by the banana bread craze. If I look at my bathroom scale it is maybe time to do something else than sitting in the sun eating banana bread.
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LOCKDOWN | No getting out of jail – but are there perks?

We may have completed of the first week of the national lockdown, but these are early days yet. By the end of the lockdown I will most probably sing a different tune, but I have been wondering what we can learn during this bizarre time, and maybe we even acquire new mindsets that we can continue with once we are “free” again.
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About me

I was hesitant to write about myself but I changed my mind for two reasons. Firstly, you have the right to know who I am and what is in it for you to read my blogs.
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