Stress & Mental Health

Sunday Scaries and Your Stomach: How Weekend Anxiety Affects Digestion

It’s Sunday evening. The sun is setting, your favourite series is on, and yet there’s that familiar feeling creeping in — a quiet knot in your stomach. You’re not sick.…

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Why Stress Triggers Your IBS Symptoms (and how you can help)

Picture this: You’re facing a particularly stressful week at work, and suddenly your digestive system seems to have a mind of its own. The cramping starts, the bloating intensifies, and…

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Let’s Talk About Self-Care: Why 24 July Matters

Picture this: it’s another hectic Thursday you’re juggling deadlines, and someone mentions “self-care.” Your first thought? Who has time for that? If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. In a…

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Return to work anxiety and IBS – how to cope and prevent symptom flare-ups

We’ve invited health psychologist Dr Megan Arroll and author of “Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Navigate Your Way to Recovery” to give advice on how you can manage your return to work…

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Stress and digestion

Did you know that stress has the ability to affect more than your mental state as stress and digestion go hand in hand? We have all experienced stress at one…

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Mental health, Isolation and Covid 19 – Some advice

So here we all are, in strange and somewhat worrying times. Never before has the World had to come together as one and fight the pandemic Covid 19. We may…

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10 Ways To Take Better Care Of Yourself

Eating sensibly and exercising regularly are staples in promoting better overall health, but there are so many other positive actions you can take to take better care of yourself. Here…

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Have You Heard About the ‘Gut–Brain-Axis’?

It’s a concept that is being mentioned more and more within the IBS community and medical professionals, but what does this mean? And how can you learn how to harness…

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