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If you have a friend like this… the Olympic runner who stopped to walk her injured rival to the finish line

The Olympics is full of inspirational stories. Every medal ceremony is a triumph. There’s the marriage proposals, the rugby player who survived breaking her neck and cancer to get to the Olympics.  Then there’s Yusra Mardini , the Syrian swimmer who almost died pushing a loaded boat of refugees in the Mediterranean. But there’s something about this […]

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There will never be a statue for me. Celebrate the invisible women on #IWD2016

Community Correspondent Lorna Cosh speaks up for every invisible woman. This is the Mind Waves contribution to Women’s Protest 2015: a celebration of 100 years since the Glasgow rent strikes. It’s International Women’s Day on March 8. We’d like to celebrate all the women who’s stories have never been heard. Some of the women who […]

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Top tips for self management from @SelfMgmtScot

If you live with a long term condition, you’ll know that having a better life is about more than just doctors and medication. Gaining control of  your own health and wellbeing, with support,  is a great feeling. Our friends at the Self Management Network Scotland work with individuals and professionals to support people to manage […]

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What happens when you’re terrified of eating in public and the guy you like asks you out for lunch?

A post from our Community Correspondent Paula McGuire @pmusttryharder What happens when you’re terrified of eating in public and the guy you like asks you out for lunch? This is the story of a socially anxious girl, an oblivious boy, and a pocketful of toast. As relationships go, mine with food has historically been toxic. Not cyanide […]

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