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The Lighthouse Charity and Ripple Suicide Prevention are launching a new partnership to drive positive change across the construction sector. The partnership aims to encourage open conversations around mental health and suicide prevention, increase awareness of the support available to construction workers, and help employers build safer, more supportive workplaces. Construction remains one of the highest-risk industries for suicide in the UK. Suicide is the leading cause of death for men under 50, and for those working in construction, the risk is four times greater. While pressure, pace, and resilience are often seen as strengths within the sector, these…

UAE, Dubai: The “Emirates Health” platform has concluded its distinguished participation at the World Health Expo (WHX) 2026 in Dubai, after four days of high-level discussions and active engagement with officials, visitors, and specialists. Through the innovative projects showcased, the platform strengthened the UAE’s position as a global hub for health policy development and innovation while promoting quality of life and service sustainability in line with the objectives of the “We the UAE 2031” vision. During the event, the platform displayed a comprehensive portfolio of smart national initiatives that attracted the attention of attendees, reflecting growing interest in national health…

The truth does not cease to exist when it is forgotten or ignored. You know how you can hear or read something dozens of times in various ways before it finally sinks in? The truths listed below fall firmly into that category — timeless lessons that many of us probably learned years ago, and have been reminded of ever since, yet for whatever reason we tend to forget in the heat of the moment. This, my friends, is my attempt at helping all of us, myself included, “get it” and “remember it” once and for all… 1. Life is relatively…

The California State Association of Counties honored Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services at the 2025 Challenge Awards in Sacramento on Wednesday.Behavioral health was recognized for its Mobile Evaluation Team Communications Center Program, an effort that embeds behavioral health staff directly in 911 dispatch centers across Kern County.“There were over 400 entries for this Challenge Award, and they presented 15 of them Wednesday night, so out of 400, Kern County was one of just 15 recognized,” said Tonya Maddox, KernBHRS crisis services administrator.Agency Director Alison Burrowes said in a news release Thursday that the agency is proud to receive the…

When it comes to national politics, Americans are fiercely divided across a range of issues, including gun control, election security, and vaccines. It’s not new for Republicans and Democrats to be at odds over issues, but things have reached a point where even the idea of compromising appears to be anathema, making it more difficult to solve thorny problems.But things are much less heated at the local level. A survey of more than 1,400 local officials by the Carnegie Corporation and CivicPulse found that local governments are “largely insulated from the harshest effects of polarization.” Communities with fewer than 50,000…

Love and relationships can take a serious toll on your mental health. MindNation’s 2025 WellBeing Survey finds that nearly 30% of respondents identify relationship problems as a key driver of their mental health challenges, revealing the real emotional toll of unresolved conflict, poor communication, and relational stress. Despite this, formal psychological support remains low as many rely on family or friends, or seek help only as a last resort. This Valentine’s, it’s time to rethink what giving love really means. MindNation is shifting the focus from fleeting gestures to meaningful investments in emotional resilience, self-worth, and healthier relationships. From February…

You know that moment when your brain has 37 tabs open and every tab is screaming “urgent”? That’s the DIY life when it starts to crack. Doing everything yourself can feel heroic and efficient until it turns into late nights, dropped balls, and that dread when your inbox refreshes. Delegating can feel like the opposite: messy, slower, and slightly terrifying because someone else might do it “wrong.” Here’s the truth: both can work. The win is choosing the right mode for the right season and building a system you can trust. Delegation Is Not Less Work, It’s Different Work Let’s…

Source: LeoPatrizi / Getty Somewhere along the way, beauty routines stopped feeling indulgent and started feeling obligatory. Let’s change that with 10 beauty rituals that feel like self-care and not a chore. We all know the wash day that takes half a Saturday. The layered skincare steps feel more like a science experiment than self-love. The unspoken pressure to always look put together. What should be sacred mirror time can easily turn into another task on a never-ending list. But beauty was never supposed to exhaust you. At its best, beauty is ritual. And ritual is about intention. It is…

Hyderabad: In recent decades, psychologists and neuroscientists have begun to look beyond conventional Western therapy models.Many are taking a serious interest in regional healing traditions, systems of care that evolved within local cultures and persisted for generations.Combining various practices These traditions encompass physical practices, ritual acts, movement, music, storytelling and community involvement. Modern research is not merely cataloguing these practices; it is investigating why they work, for whom and how their mechanisms intersect with psychological processes.Understanding healing traditions through a psychological lensRegional healing traditions are not merely cultural artefacts; they embody methods of regulation, emotional, cognitive, social, and physiological. Modern…

Fr0ggy – via unsplash It was only a few months ago that Juan Leon became the proud owner of Minnesota’s newest tow truck service. Not long after, he began to get calls about abandoned vehicles and realized there was a pattern. Whether it was parked on the side of the street or in the lot of a business, their owners were just gone. In most if not all such cases, he would learn, they had been arrested by ICE during its Operation Metro Storm. Whether one supports the efforts of the agency to deport illegal immigrants, it left behind a…