Tw: discussions of weight Can you believe it has been a year since we last admired crazy Otley Run costumes? But the hiatus is finally set to end. The roadmap out of lockdown has been […]
The Ultimate Self-Care Package
The importance of self-care has never been more profound. It can be so easy to get too wrapped up in the mundanities of everyday life that we often neglect our physical, emotional and mental well-being. […]
Lose the diet, not the weight: how to be body-confident
It has commenced. The dubbed as ‘national diet month’ by podcast-host Julie Duffy Dillon is here. And this year the typical post-Christmas persuasions come hand in hand with an additional array of lockdowns and restrictions. […]
Lockdown 3.0…here we go again!
With the recent announcement of a third lockdown, it can be easy to feel a bit uneasy about the whole situation and trust me, you are not alone. One of the most important things is […]
Study Abroad at Home: Game Nights and Food to Lift the Mood
Need help distracting yourself this lockdown? Check out this article to see how Siobhan is making the most of the little things.
Rooted: Feed your mind through nature
So, as the country transitions into another lockdown, we’ve dug deep to uproot and offer some mechanisms that can be put into place to boost body and mind.
Study Abroad at Home: Falling in Love with Where We Are
The craziness of 2020 continues. With many regions facing local lockdown, redundancies risings and students learning online it can be hard to go outside or even get out of bed. So, I thought in this […]
Romanticising Life: How I Finally Got My Life Together
Jane discusses how the pandemic helped her to focus on her well-being and start romanticising life.
A Deep Look at the State of Mental Health in Leeds
“I think that the transition in becoming an adult is becoming all the more intense” Amy Wells says to me, the Welfare Officer at Leeds University Union (LUU), as we discuss over the phone about […]
Mental Well-being: why looking after your mind MATTERS
The Gryphon explores the importance of looking after your mental well-being whilst at university and takes a look at the societies and courses of action that can help provide support for mental health issues amongst […]
Science | ‘Thinking’ guts influence thoughts
Termed the ‘second brain’, our bodies have a completely separate nervous system, which carries 500 million neurons and stretches to nine meters, from oesophagus to anus. Historically thought to be for controlling digestion, the enteric […]