Category: Self-esteem

Building relationships

While technology has made it more convenient to keep in touch with the outside world, and even become re-acquainted with long-lost friends, it has also changed how we define relationships.  Someone with 1,000 Facebook friends may think they’re a rock star. But, how many of those “friends” would be there…
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Mental Health of Youth

Adolescence is a unique and formative time.  Physical, emotional and social changes, including exposure to poverty, abuse, or violence, can make adolescents vulnerable to mental health problems.  Protecting adolescents from adversity, promoting socio-emotional learning and psychological well-being, and ensuring access to mental health care are critical for their health and…
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To be beautiful means to be yourself! – A Trijog and Wellness Forever campaign

Social media has set unexpected standards towards body image. “Beauty standards” portray an unrealistic body perfectionism which has put many women and men in distress. What is perfect? And who gets to define this perfect?    Is having “the curves” more feminine and a “buffed body” advocates masculinity?   Perfectionism exerts…
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