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Smart Ways to Manage Financial Anxiety in a Volatile Economy

Financial anxiety

Even before this year’s economic turmoil, financial anxiety was already gripping Americans at alarming levels. A Discover survey from last year revealed that four out of five Americans were worried about their financial situation. Top concerns included inflation, rising everyday…

Friendship Benches Launch in Sussex to Provide Free Mental Health Support

Friendship Bench

The Friendship Bench—originally launched in Zimbabwe in 2006 by psychiatrist Professor Dixon Chibanda—is a simple but powerful model. It involves wooden benches placed in community areas where trained lay counsellors, affectionately called “grandmothers” and “grandfathers,” offer a listening ear and…