Tuesday Talks: Procrastination

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Hey there! It's been a while since we've done a post! Deepest apologies; our blog writer was sick for a few weeks and then came Carnival and then came post-Carnival and well, you know...excuses. In light of this, we've decided to focus today's Tuesday Talks post on Procrastination.

Tuesday Talks: Bullying

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For our first Tuesday Talks of 2014, we've chosen the topic of bullying. This serious and unfortunate problems extends far beyond classrooms and playgrounds. In this post we focus on three types of bullying: school bullying, workplace bullying and familial bullying.

Tuesday Talks: Forgiveness

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It's the holiday season and 2013 is drawing to a close. This Tuesday Talks post is going to be our last post on the blog for the year and we wanted to leave you with a little insight into forgiveness.

The new year is always associated with resolutions. The usual list is made up of promises to lose weight or spend less. Sometimes people make resolutions that regard changing an aspect about themselves, such as a promise to be more charitable or more spiritual. Have you ever considered, however, making a resolution to forgive?

Tuesday Talks: Depression

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Depression is perhaps the most common of all mental health problems. It affects approximately 5% of the Caribbean and Latin American population. At a seminar on depression in the workplace, Dr. Fuad Khan spoke about the need to reduce stigma when dealing with challenges like depression, which can have a profound effect on multiple areas of a person's life.

Tuesday Talks: Stigma

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Tuesday Talks is a series aimed at discussing mental health in the Caribbean, with a focus on Trinidad and Tobago. The Alive Child and Family Counselling Centre hopes that through these posts, people can get a better understanding of what mental health and mental illness is, and that cultural taboos and stereotypes in the Caribbean region can begin to change as we strive towards developing a more accurate psychological perspective.

To begin this series, our first topic is stigma.