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This year has been a strange one. My fellow Directors of Mind and Soul have spent 2009 getting used to being Fathers for the first time with their first-born children being born just a few days apart. Listening to them speak and seeing their pictures and their gooey eyes leaves me feeling very strange.

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One of the main things we want to do at Mind and Soul is support the importance of spirituality, and especially Christianity, in our mental health. There is a huge amount of evidence that this is good for both mind and body - not to mention soul! However, what do you do if you don't believe in God or are not sure if you do, or don't want to? This blog post is for the agnostics and atheists.

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About ten years ago Britons used to scorn our therapy loving neighbours across the pond. Famous for our stiff upper lip and British reserve, the values and benefits of talking appear to have eluded entire generations. However, recent report by Future Foundation found that 83% of adults have had or would consider therapy.

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Mind and Soul have been asked to coordinate a 'zone' at this years national Christian Resources Exhibition in Esher near London on Tues-Fri 12-15th May. See more information.This 'zone' will draw together many stands at the exhibtion under the general umbrella of Emotional Health. As part of the zone, there will be ten seminars on related topics given by national experts - contributors include: Jonathan Clark and Will Van Der Hart from Mind and Soul as well as Mercy Ministries, the Association of Christian Counsellors, Burrswood Hospital, Christian Healing Mission, Essex Christian Healing, Anorexia and Bulimia Care, Ellel Ministries, Acorn Christian Healing and Green Pastures. Not to mention the 350 stands and 50 other seminars!

Statistically, there is a link between mental health problems and social class - the lower the class you are in the more likely you are to get ill. But there have always been diagnoses that are no respecter of class - like anorexia and social phobia. And life 'in the suburbs' can often be filled with emotional poverty. What can we do about this?

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