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Caroline Bartlett moved to Bermuda looking for a place to swim. She was used to paddling in Ilfracombe, a small coastal fishing town in her native Devon. Icy dips in the local pool were bracing, but laps soon became her workout of choice. “We had a ...

The healthy collaboration between the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute and WindReach has been documented for an international forum by Morrisa Rogers, an occupational therapist at MWI. Her work has been published this month in the World Federation of ...

A man who stabbed a friend has been ordered to receive further treatment at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness centre. Shirwin Smith, 28, stabbed Pernell Outerbridge in the area of his left ear with a four-inch pocket knife in Hamilton Parish on March 29, 201...

Shannon Young’s wellness conference for working mothers takes place next month. The seemingly unobtainable work-life balance is on the agenda. The Bermudian was put through her paces as a career-driven mother of three and now runs a coaching practice...

Every so often I post a photo on Instagram or Facebook of a yoga pose that I’ve been working on. Behind every photo, there are about 15 photos that don’t make the cut, mostly of me falling on my face. I add a filter before it makes its way on to so...

Ethical issues that arise over long-term care are being discussed by medical staff as part of Ethics Awareness Week. Expert Christy Simpson, the head of the bioethics department at Dalhousie University, is working with staff from King Edward VII Memo...

Susan Thomas feared being stigmatised when she publicly revealed she had a depressive illness. David is sharing his story anonymously today, because he worries he might be judged. Mrs Thomas was flooded with messages from people who said they had si...

David didn’t understand why people were looking at him like something wasn’t right. He was speaking clearly but they didn’t get what he was saying. He was full of energy; they all seemed so slow. The penny didn’t drop until he was taken away by ambul...

Mental Health Awareness Week was launched yesterday with the theme of dignity. Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the acting health minister, addressed an audience at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute and highlighted the need to “consider the humanity in peo...

Work to replace a sewage plant at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute is under way and area residents are looking forward to breathing fresh air this autumn. Neighbours of the Devonshire facility have complained for several years about a “terrible s...

Senior Magistrate Juan Wolffe is prepared to join lobbying efforts to put pressure on legislators when it comes to updating Bermuda’s laws dealing with mental health. Mr Wolffe spoke candidly with The Royal Gazette on the introduction of restorative ...