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European Folk Day 23rd September, 2025

The 3rd European Folk Day will take place on Tuesday, 23rd September 2025. From grassroots communities to national organisations, and from individual musicians to companies involved in traditional arts at any level, anyone can get involved.

Our internet station has dedicated its schedule to the event.

European Folk Day 2025 – 24/7 Folk Radio European Folk Day 2025 00:00:00 The 3rd European Folk Day will take place on Tuesday, 23rd September 2025. From grassroots communities to national organisations, and from individual musicians to companies involved in traditional arts at any level, anyone can get involved. On the 23rd September, 2025...

FREE CONFERENCE: International Relaxation Day Online Conference, 15th August, 2025

Conference Theme: Harnessing Relaxation to Enhance Wellbeing
Depending upon your time zone, the conference is held on 14th & 15th August, 2025
Location: Virtual. Conference held on Zoom & YouTube
Cost: Free event

Key: * = Live Zoom webinar or meeting.
+ = Pre-recorded presentation premiered on YouTube.

Quick Links to register and/or attend each session below. Times in BST (UK time):

1. *Harnessing Relaxation to Enhance Wellbeing with Prof Stephen Palmer & Dr Siobhain O’Riordan 09:45 BST to 11:15 BST. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GJKJZ9o7QBWBsc0kqduiGw

2. *Relaxation Club with Prof Stephen Palmer & Dr Siobhain O’Riordan. 11:45 BST to 12:45 BST. Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mzdbIvSLR26rdSKYJbk-Ig

3. +Mindfulness - a trainable dimension of health and wellbeing with Dr Karen E. Neil. 13:00 BST to 13:30 BST. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAlijghms0

4. +Sufi Qawwali Music for Stress Management with Yumna Ali. 14:00 BST to 14:30 BST. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4EviXg-WKE

5. +Coping creatively and using creativity to cope: How creativity can be applied in meditation and stress management with Dr Qing Wang 14:45 BST 2.45pm. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7t8aiq473A

6. *Leadership, self-care and relaxation with Dr. Richard MacKinnon. 15:00 BST to 16:15 BST. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zp7b5i_gQYGedK7ZU0UuXA

7. +Relaxation for All: Cultivating a Way of Being in Everyday Life with Prof Stephen Palmer PhD (32 minutes) 16:30 BST 4.30pm. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnmj-NZFf7c

8. +Mission Impossible? Reclaiming calmness in a highly anxious world, with Judit Varkonyi-Sepp. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRK4v8tezR4

Welcome to the International Relaxation Day Online Conference, 2025. We have presentations from relaxation and stress experts, academics, researchers and practitioners from around the world sharing with us their knowledge about relaxation and mindfulness methods and techniques.

For ease of watching internationally with the different time zones, there are some live presentations using the Zoom Platform and some are pre-recorded which are premiered on YouTube.

For the live keynote papers, afterwards, speakers will join attendees in a Zoom Meeting room to discuss their presentations.

Visit the conference website for full programme details: https://www.internationalrelaxationday.com/ird-conference-2025/

The supports International relaxation Day and the conference.

The 3 social media hashtags for the day and event are:

IRD Conference, 2025 – International Relaxation Day Video: Introduction to International Relaxation Day and the International Relaxation Day Conference, 2025 with Prof Stephen Palmer PhD

International Relaxation Day, 15th August 2025

As part of our Centre for Music Psychology health promotion strategy, we will support and promote the International Relaxation Day and its free online conference which is held annually on the 15th August. More info at: https://www.internationalrelaxationday.com

International Relaxation Day – International Relaxation Day, 15 August – Journée internationale de la détente – Giornata internazionale del relax Welcome to International Relaxation Day which is held annually on the 15th August. A day to relax or choose to learn new relaxation techniques. Or perhaps take some time out in a busy day to relax.

Centre for Music Psychology

The psychology of music or music psychology, is a branch of musicology and psychology. Music psychology focuses on investigating the science of the psychological aspects of music. The Centre for Music Psychology has a particular interest in focusing on the physical and mental wellbeing benefits of listening to music and being a musician or singer.

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Primary certificate in relaxation skills training

12th – 13th March 2024

Venue: Zoom

Special discounted rates for 2024

Fee: Ind £200; Org £310

CPD only fee: Ind £160; Org £280

This 2-day programme provides an overview to relaxation skills training. It has been designed for practitioners wishing to use relaxation techniques and skills within their practice including psychologists, coaches, counsellors, and health trainers. Research has found that relaxation techniques can reduce stress, anxiety and blood pressure, and enhance performance and wellbeing. With regular practice, learning relaxation skills can become a useful coping strategy. Hence their use within relaxation based coaching and counselling based practice.

Although many practitioners already use relaxation techniques in their practice, they may not have attended a formal course. This programme is recognised by the International Society for Coaching Psychology (ISCP) and Approved by the British Psychological Society Learning Centre for the purposes of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

This programme can be taken either as the Primary Certificate in Relaxation Skills Training which includes submitting a Post Programme Review (see below) or as a general CPD programme titled, Relaxation Skills Training.

Primary Cert in Relaxation Skills Train | Stress Management CONTENT This programme covers the theory, research and practice of relaxation skills. It will consider how the Learners can integrate relaxation techniques and strategies within their field of practice including coaching, counselling, training and health-related fields. Learners will have the opport...

AREBT Virtual Conference: 4-6th December, 2023

The Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (AREBT) is delighted to have a line-up of academics, practitioners and researchers giving keynotes, invited papers and workshops on a range of topics. Speakers and workshop trainers include:

Dr Daniel David Romania (Keynote)

Dr Kristene A. Doyle USA (Keynote)

Denise Christy UK (Workshop)

Edelweiss Collings UK (Workshop & Conference Co-chair)

Jo Hensel UK (Invited Paper)

Prof Stephen Palmer UK (Workshop, Conference Co-chair & Keynote)

Dr Siobhain O’Riordan UK (Workshop & Conference Co-chair)

Dr Diana Nechita Romania (Invited Paper)

Dr Martin J Turner UK (Workshop & Keynote)

Paul Young UK (Invited Paper)

Conference Speakers 2023 – AREBT International Conference, 2023 The Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (AREBT) is delighted to have a line-up of academics, practitioners and researchers giving keynotes, invited papers and workshops on a range of topics. Speakers and workshop trainers include: Dr Daniel David Romania (Keynote) Dr Kristene A. Doyle...

NATIONAL RADIO DAY, 2023📷
Every year, National Radio Day is held on the 20th August 20th. It reminds us that the development of radio is one of our greatest inventions that has contributed to national and international communication. We can listen to news, drama and music over the radio and s keep in contact with our friends and family.
The 24/7 Online Radio group of stations support National Radio Day.
Share with the world over social media hoe radio has changed your life for the positive. Use the hashtag:

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Virtual 2-day Event: Primary Certificate in Stress Management,10-11 May, 2023
This two-day course includes the theory of stress and its management. The course takes a multimodal cognitive-behavioural approach to stress management and is based on current research and practice. Some of the topics included are individual and organisational symptoms of stress, thinking errors and thinking skills, stress mapping, stability zones, relaxation techniques, biofeedback, pressure and stress, lifestyle management, physical outlets, management of the personal work environment, Type A behaviour, locus of control, time management, coping strategies at work and home. The application of theory to practice in different settings, e.g. coaching, counselling, health education, individual and group training, and management will be covered. A book, manual, handouts and biodots are provided. A number of questionnaires will need completing at the end of the first day of the programme.
The trainer is Dr Siobhain O’Riordan, a Chartered Psychologist. She co-edits the International Journal of Stress Prevention and Wellbeing.

Primary Certificate in Stress Management Aims & objectives of the Primary Certificate in Stress Management course.

Just published: The Conservatoire Coach’s Casebook Notes: a thematic analysis, by Jo Hensel, Stephen Palmer and Karen Wise

Although coaching has been shown to promote positive change and growth in higher education in general, there is very little evidence of its use in specialist higher music education where there is a call for increased support for positive psychological functioning. The purpose of this paper is to present an account of the challenges facing music students in a leading UK conservatoire, describing the issues that came up in the course of 1:1 solution-focused coaching sessions with the researcher.

Citation: Hensel, J., Palmer, S., & Wise, K. (2023). The Conservatoire Coach’s Casebook Notes: a thematic analysis. International Journal of Coaching Psychology, 4, 4, 1-13.



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(PDF) The Conservatoire Coach’s Casebook Notes: a thematic analysis PDF | Background / Aims / Objectives: Although coaching has been shown to promote positive change and growth in higher education in general, there is... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

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