A post from our Project Manager @rosiehopes Whether you’re a Christian or not, it’s hard to avoid conversations about Lent. What are you giving up? Chocolate, alcohol, netflix? It’s the new water-cooler chat. I’m a godless heathen, but I’ve done Lent in the past. I once gave up meat for 40 days as a sort […]
As part of our series of free workshops to get people talking about mental health and wellbeing online, we’re running a blogging workshop this week. Excitingly, we’ve got our Community Correspondent Paula McGuire talking about how blogging has helped her mental health and changed her life. The workshop is nearly full, but we still […]
It’s Children’s Mental Health Week. Children’s mental health isn’t something that we talk that much about at Mind Waves. Our volunteers are adults and they tend to talk about their futures, rather than focusing on the past. However, around half of adults with mental health problems first experienced their symptoms as children, 75% before their […]
A repost from our Project Manager @rosiehopes Do you know what? I don’t know if I’ve ever met someone who likes Valentine’s Day. If you’re single, you feel lonely. If you’re in a relationship, you feel inadequate. If you’ve just broken up… don’t even think about it. Of course, your mental wellbeing can take a […]
Community Correspondent John Dane shares the story of the arrival of his great nephew Christmas was a more than usually joyous occasion for me and my family last year. As well as the usual festive activities, we had another celebration. At 3.33 on boxing day, my niece Sarah gave birth to a healthy baby boy […]
A post from Nick Watt from Health n Happy Trust @HNH_theTrust Culture and tradition play a vital role in the link between food and our mental health and wellbeing – a fact that can be observed all over the world. In bonnie Scotland it came in the form of matriarchal knowledge of care giving. Granny […]
Listen to John’s story As part of the #100faces project, some of our Community Correspondents recorded a story about their lives. John Dane talked about how he makes the most of his bus pass by travelling around Scotland. There are loads more great stories from Scotland’s people at the 100 Faces, 100 Voices website. Visit […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Fuad Alakbarov @DrAlakbarov There are a lot of misconceptions floating around about art. Some think you have to be creating paintings or sculptures to be considered a real artist, while others believe that you are either born with talent — or not. Many are afraid that since they aren’t very […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Paula McGuire @pmusttryharder What happens when you’re terrified of eating in public and the guy you like asks you out for lunch? This is the story of a socially anxious girl, an oblivious boy, and a pocketful of toast. As relationships go, mine with food has historically been toxic. Not cyanide […]
We’re running a series of workshops designed to empower people to talk about mental health and wellbeing online. This week, we looked at creating simple video and audio clips. Thanks very much to everyone who came along. There’s still time to sign up for our next free workshops: Feb 17- Blogging about wellbeing March […]
