If you’ve never come across the wonderful comics from Christopher Grady AKA Lunarbaboon then you should definitely check them out. They show a positive, and very funny side to the every day struggles of parenthood, life, depression, and much more. Be warned, you might lose a lot of time in the website! All images used […]
Angela McCrimmon, author of “Can You Hear Me Now? Finding My Voice In A System That Stole It”, tells us what recovery means to her. I had to stop and still my mind to think of 5 things that recovery means to me. Simply because I can actually think of 500! If I had been […]
Our Community Correspondent Robert Terry wrote this untitled poem about finding hope when we see so many upsetting stories in the news. my heart bleeds for Charlotte, North Carolina now it breaks for Burlington, Washington State and am moved too tears for the innocents slaughtered martyred in the name of fear Spiritual Angels accepting, […]
From our Community Correspondent Derek Read In my madness… In my madness I thought I had the solution all the pieces of the jigsaw fitted perfectly in my mind the codes, the magic numbers I was one with the Spirit could heal every wrong had the answer deep within me As I recovered, slowly, from […]
Our theme at the moment is music and wellbeing. At our Community Correspondents meeting recently we talked about our favourite music and what it makes us feel. We love this idea that came from one of our Community Correspondents. Sometimes, feelings can be a lot to deal with. Whether it’s joy or despair, we don’t […]
This month Write to Recovery celebrated two years of supporting people to develop and share personal stories of mental health and recovery. Write to Recovery, which is part of the Scottish Recovery Network, aims to empower people affected by mental health problems to experience recovery by creating and taking control of their own story. It […]
Our Community Correspondent Derek Read goes back to visit a favourite childhood spot with his brother Ruby Mere Not many ducks on Ruby Mere, come moorhens; tranquil, as we pool our memories of the bustling place of our childhood Nine years difference- but this place was common the rowing boats, the swing-boats, hulking monstrosities, that […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Marilena Balagianni It is better to be on a journey than to arrive sometimes. It is better to contemplate less about how the future might be or worse how the future has to be. People spend their life obsessing over goals and forget how to live life itself. It […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Ann Marie Sharpe @hippychick1987 I have bipolar disorder, and have suffered with mental illness all of my life. My experiences living with mental illness have inspired me to create something positive, to encourage and help others in their lives, and I am so proud of Ams Creations. I began Ams […]
At Mind Waves, we know the power of a story. So, we were really interested to hear about a new project from Migrant Voice Network that will offer 18-30 year-olds the chance to learn skills and tell their story of migration and how it has affected their lives. A Story in a Poem will run […]
