Throughout the summer months we’ll be spotlighting our members on the blog, celebrating the work they do with Mind Waves and beyond! This week we are hearing from the truly inspiring Thomas McCallum, one of our Anti-Stigma Podcasting Team. Most of my adult life I have been affected by mental health issues in one way […]
Where are you from/ where do you live? My name is Maureen Gilmour and I live in Glasgow. Why are you interested in wellbeing? My interest in mental well being began in 1982 when I started nursing college. I worked in the mental health field for 34 years until my early retirement in 2016. I […]
Where are you from/ where do you live? Where are you from/ where do you live? I’m from a town called Paisley in Scotland and very proud of my Hometown. Its Scotland’s largest town and buzzing with creativity and art. Why are you interested in mental wellbeing? I’m interested in mental wellbeing because I believe […]
Where are you from/where do you live? I’m from Kirkcaldy, have lived in Glasgow for the last 10 years since I moved here for University – but moving to sunny(!) East Ayrshire next week. Why are you interested in mental wellbeing? I’ve been interested in mental wellbeing for quite a number of years now, with […]
Where are you from/ where do you live? I am originally from Athens , Greece but I now live in heart-warming Glasgow. Why are you interested in wellbeing? Who is not interested in ameliorating his/her life? The thing is to understand that everything is manageable and changeable. I would like to reach out to others […]
An interview with our Community Correspondent Robert Terry Listen to the interview at #100faces here As part of the @100facesvoices project, a group of our Community Correspondents interviewed each other to create audio stories about their lives. Robert chose to talk about caring for his mum, and how joining an extras agency has helped him […]
Where are you from? Where do you live? I’ve always lived in the east end of Glasgow; currently in Riddrie, where the average age is pensionable. Why are you interested in mental wellbeing? Having suffered social anxiety for twenty years, I decided in 2012 to make it suffer me instead. At the time, I was […]
Where are you from? Milngavie, or Millguy as they call it. Why are you interested in mental wellbeing? We all have our struggles, we all have our coping strategies. What makes you angry? Many, many things make me angry. I’m getting angry thinking about all the wrongs suffered by those without a voice. Who lobbies […]
Where are you from? I am originally from the North East of England, but now live in Glasgow with my lovely husband and a lot of animals 🙂 What can we expect from your blogs? I write about life with bipolar, mental health and animals. My aim is to try to help other people with […]
What’s your name and where are you from? Donald Hosie, from Glasgow Why are you interested in mental wellbeing? I have a history of depression. I’ve been looking for ways to make myself feel better. Moving to my new house has helped. What can we expect from you? I’m […]
