(Image used under fair use) Below is a review of Paddington 2 from community correspondent, Elizabeth Cassidy. **Warning, there be spoilers!** Paddington is a CGI bear, but everything I felt watching the film was so real. My feelings were so up and down. Paddington bear almost drowned which made me sad, but I was glad […]
A new national strategy is being developed to tackle loneliness and social isolation in Scotland. This is a pretty big deal and is one of the first of its kind in the world. Social isolation is an issue that can effect anyone at any age and the associated feelings of loneliness can result in poor […]
It is the new year and all of us at Mind Waves hope you had a good one. New year for most of us is a time of optimism for the future and a chance to make some positive changes. I’m here to talk about new year’s resolutions. I’ve never been great at making resolutions. […]
This week the hashtag #mymentalhealthin5words has been trending on Twitter worldwide. People have really responded to it revealing a lot about themselves and where they’re at. It isn’t easy to open about about your mental health, but I’m not surprised this hashtag has gotten such a great response.. Social media, particularly channels like Twitter, can […]
Christmas means a lot of different things to different people. For many of us it can be stressful so it’s important not to let ourselves get overwhelmed or bogged down in expectations. We reached out to our correspondents to ask what tried and tested festive self-care tips they use to make the holidays as stress […]
As the year draws to a close we had our final correspondents meeting of 2017. It really was more a pre-Christmas party thought. We met some new faces, ate mince pies, pulled Christmas crackers, read out the daft jokes (wondered about frog themed prizes), and had a Christmas quiz. It was a lot of fun […]
A post from our Project Manager @rosiehopes My brother-in-law had a 1000 to one gambling win this week. Twenty grand, right before Christmas. Great news, isn’t it? Well, you’d think so, but when I contacted my sister to congratulate her, she wasn’t ready to celebrate. “I don’t like it,” she said. “Something bad will happen.” […]
Earlier this month (13 November) was World Kindness Day. With this and Christmas fast approaching, I’ve been thinking a lot about kindness and what it means to be kind. People have long understood the benefits of kindness for wellbeing. In recent years mental health experts have focused a lot on the topic, and a much […]
A film about our Community Correspondent Paula McGuire, by our Project Manager @rosiehopes As parents, it’s natural to want to protect our children. Paula McGuire was a quiet, timid child. Her parents loved her so much that they protected her from all the things she was afraid of… and it turned out that she was […]
Many of us turn our thoughts to people less fortunate at Christmas time. As they say it is the reason for the season after all. So we thought it’d be helpful to revisit a very popular post from a couple of years back about volunteering at Christmas. When we wrote the last post we learned […]
