Do you have a creative streak that you could use to express your views on health and wellbeing? If so, the Health and Social Care Academy would like to hear from you as part of their second annual Creative Competition – titled ‘Voices of the Experts’. Last summer’s competition attracted an impressive 120 entries from […]
Lizzie Barclay, Founder of Write Mynd, shares her story of mental wellbeing in a digital age I’ve always been a big fan of writing things down. Obvious things like shopping lists, things to do, ideas. But less obvious things too, like dreams, things I’m grateful for, friends I wouldn’t trust with a secret. It’s therapeutic […]
The latest brilliant video from @seemescotland asks and answers a really important question: What if I ask if someone is okay and they say “no”? The film builds on their #powerofokay campaign that encouraged people in workplaces not to shy away from asking if colleagues or staff if they are okay. It’s great to see […]
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 […]
A poem from our Community Correspondent Robert Terry Pressures been building for a while Found looking for peace of mind Rhythmical mind I practiced freestyle Doubts resolved and left behind Revision of memory [and] dreams protected Tugging threads, lost for direction Instinct nurtures getting connected Found knocking [on] doors of perception [Essence] […]
A poem about from our Community Correspondent David Bradley I’m walking home, I’m on my own, I’m walking rather fast, as I walk past I’m looking all around, with my feet on the ground I keep on going, with no slowing I’m walking at a certain pace, I don’t feel safe I’m getting closer to […]
A post from our Project Manager Rosie McIntosh @rosiehopes When we packed up our family and moved out to the suburbs last year, I was at pains to reassure my city-loving friends that we are just ten minutes away on the train. We’re practically metropolitan. But then Scotrail announced Queen Street tunnel closures and that […]
We all have a song that can make us feel better on a bad day. Are you the sort to lock yourself away to have a cry over a sad song, or do you turn up the volume and dance your way through it? However music relates to your mental wellbeing, we want to hear […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Laura McGlinn @stargazer1210 Well where do I start? I was meant to be writing about my off grid adventure from Ulva to Geomentra on a 8 mile hike to an off-grid Bothy. I can tell you about carrying large backpacks, two dogs getting to know each other, 8-foot deer fences […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Ann Marie Sharpe on her mental health journey Trigger warning: this post includes mentions of self harm and suicidal feelings The biggest journey in my life has been my mental health journey. I have travelled a huge distance, from a teenager who was constantly suicidal, to a grown woman […]
