Scottish Recovery Network opens booking for two online events!
Hi everybody! Coming to you this week to draw your attention to two online discussion events that are being held by the Scottish Recovery Network. The Scottish Recovery Network is a valued partner of Mind Waves that seek to build a mental health system powered by lived experience and work towards making Scotland a place […]
Ten years of making waves – How Mind Waves helped me realise my passion for writing
This week we are continuing to reminisce and reflect on the impact of Mind Waves over the past decade. We have a post from one of our fabulous community correspondents, Anne-Marie, her words are below. When I first started writing for MindWaves almost 7 years ago, I had very little writing experience. I’d only recently […]
Ten Years of Making Waves – The Story of Mind Waves
Hi everyone! Tuesday the 21st of September marked the 10 year anniversary of the founding of Mind Waves. Over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing some stories of how Mind Waves has impacted people’s lives and reflecting on the ever-changing relationship of technology and mental health. To start us off, we have a post […]
5 films and TV programmes with ‘Good’ representation of Mental Health conditions
It is important to include truthful depictions of mental health conditions in films, TV shows, all of the media we consume. I believe that we should strive for media that is reflective of the world we live in, and if we want that, then mental health stories should be told in a nuanced and honest […]
Curate Your (Online) Space – thoughts on Mental Health and the Internet
We’ve been talking about looking after your mental health online a lot recently; one of Mind Waves’s wonderful interns created an animation about how to relax without going online, I ran an Instagram poll on how the internet affects your mental health, and we had a chat with Liam about positive mental spaces during his […]
“I started to use my own experiences to help other people which has led to the position I am in now.” MindWaves chats to Kevin Brown for our content theme of Endurance
This week’s blog post is an interview with Kevin Brown for our content theme of endurance. We talk men’s mental health, exercise and keeping up healthy habits during lockdown. Mind Waves sat down with Kevin Brown, the mind behind Fit Ayrshire Dads, a Facebook page for men to share training tips, have a laugh and […]
Treating Health Anxiety – Step 1: Asking for help
This week we’re handing the reins over to our community correspondent Ellen. You might remember her brilliant post a few weeks ago about healthy anxiety and the related struggles. Here, Ellen talks about seeking help for health anxiety and outlines her experience in the hope that it might inspire someone else to do the same […]
Introducing our intern: Rosie!
This week we’re introducing you to our wonderful intern and podcasting pro, Rosie. Their words are below. I have loved radio for as long as I can remember. My mum bought me a Walkman when she went back to work so that I could listen to stories and that started my obsession with audio. Listening […]
Endurance: Finding love during lockdown.
This weeks blog post was written by our wonderful community correspondent Maureen for our current content theme of Endurance. Her words are below. Four months ago I decided it was time to get myself back out there onto the dating game. Having discussed this with my daughter we decided that the best way forward, given […]
New episode of Mind Waves podcast: Exercise and Endurance
Hi everybody! Big news over here: the Mind Waves podcast is back! In keeping with our current content theme this episode is about endurance and exercise. Our intern Rosie chats with author Helen Douglas, Rachel Hoyes and Rebecca Strodton from TVC, and psychotherapist and yoga teacher Elizabeth Walsh about their experience of long term exercise […]
