What is menopause? Watch our animation here!
As part of our series on menopause, we’re releasing an animation! This animation, titled What is menopause? features a simple definition of the word menopause, outlines some physical and mental symptoms, and tells us about who undergoes menopause. Watch the animation by clicking the link below. https://biteable.com/watch/3887736/2f0a5deffa17fd55a54082b984a1df86 Soon, we’ll be sharing the second podcast episode in our […]
Listen to our podcast episode: Menopause and mental health part 1, Maureen
In the first episode of our podcast series on menopause, our podcast host Rosie spoke to Maureen about her experience of menopause and the effect it had on her mental health. This is a great episode and a really important listen. Maureen covers a lot of aspects of menopause, including managing symptoms at work, navigating […]
New series: Menopause and mental health
This week on the blog we’re excited to be launching a new series that focuses on menopause and the ways it can affect your mental health. Over the next few weeks we’ll be spotlighting three Mind Waves podcast episodes, hosted by our resident podcaster Rosie, and featuring three women talking about their experience with the […]
Mind Waves and The Princes Trust – discovering the mental health benefits of digital skills
This week on the blog, our Project Coordinator Marie shares her experience of our recent Mind Waves “Getting Started With Podcasting” course. Her words are below. Last month I had the chance to work with an amazing group of young people from the Princes Trust in Glasgow, delivering a week long introduction to podcasting. The […]
Climate action without the sense of despair – words by Hilda from COPE Scotland
This week on the blog we have a post from Hilda from COPE Scotland about focusing on climate change concerns without feeling overwhelmed and hopeless. At the end of this post, you’ll find details about our rescheduled Climate Change Café, hosted by Hilda, who has been working in partnership with the Scottish Communities Climate Action […]
Self-care: corporate scam or political act?
This week, we’re taking a look at the concept of self-care and the ways that its definition has changed since the words inception. The concept of self-care originated in the 1950s among the medical community. The concept of person-centred care was becoming popular in medicine, and medical staff began to think about ways to improve […]
Mental health stigma for students – Vote in Think Positive poll and sign up to help shape a Student Mental Health Campaign!
Think Positive, a Scottish government funded student health project at NUS Scotland, (National Union of Students) are working with students to coproduce a National Student Mental Health campaign! The idea for this campaign was brought about after Think Positive commissioned research to evaluate the effectiveness of student mental health support in Scotland, and one of […]
This year, more than ever, let’s ignore the Blue Monday nonsense
This week, we’re continuing a sort of Mind Waves ‘tradition’ of posting about Blue Monday. But instead of writing something new, we’re re-sharing a post from our Project Manager @rosiehopes first published in 2021. Even though two years have passed, and it’s been eight years since Rosie first wrote about the myth of Blue Monday, her […]
New year, new me: Helpful or harmful?
We’re almost halfway through January now, and I’m sure that those of us who made resolutions at the end of last year are either stuck into their new routines, or in the process of giving up. Whether you resolved to try Dry January again, dusted off your running trainers in a bid to get more […]
Climate Change Cafe : Free online event hosted by Hilda from COPE Scotland
Hello everyone and happy new year! I hope you’ve all managed to have some time off during the festive period and you’re settling into the new year feeling recharged. The first Mind Waves blog post of 2023 is some information about a free, online event that we are running in collaboration with Hilda from COPE […]
