Show me something new
A post from our Community Correspondent John Dane This week I spent an exciting morning having a guided tour and taking part in a workshop at the Turner Prize Exhibition at the Tramway. This was a great opportunity as this is the first time the exhibition has been held in Scotland and only the second […]
There is no law against hugging
There’s a popular myth, in every public service from nurseries to psychiatric hospitals, that it’s against the rules for staff to hug the people they support. It’s one of those things that makes for a good story, but this excellent piece from Anna Fowlie of the Scottish Social Service Council dispels it. Of course, touching […]
We asked people about the best decision they ever made. Here’s what they told us.
It’s quite a question: what’s the best decision you’ve ever made? We asked as our theme for autumn and we certainly weren’t disappointed by the answers from our Community Correspondents. Some were big life changes, like quitting your job to travel the world, others were more personal, like deciding to be honest about how you […]
Can reading and writing help you manage your wellbeing?
At Mind Waves, we’re passionate about the power of stories (reading and telling them) in promoting wellbeing. If you’d like to learn more about how stories can help, or you’d just like to get together with some like-minded people for inspiration, head East to the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh next Tuesday, Nov 24. The […]
Art and health exhibition at Tweedie Hall in Linwood
You might remember, back in May, we told you about “My Wellbeing, My Future”, a competition run by the Health and Social Care Academy to find the best examples of creativity around health. Well, the winners were chosen back in August and their entries will make a significant contribution to the Scottish Government’s update to […]
Free social media workshops in Glasgow
If you have something to say about mental health and wellbeing, come along to one of our free social media workshops, which start on December 3. Whether you have lived experience, you’re a volunteer or carer or your work is related to mental health, we’d love to have you along. At Mind Waves, we meet […]
Were you in institutional care in Scotland? The National Confidential Forum is your chance to be heard
The National Confidential Forum, or NCF is a new project to hear the truth about people’s experiences as children in Scotland’s institutional care system. We caught up with Ben Lukins at the Forum to hear more . What’s the National Confidential Forum all about? The National Confidential Forum (the Forum) is here to listen […]
Giving up life as I knew it to become a travel photographer was the best decision I ever made #bestdecision
A post from our Community Correspondent Faud Alakbarov @DrAlakbarov Not all those who wander are lost. Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where […]
There’s an app for that: are mental health apps effective?
At Mind Waves, we spend a lot of time talking and thinking about the connections between technology and good mental health. For a lot of people, social media, using an app to track moods or for guided mindfulness is part of what keeps them well. But how do we know whether apps are actually effective? […]
The best decision I ever made was returning to uni as a mature student #bestdecision
A post from our Community Correspondent Emma Wilson @iamemmawilson Returning to University as a mature student was exactly the fresh start I needed At 25 I seem to be putting some amount of pressure on myself to be at a certain stage in life, and I’m not entirely sure what that may be. When […]
