Thoughts on… change, mental health and self-care
This week on the blog we’re hearing from me! (Maddy) I’ve been working at Mind Waves since May 2021, and during that time, a lot of things have changed for me. Over the past year and a bit, I’ve graduated, started and finished a masters, facilitated my first series of creative writing workshops here at […]
‘Journey into Light: 1. Tollcross Spring’ – An extract of a long poem from Derek
This week on the blog we are sharing an extract of a long poem written by Derek Read, one of our community correspondents. Derek came to our recent creative non-fiction writing workshops and contributed some beautiful poetry, as well as trying his hand at personal writing. At these workshops, Derek shared his long poem, ‘Journey […]
Fragile Existence and branches of connection – Laura’s experience of Kelvingrove Art Gallery
This week on the blog, Laura is sharing her experience of going to Kelvingrove Art Gallery in the West End of Glasgow. Laura attended an exhibition curated by GAMH about mental health and lived experience. In her post, as well as describing the day, Laura discusses re-entering society after the past few years of lockdowns, […]
It started with… A visual story from Carol
On Wednesday 3rd August, Mind Waves ran the final workshop from our four week creative non-fiction series, funded by GVCS Wellbeing Fund. We met face to face, over snacks and cups of tea, and tried some writing prompts. The afternoon was full of interesting chat about mental health, creative non-fiction and using personal writing to […]
A Chance for Change – New animation for the Scottish Recovery Network
We are happy to announce that, ‘A Chance for Change’, the newest animation we made for the Scottish Recovery Network, is available to watch now. The animation provides an overview of what you said you wanted from the new Scottish Government Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy. Watch the animation below For more information on the […]
Remembering Lorna Cosh, by Laura
This week on the blog, we have a heartfelt piece from our Community Correspondent, Laura. She has written a few words in memory of Lorna Cosh, a fellow Mind Waves Community Correspondent who recently passed away. Being a Mind Waves Community Correspondent is more than writing blogs. It’s meeting around a table, sharing insight, with […]
Resource: using our animations to run a discussion about mental health stigma
We’ve recently produced three animations about the stigma of living with serious long-term mental illness. People have told us that the animations have made them think, so we’ve produced an easy slideshow that you can use to get a group of people talking about stigma. There are lots of discussion points based around the three […]
Creative Writing and Mental Health
Mind Waves are currently running a series of weekly creative writing workshops on creative non-fiction and life writing. I thought that this week it would be interesting to take a look at the positive effects that creative writing – or any kind of creativity can have on mental health. Ernest Hemingway said “Write hard and […]
Plants are the new pets! – A post from Laura
This week on the blog, we have some words from Laura, one of our volunteer community correspondents. Laura is our resident expert on mindfulness and enjoying the small things in life. She talks about the importance of creating a positive environment for yourself, incorporating nature into your everyday mindfulness, and looking back into the past. […]
New podcast episode on creativity and mental health
There’s a new episode of the Mind Waves podcast hosted and edited by our audio whiz Rosie, focusing on creativity and mental health. Rosie chats to Simon, Vanessa and Chris, and the podcast is rounded out with a reading of Derek’s wonderful poem ‘In my madness’. In the three conversations, Rosie and the guests cover […]
