Commonwealth citizen journalist drop-in
Beyond the Finish Line, 7 Trongate, July 21 onwards We’re really excited to announce that we’ll be part of a citizen journalist drop in at Beyond the Finish Line throughout the Commonwealth Games. Mind Waves is working with Digital Commonwealth to offer one-to-one mentoring, workshop sessions and peer networking for anyone who wants to report […]
Real resilience is about adaptability and community, not individual strength
A guest post from Dr Pete Seaman of Glasgow Centre for Population Health There is a growing recognition that resilience is an important component of health and wellbeing. Critics rightly point out that this trend coincides with a period of austerity, which affects the worst off most severely. Some ask whether resilience is really about […]
Parenting blogger? Film critic? Foodie? Get in touch.
Mind Waves is written by people who have something to say about mental health and wellbeing. If that sounds like you, we want to hear from you. Simple as that. Of course, we all have days when we sit in front of a screen and have no idea where to start. So if you’re […]
Five things I learned from Dolly Parton about mental wellbeing
Dolly Parton is the ultimate positive thinker and her appearance at Glastonbury this weekend marked a sequin-encrusted departure from the standard indie festival line-up. We all know the story, and even if we don’t, we know the songs. Dolly came from a life of poverty and faced every tough situation with a song and […]
“I remember” : Jane Chisholm reads her poem about life in Glasgow
Our Community Correspondent Jane Chisholm has written poetry for most of her life, but it’s only recently that she’s felt confident sharing it. Most of her poems were tucked away in drawers for nobody to see, but they helped her through some of the darkest times in her life. When you hear her read this […]
“I’m no good with technology”: basic IT courses to help you tell your stories
When I go out to work with potential Community Correspondents, I often hear the same phrase repeated: “I’m no good with technology.” I always reassure people that it’s no barrier to being involved with our project. We want to hear about the things that improve your wellbeing, whether you make a polished video or scribble […]
Welcome: Refugee Week 2014 #Iwelcomerefugees
This week is Refugee Week and we are excited to see that @scotrefcouncil have an impressive programme of events lined up. We know that people from asylum seeker and refugee communities have disproportionately high rates of mental health problems, for all sorts of reasons. We also know that feeling part of a community and being connected […]
Have you been treated unfairly because of mental ill health as a student?
Our friends at NUS Scotland are running a campaign called “think positive about student mental health“. They want to promote positive wellbeing and tackle negative attitudes about mental ill health in Scottish colleges and universities. They’re already doing great work, but to make sure they’re meeting students’ needs properly they want to learn more about […]
A dictionary of obscure joys
A friend told me about the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. The author has come up with names for those obscure types of sadness that we all experience at some time, where a simple word like “sad” just doesn’t cut it. I really enjoyed reading it and identified with most of them, but I like the […]
What a team. Our first Community Correspondent recruitment session
We delivered our first information session today to a packed room. There was a real mix of people with great ideas, bags of enthusiasm and we all had a great laugh. There was also some lovely lunch and not one, but two, choices of home-baked cakes from the lovely Peter. We’ve set up […]
