This week on the blog we’re continuing with our content theme of anxiety. Hilda Campbell from COPE Scotland sent us a great post that utilises the prompt in a great way; by exploring the complex nature of anxiety, describing a variety of causes of anxious feelings, and providing some resources from COPE Scotland that […]
It’s Mental Health Awareness week from Monday May 15th to Sunday May 21st, and this years theme is anxiety. We thought we’d put out a call for submissions to our audience and community correspondents for blog posts and resources around anxiety. Anxiety is a feeling that everyone will experience at some point in their lives, […]
This week on the blog we are publishing our last student mental health story for the time being. This series was inspired by the Think Positive Hub, a website designed by NUS and Mind Waves. The online hub brings all of the projects, services, resources and news relating to student mental health together in one place, for students […]
This week we’re continuing our series on student mental health, inspired by the Think Positive Hub, a website designed by NUS and Mind Waves. The online hub brings all of the projects, services, resources and news relating to student mental health together in one place, for students and those who support them, to easily access. Read on for […]
You might remember that last week we shared a blog post about the Think Positive Hub, a website designed by NUS and Mind Waves. The online hub brings all of the projects, services, resources and news relating to student mental health together in one place, for students and those who support them to easily access. Over the […]
This week we have another blog post from our Community Correspondent, Laura. Read on to hear her advice on how to cope with anxieties and worries in these uncertain times, and her thoughts on the word ‘pendulation.’ By the time you are reading this, it will be Christmas Eve, and we are fast approaching 2022. […]
Great news! There’s a new episode of the Mind Waves podcast out. Our fabulous intern Rosie chats to Luke, Hannah and Amy of the Glasgow Disability Alliance, Dr Heather Cleland Woods from Glasgow University and Jennie Walker from the Mental Health Foundation. The episode focuses on mental health and social media and over the next few weeks […]
Hey readers, it’s Maddy here again! After last weeks blog post on exercise and mental health, I was keen to do another collaborative blog post with the Mind Waves Instagram followers. First of all, I would like to say thank you for your eloquent and honest responses. I feel lucky to have a job where […]
Hi everybody- Maddy here, the digital media intern for Mind Waves. Earlier this week I posted some Instagram stories and polls asking Mind Waves’ followers to share their feelings on the relationship between mental health and exercise. First of all, I posted a poll with the question ‘Does exercise help your mental health?’ with the […]
On the 25th June, the Scottish Recovery Network launched a new animation about the power of peer support! The animation is co-produced by Mind Waves, and the star of the animation himself- Scott. Peer support can be defined as people using their own experiences to help each other and the aim of the Scottish Recovery […]
