Angela McCrimmon has had a big year. As well as becoming a Mind Waves Community Correspondent, she’s won a #selfmanagement award, a Local Hero Award, published a book and started speaking at universities to trainee mental health professionals. We caught up with her to talk about mental health recovery and how finding her voice has […]
At the end of last year, we worked with the Scottish Recovery Network to put together a workshop on blogging about recovery. We asked a simple question: What does recovery mean to you? We were really quite taken aback by the response to the workshop. We offered 15 places, but twice as many people wanted […]
We’ve been talking about work and wellbeing and a concept that keeps coming up is “valued”. For a workplace to support mental wellbeing, it needs to be a place where we are valued, as full human beings. And a big part of feeling valued is getting a decent wage that you can actually live on. […]
The latest brilliant video from @seemescotland asks and answers a really important question: What if I ask if someone is okay and they say “no”? The film builds on their #powerofokay campaign that encouraged people in workplaces not to shy away from asking if colleagues or staff if they are okay. It’s great to see […]
Sometimes, when your mental health isn’t good, it’s hard to even imagine the future. Good mental wellbeing isn’t just about feeling better today- it’s about owning your past and having hope for the future. David McMillan came along to our video skills workshop recently. It was brilliant to have him there, as he had a […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Laura McGlinn @stargazer1210 First of all I wanted your attention, hence the title! Our perception of things are often different from what our minds tell us. Or would like us to believe? I’m typing this and filming from one bed to another. I’m awake and present. It wasn’t always the case. […]
Sweaty palms, racing heart, dry mouth: this could be a description of the hero in an adventure story. Or it could be a list of the symptoms of anxiety. Our newest Community Correspondent Paula McGuire decided that the two can be the same thing. She lived with anxiety for over 20 years before she decided […]
Glenn has lived with mental ill health for years, but volunteering helps him to manage his health and support other people towards recovery. We caught up with him at the volunteering and self management event as part of Self Management Week 2015. Here’s what Glenn thinks. Do you agree? Can volunteering have an impact on […]
This Is My Choice from COPE Scotland on Vimeo. We were told about this film by the lovely people at Self Management Network Scotland. Mind Waves is a member of the network and it’s amazing to see all the different ways that people use to manage their own health and wellbeing. The film is about […]
A few years ago, most people would have looked at you blankly if you’d mentioned mindfulness. The idea of meditation was associated with hippies and eastern religion, but in recent times it has entered the Scottish mainstream. Many people now talk about it as a simple and practical way of improving mental wellbeing- and more. […]
