Mental Health
Positive mental wellbeing is essential for our health and happiness, but each one of us will struggle with our mental health at some point in our lives. This is our space to talk about all things mental health. Photo by Jemima Stubbs.
Reaching out for a lifeline…
“You don’t have to battle against the world single-handedly.” After experiencing mental health issues his whole life, Mark Robbins set up LIFELINES mental health community support hub as a private and safe place to encourage men to come forward, to talk about personal...
It’s time to (do more than) talk…
Sometimes new sayings enter the language and, before you know it, you seem to hear them over, and over, and over again. And, usually, they do my head in. Two recent examples spring to mind: ‘It is what it is’, and ‘it’s what we do’. I don’t know why these sayings have...
Is Mental Health First Aid training harder in the midst of a pandemic?
“I’d like to think we can come back from this…” Neil Carter is a qualified Mental Health First Aid instructor for MHFA England and runs his own consultancy, NDC Training, specialists in Mental Health First Aid, Manual Handling and Leadership training. The Tees Online...