We recently partnered with Wimbledon High School to host GROWFest, a festival of wellbeing and mental health for pupils, parents and teachers. Watch this short documentary to see some highlights of talks and workshops – all aimed at improving pupils’ emotional, spiritual, physical and mental wellbeing. Play video Highlights of our collaboration included: Sarah-Ann Macklin […]
Join us with an #HonestGram! With Mental Health Awareness Week (14th– 20thMay) just around the corner, we are launching a new campaign #HonestGram – and we hope you’ll join us! We want to spark a more honest thread of conversations on social media. The aim is for #HonestGram to create a space on social media during Mental […]
Anorexia Campaigner/Activist Hope Virgo struggled with expressing her emotions from a young age. As a teenager, she began to eat less and less, until a point came where her heart was close to failing and she was admitted to hospital to be treated for anorexia. After several months in hospital and much therapy, she came […]
By Persia Lawson In mine and my friend’s book ‘The Inner Fix,’ we share one of the most life-changing parables I’ve ever heard. (And as a former regular church-goer, I’ve heard a lot). I first came across it back in 2012, when my heart was broken and I’d do just about anything to make it hurt […]
By Rhiannon Lambert Everyone has a unique and special relationship with food. It can be a powerful thing when used effectively for mind and body but, if abused, it can also be detrimental to our health. Food should never be a source of guilt and exercise should never be about counteracting what we ate earlier […]
Buddhist Monk Matthieu Ricard is a French writer, photographer and Buddhist monk. His life is divided between the seclusion of a hermitage in the Himalayas and the whirlwind of modern life. Matthieu says that our state of mind can override our circumstances, whether good or bad. He says that our mind can be our best […]
https://soundcloud.com/headtalks/mini-meditation-to-clear-your-head-and-open-your-mind-wonder Ben Barnett, whose Head Talk you can view here, has given us a mini meditation to clear your head and open up your mind to wonder. Ben said: “This is a perfect meditation when you are feeling jaded, or if the constant stream of bad news and negativity is weighing you down. Take ten minutes, pause, press […]
By Emma Wilson As an Adult and Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Instructor, I am trained to deliver these 2-day internationally recognised mental health first aid courses. With more than 250,000 Mental Health First Aiders in England, there’s no better time to become qualified – and anyone can do it! So why is it […]
Sexual Shamanic Practitioner & Empowerment Coach Catherine Hale is a sexual shamanic practitioner and empowerment coach who works to help others improve their sexual relationships. She says that in tantra, sexual energy is seen as a life force energy. Catherine works to overcome the blocks of fear, guilt and shame that can prevent us from […]
Click here to watch the full video. The Golden Rule — treat others as you yourself would like to be treated — is a philosophical idea with deep historical roots in many cultures. Kim Polman is trying to give it a modern application. Through her organisation, Reboot the Future, she wants children to […]
News Presenter & Daughter When Maddy Austin began to suffer from anorexia as a teenager, her father Mark didn’t know at first how to react. Mealtimes became a battle zone and the stress on the whole family was very difficult. It wasn’t until Maddy was able to get appropriate treatment that she began to recover. […]
As a teenager she was labeled ‘unsafe to self’ and locked in a psychiatric ward. For a long time Lily Asch continued to be ashamed of her experience, until she opened up and discovered the power of conversation. Now Asch runs Real Talk, a social enterprise organizing storytelling workshops in a safe space, enabling people […]
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