Tag: Mental illness
Posted: 21 August 2019
Perspectives on medication
We’ve got a course – What is it About Medication? – which tries and looks at all the different perspectives and experiences to do with taking medication for mental health. Take it. Don’t take it. Take it for awhile and then slowly come off. Meditate instead of medicate. Listen to one doctor. Listen to another.
Posted: 6 August 2019
Sam & mindful baking
Stirring up some self care with Sam As a clinical psychologist at headspace, people often ask what I do for self-care, particularly during really stressful times. Well, one thing I do is bake. It is only fitting that ‘desserts’ is ‘stressed’ spelled backwards! The step-by-step process of baking and, of course, people enjoying the end
Posted: 9 July 2019
Lucy & the value of vulnerability
Lucy shares with us what it felt like to share her experience of psychosis with the community. “When I first found myself in a place where I could say ‘I feel recovered’ I had a strong gut feeling I guess more than anything to help other people that were in my position, or a similar
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Mark & making sense of your senses
Mark tells us about his experience of Making Sense of your Senses. I did the Making Sense of your Senses course because I really wanted to do It after talking to Ash about it because she’d done the course a few months before. I didn’t really know exactly what it was, like I’d made some
Posted: 8 July 2019
Finding creativity in Sam’s garden
Coproducing and facilitating the ‘What is Creativity?’ course allowed me to explore how I use creativity in my daily life and the value that creativity adds to my wellbeing. My most creative outlet is my garden. For me, my garden allows me the space to process my day, work with my hands and have a
Posted: 6 June 2019
Lindy & the value of laughter
As a parent, Lindy has ridden the waves of mental health with her family, so we sat & had a chat with her about animals, the ripple effect & the importance of humour. dc: If you could describe dc in one sentence, what would you say? Lindy: Oooo, revelation-ary! dc: (laughs) That is such a
