Nick Jonnson: “If we can talk to each other, miracles are possible” Nick, Founder and Managing Director of Executives’ Global Network (EGN) Singapore, is dedicated to raising awareness and eliminating the stigma around the phenomenon of executive loneliness. He made…
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SUPPORT: Isolation
‘Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa lalalalalalalala ‘Tis the season to be jolly, fa lalalalalalalala’ It’s December and this message, and others like it, are reverberating from everywhere. It is on television, social media, in shopping centres, on…
POEM: Men & Monsters
The Answer is already here, Over and again, When we’re ready To hear it. Love. ‘Shut up.’ ‘You never listen.’ ‘Not everyone thinks like you.’ ‘You expect too much of people.’ ‘You’re not always right, you know.’ Somehow I always…
SUPPORT: What can you do if you are SAD?
Seasonal Affective Disorder is a type of depression caused by seasonal changes. The main thinking around the cause of Winter SAD is that lack of sunlight in the Winter months can stop the hypothalamus in the brain working properly, affecting…
PODCAST: Mental Health for Men
Acknowledging trauma and seeking help is not a weakness, but rather the most courageous thing that you can do for yourself. That’s why episode 68 of The Positively Living Podcast is about mental health for men! In this episode of…
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POEM: My Story
I’ve a story to tell you So let it be told Of why I am here And my life did unfold A quiet young girl But a curious soul Slightly bemused unaware of her role School was a drag but…
Enough Now
I’ve barely left my bed for six weeks, I haven’t been able to walk for over two years or drive for over six years. Now, finally nearing the end of my recovery and having, after years of applications and a…
The Dragon and The Rabbit
There once lived a brave little girl called Phoenix. She wished she didn’t have to be brave all the time, and some of the time she didn’t feel brave at all. In fact, she felt very scared. To help her…
SUPPORT: The Complexity of Simplicity
We can all feel overwhelmed by our thoughts, feelings and what is going on around us at times. How would it feel to strip back some of the noise and simplify life? What does it mean to live simply? How…
Be gentle with others this Halloween
Halloween has become an incredible festival of colours and costumes and fun; with blood and monsters and all sorts of creatures from the dark coming out. But it’s not fun for everyone. For some people, it can be upsetting and…
Toxic Relationship
So before i say anything, I know this story is kind of messed up but I just need to speak about it. August 2020 was the first time I met him, to keep his identity private well call him Kyle….
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PODCAST/VIDEO: Founder Wizzi Magnussen’s Story
Louisa “Wizzi” Magnussen: “I didn’t know that anything was wrong” Wizzi Magnussen, the Founder and Owner at Minds Anonymous, which provides a safe space to share mental health stories anonymously, and Wizmedia, a website design and copywriting company, struggled as a child…
The Black Dog of Addiction
For years it’s been hidden. Skulking in the shadows like some demented beast, kept on the leash of a linked chain and somehow content to be tied up. Until now. Now it’s fighting to break free with sharp teeth ready…
SUPPORT: Writing for World Mental Health Day
As anyone will know who has read my previous articles, I like to start by defining the subject about which I am talking and here I am, trying to define World Mental Health Day. I see little point in defining…
RADIO: The Business of Psychology
Dr Jasmin Langdon-Daly is a Clinical Psychologist and specialises in eating disorders. Hear Louisa “Wizzi” Magnussen chat to Jasmin about the Business of Psychology, how far it has come in the last 50 years and how competitive it is to…
‘Don’t air your dirty laundry’
My mother’s casual words that day never struck me as particularly poignant. In that adolescent stage, I honestly didn’t really give a fuck. She was always saying things like that, when I look back I can see that they were…
POEM: I’m back in the game…
I’m back in the game But before I proclaim Let me tell you how I regained my own name Once filled with shame Lost faith in my flame It was time to reclaim My traumatized brain
POEM: Here’s a message for the warriors….
Here’s a message for the warriors The recovered strugglers My determined soldiers I SEE YOU…
POEM: The Power of Karma
Focus mind. Be mindful of imperfections. Realise we belong to the present. The past doesn’t constrain us. It signals our motion into the future.
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SUPPORTING ARTICLE & RADIO: Emotional Literacy Explained
Gill Seaton-Jardine is a Counsellor/Psychotherapist with over 20 years’ experience working with all ages, including young children. During these years she wrote and presented a ten-week course on emotional literacy to pre school age children to help them understand theirs,…
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RADIO: The Business of Invisible Illness Show on Connections Radio
Melony Hill is the founder of Stronger Than My Struggles, a mission-based organization with a focus on mental health and wellness. She has made it her mission to curate safe spaces to have hard conversations, especially in urban and under-served…
Socializing in the Hospital
After being admitted to an inpatient hospital setting, settling down on the unit as best as possible, and changing into hospital garb, there is little to do than to sit and wait for your treatment team meetings, medication administration, meals,…
SUPPORT – An Introduction to Promoting Understanding through Language
Language, as we know, is a tool. We use this tool to communicate, to connect with one another, to share the experience of our individual lives. This clearly has the ability to be a very powerful tool which can be…
SUPPORT: Making sense of Mental Health Struggles: The ‘Stress Bucket’ Analogy – Free Audio Book Available
Struggling with our mental health is hard enough, but often the experience is made worse by a side dish of questions and self-criticism. Why is this happening to me? What does it mean? I am weak? Mad? Bad? The reality…
It’s not like the Movies – STRONG ADULT CONTENT WARNING
TRIGGER WARNING – Adult content containing graphic depiction of sexual abuse. Read on with caution. It’s not like in the movies. It’s not always violent, it’s not always obvious, but it’s still rape… According to an article in The Guardian:…
SUPPORT: Anxiety – A User Guide – Free Audio Book Available
As an experience, anxiety can be deeply unpleasant, exhausting, a crippling and disabling force that stands in the way of us living the lives we want. When we talk about ‘having anxiety’, or ‘anxiety problems’ we are normally thinking about…
SUPPORT: Sadness or Depression?
There has always been a lot of mystery and suspicion around the subjects of mental health and mental illness. Am I losing my mind? Am I imagining things? Will I ever stop crying? Frightening concepts creating a sense of isolation…
SUPPORT: Understanding Mental Health and Mental Illness
In this first edition to our supporting articles series, we will attempt to demystify some of the terminology used in this area. Outlining what we mean by mental health and looking into how to recognise the signs of mental illness….
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Saviour – STRONG CONTENT WARNING
“Your mum is on her way,” says a distant voice, barely audible through the tirade of electromagnetic currents trafficking through my mind. I’m not sure, but I think I might be in a hospital. I’m not dead. At least, I…
When a Loved one Chooses to Leave us
I had just returned home from a work trip to France when I was confronted with the news that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand to attention and my stomach rise into my chest. I felt…