I’m new here and have never really done anything like this. I have been severely, chronically, and, sometimes, even catatonically depressed for over a year now. Before this, I was an outgoing, independent, go-getting, happy person. I have recently been…
SUPPORT: Could there be a Downside to Mental Health Awareness?
By Gill Jardine, Counsellor/Psychotherapist We are living in a time of increasing awareness of mental health issues which sounds all to the good, but, in reality, is it? I can hear you thinking: ‘Well, of course it is, why would…
There are No Bad Things (Our Near Death Experience)
I’ve had some of the hardest times and biggest struggles over the last couple of years of my life. But also some of the best times as well. But Covid isn’t really related that much. In early 2021 my girlfriend…
A Letter to the Police
My mother was looking in boxes the other day attempting to have a clear out of unnecessary stuff that had accumulated over the years. What she found amongst trinkets and change was the below letter. In 2009 I was arrested…
RADIO: The Business of Digital Wellbeing
Sam Flynn has been training businesses in the use of social media for 12 years. Her own addiction to her smartphone and research into why this happens along with a background in Business Psychology has led Sam into a career as…
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SUPPORT: A Comprehensive Guide to Mental Illness
Mental illnesses are medical conditions involving changes in behavior, thinking or emotions that interfere with a person’s ability to do daily tasks or care for themselves. Common mental health disorders include anxiety disorders and mood disorders such as depression, schizophrenia…
SUPPORT: The Power of Communication
Recently, in my work as a counsellor, I came across a situation which appeared to be the break up of a marriage. The couple had been married for several years and together even more years. The partner who came to…
SUPPORT: Anxiety and me
By Tracy Douthwaite from Way to Wellbeing I lived with anxiety most of my life, mostly I masked it, but sometimes it would completely overwhelm me. Even when doing okay and masking it well the anxiety controlled a lot of…
Mini-Wife Syndrome
So, hi everyone. We are a blended family. I have a son from previous marriage and hubby has a daughter. He was a widower when we met and I was a divorcee. We always put the kids first, they bonded…
RADIO: The Business of Overcoming Burnout
Have you ever had a moment of AWE? Do you know what a moment of AWE is? MICHAEL AMSTER, MD, co-author of The Power of AWE, is a physician and faculty member at the Touro School of Medicine. With twenty…
RADIO: The Business of Mental Health Skills
Lisa Jones is the Founder and Director of HeadStrong Training, a UK-based provider of wellbeing and resilience training for businesses and education providers. A qualified psychotherapist, Lisa specialises in helping high-performers cope with chronic stress, mental health, emotional wellbeing, and…
RADIO: The Business of Resilience
What does resilience mean? Can too much focus on building our own resilience lead to burnout? How connected are these two very prominent topics? Aubrey Wrenn is the Chief Operating Officer and Senior Consultant for Proven Valor Professionals. Aubrey enlisted…
SUPPORT: What is Resilience?
I seem to keep hearing the word resilience everywhere I turn right now, and it’s got me thinking about what resilience is, why might we need resilience and how we might develop it in ourselves. So firstly what is it?…
RADIO: The Business of EFT Healing
What is EFT Healing and how can it help soothe anxiety, help to heal past traumas and lead to a healthier mind? Find out in this 50-minute radio show, amid EFT Master Practitioner and Life Coach Tamas Konya’s choice of…
POEM: Reconnect
This poem is about reconnecting to a tender, sacred part of oneself as part of healing from traumas. The poem reflects on our sacred connection to the earth and our divine selves – and so also each other. Really it’s…
POEM: Greeting shadows
Im reaching out, don’t know what for My tools won’t work, in need of more My mindset shifts from dark to light And Nightmares haunt me day and night My safe routine is out of whack My mood is wobbly,…
What is wrong with me?
I woke up hung over with so much regret. I drank too much and embarrassed myself by crying to the man who denies my little girl. In front of everyone. Pathetic. One of my friends just had her son yesterday….
SUPPORT: Don’t let a diagnosis limit you
You have probably been waiting a very long time for a diagnosis. During that time you may have been battling with numerous questions regarding how you have been feeling. Why do I feel so down? Why do I feel so…
My Son Kevin
This is my story, how I see things as a parent and caretaker. Let me introduce you to my son, Kevin. He likes to write poetry, paint, draw, play with his cat, take walks, and watch documentaries. He learns new…
RADIO: The Business of Grief and Loss
We will all experience a bereavement at some point in our lives, so why is grief not spoken about more openly and how can we support those grieving? In this The Business of… episode on Connections Radio, our Founder Louisa…
SUPPORT: Just Listen
We often talk about the person who is living with mental illness, how it might be for them, strategies to help deal with it all from day to day, sources of help and support they may reach out to, but…
Where are we?
Where are we? Something isn’t right. I can see you walking through the door of the ward, holding my first ever classical guitar within its battered 15 year old case. The case is dripping in scraps of shoelace, red, yellow…
RADIO: The Business of Cultural Grief
The intercultural atmosphere Martina Famos grew up in has formed a talent for understanding different cultures and the clashes that can arise when people have contrasting sociological reasoning. This has set the ground for contributing professionally to a peaceful multicultural…
SUPPORT: Humanity – An Interconnection
One thing that undoubtedly connects each human to one another is the planet on which we share our existence; the earth. We were born here, we breathe here, we will (probably!) always be bound to this place, together. Perhaps a…
I am 24 since 18
I am from Macao, currently living in the Netherlands. I am 24. I was diagnosed with OCD and anxiety in the first year of college in 2017. I encountered lot of things which caused this issue, I will summarise below….
POEM: Manic Episode 403
Mind racing Body shaking Adrenaline rising No compromising I can’t see This isn’t me Too afraid to let it be Manic episode 403 Mania is fun It makes me the one But I know i’ll fall down When I hit…
POEM: I am. Or am I
As I sit drowning in negative self talk, I feel compelled to at least attempt to manifest in writing a far better mindset than my current. I feel as though this may be my first successful fantasy novelesque piece. Am…
POEM: Writer’s Block
I’m currently attending weekly trauma informed group therapy sessions having completed 12 weeks of compassion focused group therapy. I return to work today after 3 weeks leave and I am a nervous wreck, as I sit here over-thinking anything and…
SUPPORT: Work/Life Balance: Myth or Matter?
Do you have a good work/life balance? Do I? Does anyone? Ironically, I wonder if this topic on the whole can make people feel a little uncomfortable. Are there fears amongst the work/life balance ‘achievers’ that people will think they…
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