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…
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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…
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….
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SUPPORT: Why focus on Mental Health Awareness Week?
Mental Health Awareness Week should address and involve everyone. We have all sorts of ‘weeks’ now suggesting we should think about some particular subject, some of which only involve a relatively small number of people and therefore can pass us…
A Free New Year
January always brings such a mixture of emotions, the calm after the festive period, looking forward to the year to come, resolutions; but also, the cold, short days and the realisation of quite how much money was spent in the…
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…
SUPPORT: Wellbeing – A Balancing Act
Seeking balance is an ongoing activity. In finding balance, whether that be in our daily lives, such as a work/life balance, or in our minds, balanced moods, it seems that this state of being is commonly sought after. When I…
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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…
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…
SUPPORT: Connecting with Nature for Mental Health Awareness Week
As we head for what should be the hottest of our seasons, stepping out into nature is perhaps becoming a more welcome activity after what has seemed a particularly long winter. As the sun pokes out through the clouds and…
Grey Tinted Glasses
You are depressed. You can’t see the washing up build into a tower beside the kitchen sink. You can’t see the plants around you dying. You can’t see that your hair, from lack of washing, is starting to look wet….
Tales of a Patient’s Mental Health Journey
My advice to anyone going through mental illness is to allow love, friends and family into your life. Don’t shut people out when you are at your most vulnerable. It can be hard to do and you might want to…
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…
When Reality Sparks Depression
I had a miserable childhood. I don’t remember a day when I was happy. My father was a bully and was always shouting at someone, particularly at mealtimes. My mother was so intimidated by him that she barely said a…
The Physical Side of Mental Health
People never seem to talk about the physical side of mental health. And the government don’t seem to have taken it into consideration when writing the application for Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Plenty of questions relating to sticks and wheelchairs…
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