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…
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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 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…
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…
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…
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…
Why it’s okay you weren’t there
I’m now programmed to reach out during a mental health crisis. This took years of psychological training. I used to introvert myself, cut off the world, turn to drugs and alcohol, self harm and, if it got really bad, make…
PODCAST: From Survivor to Thriver Episode 63: “Sometimes you’ve got to sit in it”
Lisa, a mom, parenting author, nationally syndicated humor columnist, and a podcast host, is also a survivor of suicide loss, having lost her father when she was ten. She grieved the loss of her father twice, as she was told…
RADIO: The Business of Inspiring a Movement
Erik DaRosa, known as “Yoda” to friends and clients, is an inspirational speaker and both the Founder and Co-host of mental health focused podcast, From Survivor to Thriver. In 2011, Erik traded in a successful career as a New York…
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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…
PODCAST: From Survivor to Thriver Episode 55: “You need to start with you”
Ganel-Lyn is a well-known motivational speaker and author who inspires others with her unique honesty, authenticity and spirit. She is a regular television/radio guest and hosts the popular shows REAL TALK CFM and THE MIDDLE. Her talks, appearances and books…
Autism: A few words to the parents, teachers and carers that I infuriated
Receiving an adult autism and ADHD diagnosis has made me do a lot of reflection, so to all of those who tore their hair out whilst trying to help bring me up, here are some things I would like you…
Sahaja Yoga Meditation can be a Lifeline
Sahaja Yoga is a great form of meditation and it is free. I have had mental health problems in one form or another since I was 15 and at school with anorexia and then a broken heart when I was…
PODCAST: From Survivor to Thriver Episode 50: “Be brutally honest with yourself and ask for help”
Erin D’Elia: “Be brutally honest with yourself and ask for help” Erin is a Heart-Centered Intuitive Lifestyle Coach, Motivational Speaker, Reiki Master, Massage Therapist, and Meditation and Yoga Teacher. After an accident with the family dog at the age of…
SUPPORT: Do I need Therapy? Do you need Therapy? Do we all need Therapy?
Do I need therapy? Do you need therapy? Do we all need therapy? Let’s start with considering what therapy is. The Collins English Dictionary gives a definition as follows: ‘the treatment of someone with mental or physical illness without the…
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PODCAST: From Survivor to Thriver E48: “Music was the only outlet that wouldn’t judge me”
Johnny is the Founder and CEO of Cope Notes, a mental health service that uses daily text messages to train the brain to develop healthier thought patterns since, as he says, “negative thoughts don’t schedule an appointment with you.” As…
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PODCAST: Anonymous Story Sharing with MA Founder Wizzi Magnussen
Listen to our founder Louisa “Wizzi” Magnussen on Open Journal Blogcast with Mike Douglas. Episode Description: Wizzi joins us today to share some of her lived experiences with mental health illness. Wizzi also introduces us to Minds Anonymous and some…
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RADIO: The Business of the Richmond Fellowship A Year on Follow Up
Darren Ayres has worked in mental health for 22 years both within Acute and Community settings. His specialist employment service The Richmond Fellowship is commissioned by NHS England to support people with mental ill health both into paid employment and…
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…
RADIO: The Business of Men’s Mental Health
Tim Beisiegel is a sign and logo designer & installer, but his passions in life are his family and podcasting. In 2019 his daughter was hospitalised for 97 days with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Tim had already been struggling with some aspects of…
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…
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…
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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…
RADIO: The Business of Addiction
Kirstie Barrett is ready to share her experience of recovery from drug addiction and trauma. She is here with Louisa “Wizzi” Magnussen to discuss the realities of dealing with temptations and triggers and share some of the information and tools…
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