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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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…
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…
RADIO: The Business of Philosophy & Mental Health
Jamie Ryder, Owner at Stoic Atheneum, is a mental health copywriter interested in the crossovers between mental health and philosophy. On The Business of Philosophy & Mental Health Jamie outlines his personal discovery of philosophy, how it has helped with…
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…
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…
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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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PODCAST: From Survivor to Thriver E43: “We need to change the way we talk to ourselves”
Jas, a best-selling author, award-nominated book coach and resilience speaker, specializes in stories that change lives. During the first two decades of her life, she felt very alone in her world of depression and anxiety as the result of both…
PODCAST: From Survivor to Thriver E.38
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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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…
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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…
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
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RECOVERY, await the tears It ain’t all meds and facing fears A flawless mess Ain`t that pretty I’m done here RECOVER NOW GET READY
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,…
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,…
Healing Depression through the Art of Language
I was depressed for a long time, so I couldn’t look at myself in the mirror. What I saw there was a continuous reminder of what I wasn’t becoming, but therein lay the problem. I was stuck on this problem…
SUPPORT: Quick Tip Video: How to Reduce Anxiety
Supporting partner of mindsanonymous.com and mental health & wellbeing coach and expert, Tracy Douthwaite from waytowellbeing.co.uk takes us through a quick tip to reduce anxiety.
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…
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Letting the Child Grow Up
This is written to share experience of dis-ease of the mindbody and to support others in their own journeys of self-discovery, transformation, and manifestation. I have suffered chronic depression, anxiety, intrusive and sometimes suicidal thoughts and, in hindsight, quite an…
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…
Well aren’t we rather Lucky?
There is no denying that people with mental health issues suffer. And, for some, managing their mental health is a daily battle. Battles leave scars, but do these mental scars actually make us stronger?
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