| Mental Healthy

A Big Hello! Welcome To My Blog!

You probably won’t have come across me before, so allow me to tell you a little bit about myself and how it is that I happen to be here blogging about mental health. About 14 years ago, I experienced a couple of quite severe “...

Tina Gibbons

27th May 2011

Medication In It's Place

I spend a lot of time raising awareness of natural approaches to emotional wellbeing and mental health. As a result, people often conclude or assume that I am totally anti medication. This isn’t strictly true however. So in order to set the...

Tina Gibbons

3rd June 2011

Training the Brain

Much of the focus in many therapies, behavioral and otherwise, is on retraining the brain. It seems like a simple concept but it takes hard work and dedication. My therapist has our group take time EVERY SINGLE HOUR to work...

Jade S

9th June 2011

Once Upon A Time There Was A Sheep - The Impact of Trying to Conform

Today I'm going to tell you a story! It's a bit of an experiment for me. I don't usually write like this - so I hope it's okay!! Once upon a time there was this sheep. Let's call her .... errm... Tanya. Tanya ...

Tina Gibbons

17th June 2011

Recovering From Mental Illness - The Door To Hope Is Always Open

When the World says, "Give up!" Hope whispers, "Try one more time!" ~ Anon Hope has played such an enormous role in my life journey. My darkest days all have one thing in common - they all lack hope. Hope...

Tina Gibbons

6th July 2011

Anxiety, stopping fear getting a hold

Stopping fear getting a hold So the other evening I was sat in traffic for hours. This would for many years have created a huge amount of anxiety in me. However, I have learned that if I distract myself, tell myself that 'traffic can not...

Charlotte Fantelli

13th July 2011

Measuring Wellbeing & Happiness- Can It Be Done and If So How?

The following report came out on the Guardian website Monday, outlining how the ONS propose to measure well-being and happiness following the new governments call to measure well-being as well as GDP. So, How Do You Measure Wellbeing & Happiness...

Tina Gibbons

27th July 2011

How to raise your soul into the sky and let it soar!

If you long to find a way to lift your spirits, to get in touch with your inner sanctuary and find your real destiny, then read on. Take a morning or evening, or a day at the weekend to try these ways of making your inner star sparkle. You will be...

Silky Red

16th August 2012

Wrinkles, worrying and whining...but wiser every day!

I advocate replacing birthdays with wisedays. Why the devil not? They do in some cultures, so why not here? I’m grumpy about the way getting older is frowned upon; making wrinkles even more firmly entrenched, by the brainwashing media....

Silky Red

5th March 2013