Mind-Active Therapy

02/07/2022

A fascinating and inspirational piece showing that mental health provision need not be over complicated or hard to provide. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181015-how-one-bench-and-a-team-of-grandmothers-can-beat-depression?ocid=ww.social.link.twitter via

Zimbabwe is pioneering a groundbreaking mental health programme with stunning results – and the rest of the world is taking note.

20/06/2022

Tips For Reducing Anxiety:

* Keep a thought diary
* Ask someone for help
* Use breathing techniques
* Practice mindfulness
* Meditate

15/06/2022

“The heart of man is very much like the sea; it has its storms, it has its tides, and in its depths, it has its pearls too.” – Vincent Van Gogh

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13/06/2022

Exercise is not only good for the body, it's good for the mind too. This article highlights the positive affects of one of the most popular forms of exercise:

Counsellor Lisa Blake found that running helped her manage anxious feelings. Here she explores the benefits of exercise for mental health.

08/06/2022

In the frantic, manic, overwhelmingly busy world that seems to dominate the lives of so many, it’s never been more important than now to just stop… and take a moment… to experience what it feels like… to be alive.
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04/06/2022

This inspiring, illuminating and well produced documentary, on a subject that remains taboo for many, is well worth viewing.
Its central question about the conventional medical approach to cancer treatment is extremely thought provoking.

Hannah Fry explores the problematic issues surrounding how we screen for and treat cancer.

04/06/2022

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
– James Baldwin

It’s easy to think and talk about changing, but it’s not so easy to do the things to make it happen. Only by facing things can we truly know what it is that needs to be done to affect that change.

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01/06/2022

Create a bit of space… by breathing.
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30/05/2022

“Man is disturbed not by things, but by the views he takes of them.”

This famous quote by the Stoic philosopher, Epictetus, had a profound influence on one of the founders of CBT, Albert Ellis. He contended that we can choose how we view the events in our lives, and that the choices we make will determine whether or not we become disturbed by them.

When challenging or difficult events crop up in our lives, it’s easy to get caught up and seduced by the thoughts related to them, holding them to be sacrosanct and tangible, when in actuality, they’re just thoughts and anything but real. Challenging those thoughts with rational logic will often lay bear the truth, that they are just bad friends, leading us astray. Just changing how we view events in our lives can have a powerful effect on how we respond, and in turn, how we feel.
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24/05/2022

Sometimes doing the simple things in life like, getting out of bed, taking a shower, going for a walk in the park, etc., can make a huge difference, especially when times are tough. For it’s only through baby steps that giant strides made.
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20/05/2022

“Life happens now—in this moment. The past and future only exist as thoughts occurring in the present. We can plan for or predict the future, but that planning and predicting happens here and now. We can reflect on and learn from the past, but that reflection happens in the present. This moment is all we ever have." – Russ Harris

Some very wise words from an ACT guru.
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17/05/2022

Sometimes you just need to kick back and relax…
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-care