Nurture Wellness

30/03/2026

You read it right, our website is finally up and running 🙌🙌

You can book you place on our courses via our website.

Click the link in our bio 👆

26/03/2026

Sometimes you need to read or hear some feedback to give you confidence and motivation to keep going.

Here's some feedback from our March MHFA Refresher course and it was just what I needed to read.

Seeing peoples knowledge and confidence grow around mental health gives me job satisfaction.

Reading this comment from a learner about my skills as a trainer made me think I can do it.

Sometimes you look at other people and think 'why would someone choose my courses over theirs?'

Sometimes you think 'I'm just not good enough'.

Sometimes you need to get feedback from people who use your services or those around you to see just how good you are and that you should keep going.

Asking for feedback is never easy, I always dread opening it in case someone has highlighted an area for development. And if they have, I sometimes feel miffed for a few minutes 😉 but I take it onboard, I learn from it and do something about it.

Feedback makes you motivated to do your best, to keep learning and to grow and to face that fear. Because no one's perfect, we all have areas of development and only good can come from it.

Have you asked for feedback recently?

19/03/2026

The face of someone who has handed in her last assignment for the Level 2 in Counselling Skills course 🙌🙌

It's taken lots of 6am get ups before the family woke up, studying around work, family life and powering through when I've felt shattered, but I did it.

I've really enjoyed it and not found it hard work at all. I guess it shows that this is the right time for me to do it. After many years of questioning if I should do it, I took the plunge and I'm really glad I did.

The hard work isn't over yet, there's many more years of studying to be done but step 1 is complete ✔️

Thanks hubby for taking the family pressures when needed, for being my guinea pig and listening to me talk about theory and skills so I can get my head around it.

Thank you dear friends for motivating me, keeping me accountable and sharing your words of wisdom.

Thank you my babies for keeping me on my toes, for the sleepless nights and your cuddles. This is for you 🧡🧡🧡

If you want to do something, always remember your why. It might feel impossible at the minute but keep chipping away.

Listen to your intuition and body, if it feels right keep on going, if not stop and re-evaluate. Now might not be the right time, but next year might be.

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16/03/2026

These stats are provided by MBRACCE-UK and the NHS.

Read them and then tell me that mental health during pregnancy and the perinatal period shouldn't be prioritised for mums AND dads!! 🤔

We've always focussed on preparing physically for the birth of our baby ...

Where will we give birth
C-section or natural birth
Do we want drugs or not
What we nees in our hospital bag

But what about our mental health??

Our mental health will help drive our pregnancy, our labour, the birth, every stage of parenting.

It will help to shape our babies entire life.

Yet only recently has it become apparent that we should be talking about it in our antenatal appointments. That it does matter.

I gave birth in 2018 and 2023 and I can say that I was only asked once about my mental health in both pregnancies, my husband wasn't asked at all.

If we want to see less families struggling through their pregnancy and into parenthood, we need to help them prepare mentally and emotionally.

We need to make this a priority conversation that is open to ALL families no matter what their socio-economic status, their ethnicity, their gender.

Growing and raising a baby takes mental, and emotional strength, not just physical.

Children and families need the best start in life 🧡

16/03/2026

A little update for you.

Hopefully it will all run smoothly this time 🤞🤞

12/03/2026

Are you looking to attend a Mental Health First Aid course?

Or are you already a MHFAider but need to refresher your skills and knowledge?

We have both courses running in May, our MHFA course is at the Ann Robertson Centre in Canterbury and our Refresher course is online through Zoom.

Get in touch for more details.

11/03/2026

Todays focus is on young peoples mental health in England from 2023-2024.

These stats are from The Big Mental Health Report 2025 by Mind and the Office of National Statistics for su***de data.

Once again it's a sad read.

Why do you think our children and young people are suffering like this?

Some people have said it's because of ...
Our education system
Neurodiversity and systems that don't support children properly
Social media
World events
Experiencing trauma during childhood
Not having the right care or nurturing environment to grow and develop
Experiencing grief at a young age
Living in poverty
Lack of professional support

When you think about the children around you who may be struggling with their mental health, what is the cause?

What do you think we can do about this?

How can we change these figures?

Make more professional help available?

Educate everyone on mental health so we can support each other better?

What's your thoughts?? I'd love to hear them.

05/03/2026

Our first MHFA training of 2026 is live and waiting for your registrations.

Join me for two days of learning about mental health which includes:
what is mental health,
what shapes our mental health,
how to preserve our mental health,
common mental illnesses,
how to support someone in a crisis situation,
build confidence in talking about mental health,
strengthen your communication skills in starting conversations about mental health,
help available,
understand the importance of boundaries,
and more!

It's a busy two days talking about an important topic where you will develop skills that could save lives.

We will be running our course from the Ann Robertson Centre in Canterbury 9-5pm on both days.

Investment in this course is £250. This includes three years of ongoing support from myself and MHFA England which comprises of networking events, free webinars and learning opportunities, a Support App, an opportunity to join the Association of Mental Health First Aiders.

You will also be able to access check ins with Nurture Wellness to make sure you are never alone.

You will leave feeling motivated to make a difference with tools to help you make that difference!

Head to the link in our bio where you can book your place.

04/03/2026

Mind recently published The Big Mental Health Report 2025 which gives us the latest stats and information on mental health in England and Wales.

The stats are not a great read, but we already knew this.

The figures in this post show the prevelance of poor mental health in England in adults, they are only ever as good as information recorded so they are an approximate.

What are your thoughts on these stats? Why do you think they are so high? Why do you think people struggle with their mental health?

As we can see mental illness is so common, yet some people still shy away from talking about it.

It's still the elephant in the room.

How can it be when it could be your family member or friend that these stats are talking about?

What if you were struggling with your mental health and all you wanted was for someone to notice, someone to ask how you are, but no one does because they don't see the signs, or don't know how to ask the question?

It's everyones business to learn about mental health, not just mental health professionals.

Looking out for each other makes better and stronger communities where we all feel valued and wanted. That in itself can lower the risk factors to poor mental health.

Let me know your thoughts on these stats.

Get in touch if you want to explore this topic in more detail.

27/02/2026

Our next MHFA Refresher course is on Friday 13th March 2026. (Friday the 13th just got better!) 😆

We are running it on Teams from 9:30-1:30pm.

Join me if you want to:

- Update your knowledge
- Refresh your MHFAider skills
- Meet other MHFAiders and share best practice
- Reflect on your time as a MHFAider

You'll receive a resource pack and an opportunity to join our Mental Health First Aid Association.

Have a question?? Want to book your place?? Then get in touch! 📧

11/09/2025