Mental Health HQ

25/12/2025

Resharing our most popular Quote of the Day for 2025 - May

25/12/2025

24/12/2025

Interesting read. How do you break the addiction?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRcXHW7DbjG/?igsh=MTVienVqYWZqbG9j

22/12/2025

🎄 The Holidays Can Be Tough on Parents 🎄

Christmas is often pictured as a magical, joyful time but for many parents, it can bring stress, sleepless nights, and overwhelming expectations. Between endless to-do lists, financial pressures, and trying to make everything “perfect,” it’s easy to feel burned out.

Remember: It’s okay to take a break, ask for help, and prioritize your mental health. You don’t have to do it all alone. 💛

19/12/2025

Study tips part 2

Check out Keri’s video.

19/12/2025

🌙 Prioritise Sleep, Prioritise Your Wellbeing 🌙

Good sleep isn’t a luxury it’s essential for your mental, emotional, and physical health.
By getting enough rest, you boost your mood, improve focus, and give your body the time it needs to heal and recharge.

💤 Aim for 7–9 hours
📵 Limit screen time before bed
🕯️ Create a calming night routine
❄️ Keep your room dark and cool

Let’s raise awareness and remind each other that rest is self-care. 💙

18/12/2025

Small steps, big wins ✅
Making a list and ticking things off as you go can boost focus, reduce stress, and give you that feel-good sense of accomplishment. Be kind to your mind and celebrate progress one tick at a time 💚

17/12/2025

Focusing on what truly matters right now and giving my energy to the things that move the needle. Everything else can wait its turn on the back burner. Growth happens when you simplify, stay intentional, and trust the process. ✨🔥

17/12/2025

If this is an issue in your home this might be a useful organisation to follow

Just as with any form of domestic abuse, Child to Parent Abuse (CPA) can have a significant impact on other children in the home regardless of their relationship to the child displaying the behaviours.

Sadly, we also often see these behaviours being directed toward siblings as well as parental figures. We hear this not only through the conversations parents have with the PEGS team, but also through the findings of one of our surveys back in 2023.

When CPA is happening within a household, the sibling relationship can become much more complex and difficult to navigate.

If you would like to learn more, you can read our full report on our website:https://irp.cdn-website.com/fa6ebd65/files/uploaded/Child%20to%20Parent%20Abuse%20The%20impact%20during%20school%20holidays.pdf

17/12/2025

With the festivities coming up if you have any young people with mocks coming up they will be wanting time to chill as well as top up their knowledge. Here is a tip on how to help your young person study smarter not harder

16/12/2025

Mindfulness is a hot topic, or has been for a few years, but why is mindfulness or being in the present moment, helpful for avoiding anxiety or low mood?
If we spend a lot of time thinking about what might happen, it will make us feel more anxious, and no one can predict the future, so to lower levels of anxiety, bring yourself back to the present.

On the other hand, if we spend a lot of time in our heads thinking about what should have happened and why we did what we did, that will keep us feeling quite low in our mood, so again it is good to try and avoid dwelling on what has happened and think about where we are now.

It takes work to keep coming back to the present moment, but it will help you feel better overall and reduce worrying

15/12/2025

When a child is melting down, our instincts can take over — and not always the helpful ones.

We might lecture, rush to fix, or tell them to calm down… but these actually block co-regulation rather than build it.

Let’s talk about what not to do — and what to try instead — so we can truly help a child borrow our calm instead of our chaos.

via The Contented Child, Child Wellbeing Consultancy