Information on forthcoming events from Refuweegee and The Village Storytelling Centre. Refuweegee are hosting a series of free Facebook Live storytelling events in partnership with The Village Storytelling Centre. Thursday mornings are set to be filled with family-friendly adventures, read and explored by expert teller of stories Sarah Rankin. Join them to explore some beautiful […]
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“Whenever I am dealing with extreme emotions, I read” – The Mental Health Book Club Podcast
A re-post of our previous interview with with the fantastic Sydney Timmins, founder and co-presenter of the Mental Health Book Club podcast. At the time of this feature Sydney and Becky has just released the 29th episode. Two years later, still going strong, they are now on episode 104! Listen to the latest one here. […]
I laughed and cried the whole way through – the books which have helped our mental health #NationalReadingDay
A post for National Reading Day 2020. A while back, we asked, “Which books are good for your mental health?”. The passionate responses from our volunteer Community Correspondents and followers definitely made us want to clear some space on our bookshelves! Any book helps me with mental health, not one specifically – Ann-Marie D’Arcy Sharpe, […]
“I laughed and cried the whole way through” – the books which are good for our mental health
On World Book Day we asked which books were good for your mental health, now or at particular times of your life. The passionate responses from our volunteers and followers definitely made us want to clear some space on our bookshelves! Any book helps me with mental health, not one specifically….” -Ann-Marie Sharpe, Community Correspondent […]
What does anxiety look like?
A guest post from Marc from @ballofnerves , a picture book about anxiety In my work as a therapist I work a lot with people with anxiety problems. If you have never experienced anxiety problems before you’re likely to feel frightened, confused and at a loss as to how to make anxiety controllable. I say controllable […]
Read yourself well: 7 inspirational books about #recovery
A special feature from Laura Gulliver: a freelance health writer who has spent the last few years of her career writing and talking very openly about her own battles with mental health and addiction. Although there are many who think self-help books are something that should be given a wide berth, for many millions of […]