Jul 17, 2019 | anxiety, fear, mental health, resilient, support
When I started this talk, it was just after my auntie had passed away, Jamie Denyer had made me tear up with his inspirational talk and he’d had a huge response. My nerves were uncontrollable, I was shaking, sweating, stammering and bang I was on stage not sure...
Jul 16, 2019 | anxiety, Bullying, children, choice, Depression, mental health, support, teamwork
More photos from last week’s Think Tank event in Swansea. The topic for debate was the issues faced by young people in Wales experiencing mental ill health. A huge privilege to be part of a discussion with experienced, passionate people who turned up with one...
Jul 15, 2019 | anxiety, children, coaching, Depression, mental health, resilient, sports, teamwork
I recently wrote a post saying that 1 in 10 children live with a diagnosable mental health condition in the UK. A government research paper published new figures in Feb 19 of 1 in 8 children, this epidemic is not showing signs of slowing down or stopping any time...
Jul 14, 2019 | boundaries, choice, coaching, leader, mental health, resilient
We collect beliefs about life, relationships, ourselves, people, family, etc throughout our life but did you know that we can often have a belief but act in a contradicting way without knowing it?It doesn’t mean the belief is wrong, we may not have acknowledged...
Jul 13, 2019 | choice, coaching, mental health, support, teamwork
Have we lost person to person connectivity so much so that we’ve lost the ability to treat people like people? I have so many conversations with people living with mental ill health about being treated as their diagnosis that it wasn’t a surprise that it...
Jul 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
What happens when you put 30 experienced and passionate people in a room together to discuss the crisis of mental health in young people? The aim of the summit, organised by Legacy Group International was to open discussions around the crisis happening in mental...
Jul 11, 2019 | anxiety, fear, mental health, resilient, support
I have had this ‘low key’ asthma all my life and have been lucky to go as long as four years without any asthma attacks at all. I do not have ‘bad’ asthma, like some suffer from. It doesn’t trouble me day-to-day. But I always carry a pump, my medication for my asthma,...
Jun 30, 2019 | Depression, Emotions, mental health, self esteem
I’ve recently realised what kind of foundation I had developed prior to living with depression, it was a rocky one. I had low self esteem, I compared myself to others, I never felt as good as or good enough, I self punished and self judged, I criticised, I...
Jun 25, 2019 | anxiety, fear, friends
Going out with anxiety, is so difficult. When you first agree to going out with friends or confirm your attendance at an event, you are excited and look forward to it. But then as the days get closer, the dread sets in, the fear. The internal debate then the battle in...
Jun 17, 2019 | anxiety, Bullying, children, Depression, mental health, support, teamwork
I am very excited to be the lead panelist at the first ‘Climbing to the summit’ discussion around the mental health crisis affecting young people in Wales. We are opening up the floor for professionals, young people living with mental ill health, parents,...
