With NHS waiting times for mental health treatment extending to up to two years and many sufferers feeling isolated, we continue striving to help those who need it today. Looking back at the history of the way that mentally ill people have been treated both in the UK and around Continue Reading
I have many concerns about the short, mid, and long term impact of lockdown. One of them is parents who may feel a sudden pressure to be ‘exceptional teachers’ to their children. Here’s a useful take home message: ‘No one is judging you.’Have you heard?Teaching is really hard!And guess what?You might Continue Reading
The idea of life being a celebration of the ‘journey’ and not the ‘destination’ is not a particularly new concept, I see it bounced around in quotes on Pinterest and on the web in various forms, but it can so easily be overused and its meaning lost and diluted. I Continue Reading
As a charity, PoetsIN have become so much more than the name would suggest. We’re not just about poetry. Yes, we use poetry alongside other writing techniques in our powerful creative writing workshops, but we also focus very much on wellbeing, self-care, happiness and handling worry. Wellbeing and mindfulness are Continue Reading
This week, Wellbeing Wednesday comes from a new member of the PoetsIN team, Pablo Meccano. He brings his take on mental wellbeing and what responsibility truly means. Who Put the I in Response-ability Are we really responsible for our own mental-health? Let’s take a squint. Back In 2017, during a once Continue Reading
Shedding the big sack of guilt. Having a mental illness often comes with a huge slab of guilt. Yep. Guilt. This guilt comes in all shapes and forms, but often comes from the fact that we don’t fulfil our own somewhat impossible ideals. Cancelled an event due to genuine illness? Continue Reading
