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When The Secretary of State declared his struggles with Dyslexia recently , there is no doubt he created an impact due to his honesty, which was welcomed by many parents, aspiring children and young adults. It’s to easy to turn around today and say a child is “thick” or “slow”, some may say you cannot use that type of language, …
Anyone can learn the skills to help save a life from suicide. Wednesday 10th October 2018 is World Mental Health day so I thought it would be a good day to tell you about my son,Toby. Toby was a happy-go-lucky 23-year-old young man who walked into a field one night in July 2011 and took his own life. No one, …
Hi, my name is Robyn. I am a professional Life Coach but for the purposes of these blogs- I am your average Joe. One of my biggest passions is Mental Health, how we can learn more about it and all its complexities, but also how we can learn to manage and maintain it! Mental health is, for me, by far …
We often talk about mental health and well-being, The Links Foundation Team are working a platform of sports that target “Mental Strength”. So what does this mean? Firstly we all have mental strength, however it depends on several indicators on the day, week or month. Imagine the speedometer of a car showing 0 to 100 mph and on average you …
Today there are volunteer organisations who enhance many lives, including those members of service clubs, the volunteer sector and like minded groups. We change lives with fantastic community projects, we make a difference in the most difficult areas of the world. Simply put we bring people together. Within our service community of members and volunteers around the world suicide has …
Recently I spoke to a mother who lost her son to suicide a few years ago, at the very young age of 19. During our conversation we talked about the impact of positive wellbeing influences outside physical sport, activities that you may not consider to be as impactful, yet research shows this not to be the case, actually the opposite. …
I am known within my group of friends on occasion in conversation to mutter the words “I have an idea”, just like Michael Caine in the iconic film “The Italian Job”. At that point the reaction is normally “oh god”, run for cover or something like that, then the realisation I do actually have a real idea that draws a …
Accessible to all ages, backgrounds and levels, Marcellus known to most as “Baz” has created an all inclusive environment for everyone to discover and learn all that the sport has to offer. From ex-offenders to those with simply an interest in boxing Baz can offer professional first class training and preparation at one end , through to an introduction to …
It’s not just elderly people who can feel lonely or isolated. I’m 26 and sometimes I feel so empty and alone I can hardly bear to inhabit my own skin. My diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD) definitely affects my ability to maintain stable relationships, and having generalised anxiety means that I can panic in new situations or in social …
Depression is slated to be the leading cause of disability by 2030. Now, research funded by the National Institutes of Health says that, for young adults, heavy social media use is correlated with depression. This is worth paying attention to. The research, published in the journal Depression and Anxiety, was the first nationally representative study exploring the link between social …
