It's around 15 days til publication day - yeay and fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck! But you're not on your own with the nerves. After all, to produce a book you work with skilled editors, cover designers, proof readers and, in my case, illustrators. My first book, A Series of Unfortunate Stereotypes - Naming and Shaming Mental Health Stigmas … Continue reading Illustrating mental health
Personifying my illness makes it less frightening
ORIGINAL ARTICLE ON HUFFINGTON POST As someone with arachnophobia severe enough to make me dance like an incompetent Northern Soul fan whenever Incy Wincy makes a move on me, the advice I was given by a friend many years ago proved invaluable: “If you see a spider, imagine it in a disco dress - it … Continue reading Personifying my illness makes it less frightening
Book launch – A Series of Unfortunate Stereotypes
On Tuesday 6th March I will be standing in front of a room of people, convinced I am going to pee myself, cringing at the fact I will be charading as an author by signing books and wondering if I ever really had anxiety after all.... Why? Because I have anxiety and I am a … Continue reading Book launch – A Series of Unfortunate Stereotypes
How should we talk about mental health in schools – Metro
Given I'm not the expert on this, I spoke to a couple of brilliant people who know what they are talking about for my latest Metro piece. Natasha Devon, MBE - an incredibly proactive mental health campaigner who writes for the Times Educational Supplement, and Claire Kelly, a director from the Mindfulness in Schools project. … Continue reading How should we talk about mental health in schools – Metro
5 ways I’m going to use mindfulness to improve my Christmas
This is my latest Metro UK piece - and very apt given how absolutely worn out I am right now after a challenging week! So I was pleasantly reminded of this advice that I wrote a few weeks back for Metro's Christmas lifestyle blogs. It involves wintry walks, mindful eating and the obligatory scented candle. … Continue reading 5 ways I’m going to use mindfulness to improve my Christmas
People are leaving hospital too soon – but is it acute inpatient care that they need?
I just wanted to share a link to a comment piece by the lovely Rachael Byrne, executive director of new models of care at Home Group. It's in response to the stats released by Mind last week about the numbers of people who feel they are leaving mental health hospital too soon. Rachael asks if … Continue reading People are leaving hospital too soon – but is it acute inpatient care that they need?
A charity gala and my first Christmas dinner
OK, so it was vegetarian and smothered in tomato sauce rather than gravy, but I had my first Christmas dinner of the year last night at a wonderful even hosted by Anxious Minds North East - a charity that I am proud to be a trustee of. And I want to shout about these guys. … Continue reading A charity gala and my first Christmas dinner
Because mental health isn’t just an adult issue
I've been writing quite a bit this month on mental health and children and young people. I was young when I first experienced a panic attack and had no idea what was happening. And we know the experience can be made all the more difficult to endure if you can't communicate what's happening - it … Continue reading Because mental health isn’t just an adult issue
A series of unfortunate stereotypes – the book!
Hello lovely people! So I'm massively excited today to share my new book cover and links to pre order A series of unfortunate stereotypes - Naming and Shaming Mental Health Stigmas. Of course I don't name and shame people (just Piers Morgan and Katie Hopkins - but they don't count) but I do discuss the … Continue reading A series of unfortunate stereotypes – the book!
We shouldn’t shy away from the ugly side of mental illness
1 in 4 of us experience mental illness at some point in our lives – but its prevalence doesn’t make it an easy ride. We have the US president tackling the ‘stigma’ of guns by blaming mass shootings on mental illness instead. But the image of violent mentally ill people is untrue. According to Time … Continue reading We shouldn’t shy away from the ugly side of mental illness
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