Mental wellbeing for young people
Ways to boost hope

Ways to boost hope

As we move through advent and towards Christmas, we wanted to spend some time thinking about how we can engage more with hope, peace, joy and awe in our daily lives. Here’s a few ideas...

Doodle Challenge- Happy Place doodle

Doodle Challenge- Happy Place doodle

This is a little like finding your happy place and creating a visual representation that you can use to remind yourself how it feels to be there. Visualisation techniques like this can help us find calm during times of anxiety or stress as we picture ourselves in a place that makes us feel safe and rested

Doodle Challenge- Colour in the frog

Doodle Challenge- Colour in the frog

Colouring helps to relieve stress. It calms the brain, can improve sleep and decrease feelings of depression and anxiety. It can also be a great distraction as it helps focus our attention and mind on the task in front of us.

Doodle Challenge- Fill this page with flowers

Doodle Challenge- Fill this page with flowers

Free drawing like this can help our mind have a break from target driven tasks and allow it time to rest and help us re-focus. Just mindless doodling can give our brains a rest from all the complicated tasks they need to focus on during the day.

Looking after mental health in the summer holidays

Looking after mental health in the summer holidays

The summer term can be super long and tiring (especially if you've just been through exams) and although lots of us are looking forward to the rest that the hols can bring, we also wanted to reassure you that it's totally normal to go into this time with a range of different emotions.

Summer holidays and routine

Summer holidays and routine

As we suddenly hit the summer, we can find that the lack of routine can make us feel a bit odd. So we wanted to think about a few ways we can we look after ourselves in this and give you some things you could try :-) 

Feeling supported

Feeling supported

Summer can really impact our normal support networks, especially if these are based in school or college. So what other ways can we find support and connection during the holidays? 

Summer and self-care

Summer and self-care

So after what has been a potentially full on term it’s important that we really allow ourselves to rest and recharge as we go into the holidays, but how can we do this well? 

Preparing for change

Preparing for change

It's totally normal to head into the summer holidays feeling a bit anxious about what will happen at the end of August. So are there any ways we can prepare for this? 

The distrACT app

The distrACT app

Finally in our mini series we are featuring a slightly different type of app that can help with self-harm urges

The CalmUrge app

The CalmUrge app

A short video about the CalmUrge app, including it's features and ways it can help with controlling self-harm urges

The CalmHarm app

The CalmHarm app

A short video featuring the CalmHarm app and explaining how this can be a helpful tool in managing self-harm urges