…it’s not something that defines me it’s just something I am and that’s not going to change.
This year us here at Harmless & The Tomorrow Project were planning on being at Pride and it was something I was extremely excited about, but with everything that’s happened it looks like Pride isn’t going to happen this year. One of the things I love about Pride is how inclusive it is, anyone is […]
Food and Mood – by Lisa
If there is one thing that never fails to put me in a positive mood…..it’s cake! I love cake, I love to eat it and I love making it. Cake has had a place in my life for as long as I can remember. We only ever had cake for very special occasions when I […]
Food and Mood
Our Belly and Our Brain
Before lockdown I delivered a training session discussing mental health intervention and a delegate on training working as a nutritionist providing feedback suggesting that we should focus more time in the session on our mental health and how our diet directly impacts it.She told me that our digestive system produces over 90% of all serotonin […]
Food and mood – Some thoughts by Helen
Food and mood – This topic is highly emotive because after spending something like 15 years in the health and fitness industry, I have a little understanding of how our relationship with food often corresponds with good or bad phases of mental health or distress. Our eating habits are often indicators of whether all is […]
Rani kicks off Food and Mood Week!
Join our Therapist Rani on a tour of her kitchen, where her children are cooking a delightful meal for the family! Remember to nourish both your body and mind.
Discrimination has no place at Harmless
Self harm does not discriminate. Neither do we. This has always been our tag line since our service began in 2007. Now more than ever it is pertinent that we address inequality. To echo The Samaritans ‘In the midst of a pandemic which is disproportionately impacting the Black community, the recent killings of George Floyd, […]
Tom’s reflection on dreams working in a bereavement setting
When I was younger and first encountered dreams in an academic, psychological way, it was primarily focused on the psychodynamic Freudian theories. Frankly, my perception of it was one of scepticism. My scepticism of it came from the idea that the meaning of our dreams is subconscious and symbolic which meant it relies on someone […]
Why am I having so many weird dreams?
Has anyone else been having vivid dreams lately? I’ve heard so many people talk about how since the start of lockdown, they have been having more dreams than usual. Google Trends (2020) reported that in the US, the number of Google searches for ‘weird dreams’ has doubled since this time last year, suggesting that not […]
Are you bereaved by suicide? We need your help.
We are working on a video project – we’d love you to take part. In this new project we are inviting those who have been bereaved by suicide to join us in a video project of remembrance. We will be asking those who would like to take part to contribute a video message – where […]