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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
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
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
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
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
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
Neuroplasticity: our elastic brains
Earlier this week, I did a Facebook Live video on the HarmlessUK page about neuroplasticity. Now, this is not something I know a huge amount
For the majority of my life, I have been in education
I didn’t particularly love school, in fact I couldn’t wait to leave for university, where I spent 5 years of my life doing my undergraduate
Plans on hold – learning, educating and keeping your brain engaged
Currently the whole world feels like it’s on pause and if anyone is like me they’re a little anxious about things they can’t complete or
Learning to experiment with sound
Did you know, our Trainer Aja is also a Noise Musician (expression of noise in a musical context). She has put together a video demonstrating
Being Mindful – Where to Start
I wanted to share what I have learnt from my own experience with mindfulness with you. Mainly that you are probably already naturally doing many
Resilience
When I consider the idea of young people and mental health, and how resilience can be such a powerful coping strategy, I wonder what resilience
Reading a book: how novel! Sometimes we all struggle to find a little catharsis!
As a therapist and the CEO of Harmless often people look to me to tell them what to do, both personally and professionally. This happens
Some of my favourite things
This week’s theme at Harmless is Positive escapism and coping mechanisms, so I thought I’d talk about the things that I find help me. The
Grief, lockdown and coping mechanisms – a few words from one of our clients.
Since I lost my husband to suicide last October, after 52 years of marriage, it was really hard to imagine life without him after being
Positive escapism and coping mechanisms
For a while now it seems like everything is about COVID-19. It’s still the main topic in the news and the thing everyone is talking
Creativity and parenting
Collective creativity has been flourishing locally. The outside fencing of the primary school has been transformed into a lovely sea of colour. We have been
You deserve kindness
On the theme of kindness we sometimes forget that the most important person to be kind to is ourselves. I love this poem by Ms
Online Safeguarding Software – Impero Guest Blog
Online safeguarding software will protect students both during lockdown and when schools reopen Justin Reilly, CEO, safeguarding specialist, Impero Working as a teacher and school
Teacher’s reflection on UK Lockdown
Teaching during lockdown has produced some unique challenges. Whilst it has shown how flexible we can be in rapidly switching to online learning platforms, it
A creative reflection
When you think of ‘creativity’ what do you think about? This was the question that was asked to me when I attended a course called
Exploring the Facilitators, Constraints and Barriers to Suicide Prevention in Primary and Secondary Healthcare Settings
Primary/Secondary Care Mental Health Staff – We need you! The University of Nottingham and Harmless are conducting research into suicide prevention in primary and secondary
Important research re: suicide prevention on healthcare settings. Take part
The University of Nottingham and Harmless are inviting professionals to participate in a study exploring effective suicide prevention in primary and secondary healthcare settings. We
A ditty – Helen’s attempt at creativity
Life goes by in the wink of an eye “I don’t have time for this” “I simply don’t have time for that” “If only I