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Mental Health in Winter
Winter can be a difficult time of the year for many. As the days fall shorter, darker, and colder, our mental health is impacted. You may feel the urge to stay in bed for longer and are less likely to want to go outside. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a form of depression that commonly […]
Let’s Talk Training – London Travels
“In London, everyone is different, and that means anyone can fit in.” Paddington Bear, 20th-century friendly and polite bear from Peru. This London quote is from the book A Bear Called Paddington. As quoted by a particular friendly bear above, there was a feel in London that you can go about your business, even if you […]
Carers Rights Day 2022: Caring Costs
Carers Rights Day aims to ensure carers are aware of their rights and know where to get help and support, whilst also raising the awareness of carers needs. Carers UK research has highlight that 12,000 people in the UK become carers every day. This approximately 500 people an hour, and 8 people a minute. This […]
“I Really Miss Self-Harming” – A Note on ‘Socially Unacceptable’ Feelings
Understanding Self-Harm: For many people, harming themselves helps them manage difficult emotions, uncomfortable memories, and/ or challenging circumstances. The methods people use, and the reasons people harm themselves can be as varied as our fingerprints. Many who access our service seek support to understand what fuels their self-harming habits and aim to either manage it […]
Hiring: New Trainer
Our Let’s Talk Training team is looking to recruit a new trainer! Join our expanding team and be part of the changes needed for awareness and prevention around suicide, self harm & mental health. You will be supported and guided by our passionate and friendly team, who are always looking to encourage you to do […]
The Power of Remembrance
Annually, we take time to honour and show respect to those who have passed, acknowledging their struggles and challenges, commemorating their hardship and sacrifice so we can keep our lived freedoms. A day of remembrance of what was lost so that more could be gained for future generations. . I curiously ponder this time we […]
How can we be more Self Compassionate?
Compassion is defined as the sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress, and the desire to alleviate this distress together. We often find being compassionate towards others as almost an autopilot response. However, being compassionate to ourselves is not always as easy. When we are struggling with our thoughts and feelings, we can sometimes be hard on […]
Living Recovery
Recovery, what does it mean and how do we live recovery? There are two types of recovery, firstly, the medical model of recovery is: Returning to oneself prior to the onset of any symptoms. Secondly there is the mental health and wellbeing model of recovery, which is what we at Harmless are passionate about: Living […]
Train the Trainer Programme
Did you know that we deliver Train the Trainer Programmes? Over the past two weeks, two of our specialist trainers Shaun Young and Leanne Moulton from the Let’s Talk Training team have travelled to Cornwall to deliver a Self Harm awareness Train the Trainer 3 day programme funded by Cornwall and Isles of Scilly integrated […]