Great Mental Health Day 2023 is celebrating the power of community kindness and telling the story of how we’ve come together for one another across London. In a year that’s remained challenging for many of us, it has been our communities, friends and families which have played the most important role in in getting us […]
27th January is Lewisham Great Mental Health Day 2023 Read More »
Tips for coping during Christmas If you find Christmas a difficult time of year, this page has some tips to help you cope. Different things can help us at different times, depending on our situation and how we’re feeling. Some of these tips may not feel helpful or relevant for you right now. Try some
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If you are struggling to cope with life pressures, you might be stressed. After the last 18 months all of us would have felt stressed at times, which is perfectly natural. We’ve all had lots of extra things to worry about; juggling family life with additional stresses such as home-schooling, working from home and concerns
It’s Stress Awareness Day – 2nd November 2023 Read More »
Protecting our mental health is easier than you might think. We can all do it every day, and with simple activities that help us feel OK, we’re better able to cope with life. It’s like brushing your teeth daily – important in preventing problems. It’s the same for our mental health. It can also be
It’s World Mental Health Day 2022 Read More »
“Our relationship with nature – how much we notice, think about and appreciate our natural surroundings – is a critical factor in supporting good mental health and preventing distress.” The above quote is taken from ‘Nature: How connecting with nature benefits our mental health‘, a report by the Mental Health Foundation. Immerse yourself in nature
National Week of Play: How nature nurtures our mental health Read More »
Lewisham Mindful Mums helps pregnant women and new mums in Lewisham look after themselves during what can be a challenging period of their lives. Since the service started in 2016, Mindful Mums has supported over a thousand women. Mindful Mums online Sessions Having a baby isn’t easy at the best of times, especially with
June and July Mindful Mums, Diversity Matters and Being Dads Courses and drop-ins Read More »
Being a parent can make all of us feel a little anxious at times. There’s so much to think about and sometimes it can feel like we’re not coping well. For Mental Health Awareness Week in May 2023, Rethink Mental Illness will be looking at how anxiety can affect people living with severe mental illness, what
Mental Health Awareness Week May 2023 – Anxiety Read More »
We can all be affected by loneliness at different points during our life and being a parent can often make us feel lonely or isolated. Feeling lonely can leave us feeling embarrassed and low but it’s important to remember that feeling lonely is perfectly normal and that there is help out there to help us
If you have found our stress levels rising over the last few years, you’re not alone. Stress can have a huge impact on our health and wellbeing, especially if it goes on for many months or years. Worrying about our health, work and finances can leave us not knowing where to start to
April is Stress Awareness Month Read More »
Many children may be worried about things that they are hearing on the news and on the radio about what’s happening in Ukraine. It can be easy to forget that children are also listening in when we catch up with the latest news. Talk of war, weapons and seeing images of bombing or people being
How to talk to your child about the hostilities in Ukraine Read More »
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