Mad Pride

        On Saturday 21st April I attended my first Mad Pride. Mad Pride is an annual event hosted by LMHC (Liverpool Mental Health Consortium), this is its third year in Liverpool. Mad Pride has its roots in Toronto, Canada where it began in 1996 and is now a worldwide movement made…

Exploring Mental Health – Time To Talk

It’s #TimeToTalk people. The #TimeToTalk campaign advocates talking about mental health as we talk about other topics The campaigns’ key message is that conversations change lives. The WellPool team hope that the conversations in our sessions and those that happen online with this blog contribute to this stigma-reducing activity throughout…

Find The Words

It can be difficult to find the words to talk to your doctor about your mental health. Mind‘s Find The Words campaign aims to help you find the words to talk to your GP about their mental health and get the support you need. Use the “CC” button in the video…

Sacred Circle

    I’m not sure how or where to begin this blog because there is no beginning or end to write about. You see I’m trying to construct a circle, not a mathematical circle but my own invisible circle of self-love and self-discovery.  My safe, sacred space, my connection to…

Liverpool Ramblers FREE walks over Christmas

Don’t be alone over the Christmas period from Monday 19th December 2016 to Tuesday 3rd January 2017 . You can get out and about, meet new people, all for FREE. A walk every day except Christmas Day for two weeks. You will be out in the fresh air, see the…

Apps for well-being 2

Last week, I mentioned a few Mood Tracking apps for Android. As I said then, it was by no means comprehensive, but I thought it was a useful way to start exploring the apps in that category on Google Play. In this post I want to draw attention to another…

Apps for well-being 1

There are a whole load of Android apps associated with well-being (and presumably on the Apple system too – more on that later). From apps to track your mood, to guided mindfulness and meditation, to physical monitoring, to ambient sound makers for meditation and mindfulness. Because of my longstanding interest…

The Great British Bee Count – Get Involved

Get out and about in the garden or parks and see if you can identify the different types of bees, click on this link –https://www.foe.co.uk/green-blog/how-identify-bumblebees  Help to spot our bees and help them to pollinate our flowers. Without them we would have no fruit or vegetables. You can help by…

World Mental Health Day

Come along and enjoy an event to be held at PSS Head Office on 5th October 2015 between 5pm and 7pm. There will be displays of art from the Wellbeing Centres and some Stigma busting around Mental Health.

Dog Walking and Well-Being

A group of Well Pool community reporters went off to their local park to talk to dog walkers about how dog walking and their pets support positive health and well-being.

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