The Mind of Others: A documentary on mental health
Content warning: This article contains mentions of suicidal ideation It starts with a silent video of Winston Churchill with more and...
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Sofia Panzeri
- Mar 21
- 4 min
From Doodles to Diaries: Navigating Life Through Journaling
Hello reader! I’m Sofia, a twenty-one-year-old bachelor’s student with a passion for Neuroscience. Ever owned a diary? Sceptical about...
Seyi Osobamiro
- Mar 19
- 4 min
Reproductive Disorders: The Good, the Bad, and the Artistic
By the time I was diagnosed with endometriosis, I was told that my disease had progressed to moderate organ fusion from scarring and...
Natali Simmonds
- Mar 7
- 5 min
Why the Suffering Artist Archetype is so damaging for creatives
The ‘suffering artist’ is a romanticised archetype that has been perpetuated throughout history in literature, film, and popular culture....
Alison Waller
- Mar 5
- 5 min
Books for Company: Reading and Wellbeing
Have you ever found yourself on a train or waiting for a friend, and discovered you don’t have a book on you? The horror! I always keep a...
Kristi Priestley
- Feb 22
- 5 min
Drag Storytime: How a children's event became political
“Queer silliness offers purposeful strategies to playfully engage with the present, insisting on frivolity, mundanity, and fun, despite...
Emily Zarevich
- Jan 11
- 5 min
Dolly Wilde: Addict and Wit
It's always a great tragedy whenever a lively, creative, and genuinely talented individual loses their potential to an addiction. Here's...
Melisa Kose
- Nov 30, 2023
- 7 min
Spotify Wrapped and How We Manipulate Our Social Image
The end of November once again brings with it the internet’s favourite musical-statistics event, Spotify Wrapped.
Camila Ribeiro
- Oct 12, 2023
- 7 min
Is it on Brand? Sexual Harassment Within, and Beyond, the Comedy World.
Trigger Warning: The following article discusses themes surrounding sexual harassment and contains some explicit language. I had heard...
Ilana Singer
- Aug 31, 2023
- 4 min
Lewis Capaldi's Journey with Tourette's Syndrome: Beyond the Spotlight
Unveiling the Power of Compassion Last year, I completed a master’s degree in health psychology at King’s College London. Now, I am a...
Inspire the Mind
- Aug 17, 2023
- 5 min
Celebrating South Asian Heritage Month: Reflections and Experiences
This year’s theme is “Stories To Tell”, and is dedicated to celebrating the stories that contribute to the South Asian Community.
Emily Zarevich
- Jun 26, 2023
- 6 min
Abbé de Coulmier: The therapist who dared to treat the Marquis de Sade
Imagine, if you dare, being in charge of the care of a notorious, licentious writer whose idea of conducting research for his depraved novel
Natali Simmonds
- Jun 22, 2023
- 5 min
More Than A Thriller
Good Girls Die Last is feminist reality wrapped in fiction I was so tired of crying. It was the summer of 2021 and the news was full of...
Dinesh Bhugra CBE
- Jun 15, 2023
- 3 min
The Disappearance and Reappearance of Rituals
Why do we need rituals? For a number of reasons, in many settings and situations people need rituals to give them a degree of comfort,...
Nikita Sharma
- Jun 9, 2023
- 4 min
My mental health hangs by a thread and that thread is a yarn
Every summer my grandmother would ask my childhood self what my favourite colour is. By the time winter rolled around, she would have...
Riddhi Laijawala
- Jun 7, 2023
- 5 min
Birth Beyond Borders: Global Pregnancy & Birthing Traditions
As a researcher in perinatal psychiatry, and having grown up in India, I have had the privilege of understanding pregnancy and birthing...
Melisa Kose
- May 30, 2023
- 8 min
Crunch Culture, the Writer’s Strike… Can we please start listening to artists?
Once again, the consequences of prioritising financial gain above real human wellbeing and mental health are being broadcasted, clear as day
Maddalena Vatti
- May 5, 2023
- 6 min
The Festival of Italian Literature Celebrates Places, Bodies, and the Hybridity of Form
After a three-year-long hiatus, the Festival of Italian Literature in London (FILL) has made an exciting comeback on Saturday 22nd of...
Antonella Lettieri
- Apr 28, 2023
- 4 min
The Festival of Italian Literature in London: Cultures across borders
A festival of literature and ideas bringing together writers and thinkers from different backgrounds After a three-year break due to...
Nikki Crane
- Apr 27, 2023
- 5 min
Dance to Health: Flamenco-style
I've been captivated by flamenco since I graduated from the Laban Centre London where I trained in contemporary dance and ballet in the '80s
Emily Zarevich
- Apr 13, 2023
- 6 min
The Mental Afflictions of Isabella of Parma, “The Melancholic Princess”
When Inspire the Mind asked me to write a new batch of history-based articles on mental illness, in the same style as my pieces on "Glass...
Giorgia Tolfo
- Apr 6, 2023
- 5 min
Writing the Body as a Political Act
While taking part in online meetings, I started to notice that, for most of the time, I look at myself onscreen. Surely not out of...
Daniel Regan
- Mar 30, 2023
- 5 min
Taking Part in Melbourne’s Big Anxiety Festival
Exploring mental health through art In this article, I share some of my learnings from taking part in The Big Anxiety festival in...
Lea Schmid
- Mar 28, 2023
- 4 min
‘Ted Lasso’ and the Conversation Around Mental Health
‘Ted Lasso’ is an award-winning show that tells the story of an American-football coach hired to manage AFC Richmond, a British football...
Amina Begum
- Mar 9, 2023
- 5 min
FLEXchange - Incorporating Art's into Student's Learning at University
A prospective interdisciplinary curriculum integrating arts, health, and humanities at King’s College London A group of academics at...
Rachel Kelly
- Jan 26, 2023
- 4 min
The Therapeutic Power of Poetry: What's the Evidence?
Can poetry help our mental health? In my last piece, I spoke about my personal experiences with poetry, and the life-changing impact it...
Riddhi Laijawala
- Dec 22, 2022
- 3 min
What is Post-Avatar Depression, and why I did not experience it?
Don’t worry, there are no spoilers. I haven’t stepped into a theatre since December 2019. I decided to change that by having a solo...
Ana-Maria Amato
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
Curating Art in a Mental Health Setting
My experiences in the mental health service, and my experiences as an artist, have led me to develop new ways to engage people in...
Emily Zarevich
- Dec 7, 2022
- 5 min
How Shirley Jackson's Agoraphobia Affected Her Writing
I’m an English instructor, so of course I’ve had the opportunity to teach horror writer Shirley Jackson’s legendary short story “The...
Inspire the Mind
- Sep 1, 2022
- 3 min
At the Back of Your Mind: A fun, fresh mental health podcast
Hosted by mental health researchers at King’s College London We were on the way out of the final UK lockdown when a group of young female...
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