Understanding Baby Language
This blog was written together with my dear friend and colleague Katie Hazelgrove, who is a postdoctoral researcher in the Section of...
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Columns and Series
Inspire the Mind has the pleasure of working with established writers, who's columns and series are displayed in this section.
Our Columns
The Perinatal Journey
Alessandra Biaggi
- Jul 31
- 6 min
Preparing for the arrival of a new baby and the transition to parenthood
I can tell you now, that being completely prepared for the arrival of a new baby is impossible! However, lots can be done to arrive as...
Alessandra Biaggi
- Jun 30
- 6 min
How to Help Babies Sleep Better Without Just Leaving Them Crying
A few years ago, I was at some close friends’ house and their baby was sleeping in his room. Suddenly, while we were having dinner...
Behind the Science
Sofia Quaglia
- 2 days ago
- 9 min
How the brain memorizes mundane events
An interview with Zachariah Reagh, a brain scientist at Washington University. Do you remember what you did on this day six months ago?...
Sofia Quaglia
- Aug 24
- 9 min
Is there a link between personality and cognitive abilities?
This new meta-analysis gets to the bottom of the question. A new, exhaustive study published in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of...
Sofia Quaglia
- Jun 27
- 6 min
Racism damages black pregnant women’s mental health, Covid-19 made it even worse.
This scientist is figuring out how to avoid their children also suffering the consequences. A growing body of research suggests that...
Creativity and Balance
Natali Simmonds
- Jun 22
- 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...
Natali Simmonds
- May 10
- 6 min
Luck & The Artist: Does luck have anything to do with creative success?
I hear it often — "You’re so lucky!" In itself, "you’re so lucky" is a perfectly innocuous phrase. There are a lot of things in my life...
Natali Simmonds
- Apr 12
- 5 min
My Experience of Burnout as an Author (and How You Can Avoid It)
It was May 2019 and I’d recently turned forty. I didn’t feel right. In fact, I felt so little like myself I went to see a doctor. ‘I...
Rachel Kelly's Column
Rachel Kelly
- 3 days ago
- 5 min
Poems to have by your side as the days shorten and leaves begin to fall
Has the arrival of autumn made you feel anxious? For many of us, it’s a return to a more stressful life after the summer holidays when...
Rachel Kelly
- Jun 29
- 5 min
The Poetic Power of Nature to Heal our Minds
A hot June day that finds me visiting the Japanese garden in our local park. Enclosed within the grounds, the garden abounds with...
Rachel Kelly
- Apr 26
- 6 min
Thinking About Spring Poetry
With Spring comes hope. After the gloom of Winter, the days lengthen; the daffodils bloom; the sun reappears. Yet for some,...
Hattie Gladwell Column
Hattie Gladewell
- Jan 10, 2022
- 3 min
How music has been my escapism since the age of six
Throughout the ups and downs of my life, there has been one constant: music. It’s something that I’ve been doing ever since I was little....
Hattie Gladewell
- Aug 25, 2021
- 3 min
It’s okay to take a step back when you need to
I’m writing this for anyone who is currently overwhelmed or feeling like they need to take a step back. From anything. From the internet,...
Hattie Gladewell
- Aug 2, 2021
- 3 min
I'm tired of feeling guilty for being a working mother
I’m tired of feeling guilty for being a working mother. It’s something I’ve been dealing with for a long time, ever since I got back to...
Our Series
Maternal Mental Health
Jodi Pawluski
- Nov 9, 2022
- 4 min
After the Storm: Supporting Maternal Mental Health
This is the last blog of our Maternal Mental Health series. For the last six weeks, dear reader, we have discussed the often...
Colin Martin
- Nov 3, 2022
- 5 min
Reflections on postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder: from theory to clinical practice
This is the fifth week of our Maternal Mental Health series, which is dedicated to postnatal post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We...
Becky Fisher
- Nov 2, 2022
- 5 min
Surrounded by love, feeling alone: postnatal PTSD
This is the fifth week of our Maternal Mental Health series, which is dedicated to postnatal post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We...
Fatherhood & Men's Mental Health
Wiliam Nicholson
- Nov 19, 2021
- 5 min
Transforming the Narrative on Fatherhood and Mental Health
I’m William Nicholson, a dad of 3 and an activist for social and systems change. I’m passionate about supporting health and wellbeing...
Zoe Darwin
- Nov 11, 2021
- 6 min
'Who's the real Dad?' Two-Father Families and Surrogacy
Any parent can experience mental health difficulties in the perinatal period (from conception to one year following birth), regardless of...
Michael Johnson-Ellis
- Nov 10, 2021
- 7 min
Struggles with 'Imposter Dad' Syndrome
I’m Michael and I’m married to Wes. We met by complete chance in June 2012 at Birmingham Pride no less, both single and not looking for a...
Psych Stars
Emily Jones
- Sep 7, 2021
- 6 min
Reflections on my year as a Psych Star
My interest in mental health grew considerably when I started medical school. I remember being spellbound by a lecture in the first term...
Dr Adrian J B James FRCPsych
- Nov 13, 2020
- 7 min
A Birds Eye View
Reflections from the President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists on the latest series of PsychStar blogs I was glad to be invited to...
Lucrezia Thomas
- Oct 23, 2020
- 8 min
Intellectual Disability: Past, Present and Future
My experiences working as a support worker for adults with intellectual disability, before starting medical school and alongside my...
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