Losing My Dad
My Dad was such an interesting character. I remember as a kid, he had this incredibly soft side, where he would bounce me on his knee and...
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Lindsay Hall
- Jan 11
- 3 min
I found freedom from my mind…
Trigger Warning: This blog discusses sexual violence, rape and self-harm, which some readers may find distressing. My name is Lindsay and...
Catherine Shuttleworth
- Dec 23, 2022
- 5 min
How to Navigate Food and Your Body This Holiday Season
Christmas is fast approaching, with just a couple of days to go until many of us are sat around tables with mismatched chairs from...
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...
Rachel Kelly
- Dec 8, 2022
- 4 min
The Therapeutic Power of Poetry: My Personal Reflections
Can poetry help our mental health? While I’m convinced of this, so much so that I’ve written a new book on the links between verse and...
Emily Zarevich
- Dec 7, 2022
- 6 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...
Elizabeth Taylor
- Nov 24, 2022
- 5 min
How to Cure Arachnophobia: A Personal Account
Me and my phobia I wasn’t always scared of spiders. I remember being very little and happily letting tiny red spiders run over my hands...
Emily Rose Burley
- Nov 16, 2022
- 4 min
Anxiety: Stopping a lapse from becoming a relapse
In my early twenties, I suffered with agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is a fear of crowded places, open spaces, or being in places where it is...
Caitlin Pentland
- Sep 6, 2022
- 6 min
The Cost of 'Calories-on-Menus' for Eating Disorders
Trigger warning: This blog talks about eating disorders and disordered eating. Due to the context of this blog post, I will refrain from...
Maryam Matter
- Sep 4, 2022
- 4 min
Imposter Syndrome and How We Can Overcome It - Part 2
Am I a Fraud? — Imposter Syndrome and How We Can Overcome It (Part 2 of 2) This is part 2 of a 2-part series, where we will explore the...
Maryam Matter
- Aug 17, 2022
- 6 min
Imposter Syndrome and How We Can Overcome It - Part 1
Am I a Fraud? - Imposter Syndrome and How We Can Overcome It (Part 1 of 2) Have you ever thought ‘am I truly deserving of my position?’,...
Julia Tannenbaum
- Aug 9, 2022
- 6 min
Recovering from Anorexia Empowered Me to Reject the Norm and Live My Truth
Trigger warning: This blog discusses personal experiences of anorexia. I am an author and mental health advocate who has lived with an...
Lowri Llewelyn
- Aug 2, 2022
- 5 min
Self-harm is so much more complex than attention seeking
Trigger warning: This blog discusses personal experiences of self-harm. Disclaimer: While this blog shares personal accounts of...
Anna Sri
- Aug 1, 2022
- 5 min
The NHS and Training Programmes are inflexible for doctors who are different: This must change now.
“Anna has openly shared in a variety of settings her mental health difficulties. This has led me at times to be concerned about her...
Ria Fay
- Jul 21, 2022
- 5 min
Many Years in the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive
Content Warning: This blog is about mental health, OCD and intrusive thoughts of a violent and sexually harmful nature that some may find...
Catherine Shuttleworth
- Jun 22, 2022
- 5 min
I Have Body Dysmorphia
Here's How I Improve My Body Image Trigger warning: The following blog contains discussions about body dysmorphia and explicit...
Gemma Harris
- Jun 21, 2022
- 4 min
Resisting mental health medication for fear of being seen as weak
It’s late 2018 and I’m clutching the box of antidepressants (that belong to a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake...
Emily Bashforth
- Jun 7, 2022
- 4 min
We Need to Stop Romanticising Eating Disorders
I have lived with an eating disorder since around the age of 12 and it has slowly destroyed my life up until my age now of 22. My illness...
Catherine Shuttleworth
- May 10, 2022
- 5 min
I Find Comfort in Striving for Perfection - Even Though It Does Me More Harm Than Good
One of the few constants in my life has been the constant need and desire to be perfect, or at least to be perceived as perfect. But what...
Kristi Sawyer
- May 3, 2022
- 6 min
Midwifery, Mental Health and Maternal Journal - an interview with Laura Godfrey-Isaacs
Midwifery, Mental Health and Maternal Journal — an interview with Laura Godfrey-Isaacs Given the success of the Maternal Journal project...
Jodi Pawluski
- Apr 20, 2022
- 4 min
Grandma Brain
I often think of my Grandma, my dad’s mom. I grew up in the same town as my grandparents in the Okanagan Valley of Western Canada, spent...
Caitlin Pentland
- Apr 12, 2022
- 4 min
A personal perspective on neurodivergence
A personal perspective on neurodivergence How would you react if I said you’re neurodiverse? Collectively, you as readers are! As a...
James Turrell
- Apr 5, 2022
- 5 min
Coming Out as an Orphan
It starts with a casual aside; a set of syllables that should dissolve into the ether like wisps of breath on a mid-winter morning. Yet...
Anonymous
- Mar 30, 2022
- 5 min
A Tale of Two Countries: An interview with a Russian young mother on the war in Ukraine
A Tale of Two Countries: An interview with a Russian young mother on the war in Ukraine At Inspire the Mind, we have previously published...
Katie Conibear
- Mar 29, 2022
- 5 min
Mania is not your punchline
Mania is not your punchline Mania is a misunderstood symptom of bipolar disorder that comes with its unique challenges and, as I’ve...
Emily Bashforth
- Mar 4, 2022
- 5 min
How do you maintain recovery from an eating disorder, even when it gets boring?
How do you maintain recovery from an eating disorder, even when it gets boring? When we talk about recovery from an eating disorder, we...
Clare Liedstrand
- Mar 4, 2022
- 5 min
ARFID: The Eating Disorder You Haven't Heard Of
ARFID: The Eating Disorder You Haven’t Heard Of All my life, I have been told I was just a picky eater. Even as a toddler, I struggled to...
Ricky Carroll
- Feb 23, 2022
- 5 min
Losing a Loved One
Losing a Loved One Losing a parent is a grief-filled traumatic experience. We as humans understand that losing loved ones is inevitable....
Clare Liedstrand
- Feb 11, 2022
- 4 min
International Day of Women & Girls in Science: My Journey and the Women Who Inspired It
International Day of Women & Girls in Science: My Journey and the Women Who Inspired It Author’s Note: This article is part of a...
Danny Herbert
- Feb 9, 2022
- 4 min
How History Helped Us Grow into the Future
How History Helped Us Grow into the Future I was astounded by the depth of my autistic son’s knowledge about naval history on a recent...
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