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Inspire the Mind is an inclusive digital mental health magazine exploring the intersection between mental health, science, and society. Led by a dedicated team of clinicians, scientists, and researchers who are passionate about making mental health science accessible and engaging for everyone. Mental Health, Science and Society The digital magazine bringing together everything you've always wanted to know about the worlds of mental health, science, and society. Read Now Submit Pitch Our Partnership We are proud to partner with the Psychiatry Research Trust (PRT), a charity that funds research and education in mental health. Their support enables us to fund lived experience writers and strengthen our mission to improve public understanding of mental health and reduce stigma. Hidden Obstacles to Cervical Screenings As my friends and I approach our 25th birthdays, we have been apprehensively awaiting the arrival of our text messages from the NHS inviting us to our first cervical screenings. These screenings, previously referred to as smear tests, are offered every 5 years to people with a cervix aged 25 to 64 to check cervical health and help prevent cervical cancer. During the appointment, a tube-shaped tool called a speculum is inserted into the vagina and a sample of cells is taken fo SCIENCE & RESEARCH Olivia Marsh 22 hours ago 5 min read The Power of Addiction I am writing this piece as I believe that navigating addiction within a family is a unique experience that only those who have lived through it can truly understand. I hope these reflections offer some hope to others walking the same path. If anyone came across my family now, you would never be able to tell what we have been through. And although our bond is so unique and tight, our past cannot go unnoticed. In my case, things were different from the beginning. Even though, a LIVED EXPERIENCE Anonymous 2 days ago 5 min read When Reality Feels Far Away Have you ever found yourself staring out of the window on a train and suddenly realised you had no idea how many stops had passed? Most of us know what it’s like to experience these mild and temporary mental “check-outs” from time to time but might not realise that these sorts of feelings or experiences exist on the spectrum of dissociation, a term used to describe a range of experiences involving a disrupted or altered sense of connection to thoughts, memories, emotions, the SCIENCE & RESEARCH Merritt Millman 3 days ago 6 min read The Software Crash: What it feels like when your body shuts down My name is Liam Virgo, and I am an advocate for functional neurological disorder (FND), pushing to raise awareness for this life-changing condition. For the past ten years, I have been fighting a quiet, gruelling war to reclaim my body and my identity after a sudden illness turned my teenage world upside down. While the physical realities of severe FND are devastating, the profound mental health struggles, emotional scars. LIVED EXPERIENCE Liam Virgo 4 days ago 5 min read Claw Marks in my Memories: Healing from childhood loneliness I’ve noticed something weird, the last few years: people think I’m friendly. I’m referred to as outgoing, and even, occasionally, extroverted. It feels like I’ve pulled off some magnificent con–because for much of my childhood, I was deeply lonely, and through my adolescence, that loneliness gave me terrible anxiety. This is a story of growth before it is anything else–mostly because I started, socially, around rock bottom. LIVED EXPERIENCE Alex Masse 7 days ago 5 min read Even when I was lonely, I still had my eating disorder... No matter what, at least I have control. Or that’s what I used to think…When I was 14, I was admitted into hospital with an eating disorder; I left my home, my family, and my community all behind. Not knowing how long it would be until I was able to go home, I was scared and very alone. LIVED EXPERIENCE Megan Plant Jun 18 5 min read My Journey to the Science of Social Connection Loneliness is sometimes sad and uncomfortable, and I think we like to pretend it isn’t happening when it is. We hide the feeling from people we know, like saying it out loud means something is wrong. I now reject this and would like to say: I need social connection, and I’m not afraid to say it anymore! LIVED EXPERIENCE Ahmad Muntadhar Jun 17 5 min read Chronic Illness Left Me Isolated; Embroidery Offered Connection Overnight, at the age of nine, I went from an energetic, sociable child to housebound and isolated as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) and other comorbidities shrunk my world to my bedroom. ME is a chronic, fluctuating disease that causes symptoms such as severe fatigue, post-exertional malaise, pain, sleep problems, and brain fog. It can leave people bed or housebound, and there is currently no cure. As the years passed, I tried every form of low‐energy activity that I cou LIVED EXPERIENCE Tiger-Lily Snowdon Jun 16 5 min read Dysmorphia of True Potential Ever heard of picture perfect? Clicking posts, attracting attention, wanting to feel validated. Validated. Something so many teenage girls, like me, crave the feeling of. Ever looked at yourself in the mirror and not seen your true potential? All you see is what others want of you. All you see is a dysmorphic image of who you seem to be, a monster to you, and a so-called ‘perfect girl’ to others. My name is Joana. LIVED EXPERIENCE Joana Luzi Neto Jun 15 5 min read The Men Minds Project: Young men making time for young men My name is Nina, and I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice. This year, on the occasion of Men’s Health Week, I wanted to share how co-producing research and working alongside young men can help us understand and address the crisis in men’s mental health, drawing on my experience leading the Men Minds project as Principal Investigator. SCIENCE & RESEARCH Nina Vaswani Jun 12 5 min read Men’s Health Week — Why #TalkingBollocks could save your life! Every year during Men’s Health Week, we see more conversations around mental health, wellbeing, cancer awareness and the importance of speaking up - which of course, should absolutely be applauded. But there’s still a long way to go when it comes to helping men feel genuinely comfortable talking about their health. This is especially true when it comes to topics that feel personal, embarrassing or vulnerable - like testicular cancer. LIVED EXPERIENCE Toby Freeman Jun 11 4 min read All My Insecurities on Parade: Masculinity, disability and identity A perfect column of khaki moves across the concrete. 300 pairs of legs marching in unison, with military precision. If not for the basketball hoops on either end of our parade square, we would be indistinguishable from professional soldiers. The occasional adolescent voice crack of the parade sergeant not withstanding, we were that good, or at least so we all believed. I am right in the centre, where everyone can see. LIVED EXPERIENCE Harry Smith Jun 10 5 min read 1 2 3 4 5 Our Vision Inspire the Mind brings a different perspective from other mental health magazines: viewpoints of clinicians , researchers , and others working within mental health . We want to complement people’s accounts by discussing the scientific evidence underpinning these personal experiences , while also sharing with our readers ongoing research and clinical work, discussion pieces, and the various links between culture and mental health. Ultimately we want to impact mental health literacy and reduce the stigma around mental health. About us Who are we? ITM is an inclusive digital magazine that focuses on the intersection between mental health, science and society. We do this with the help of our diverse group of writers with lived experience and academics who have dedicated their lives to research. Editorial Process Breadth of Content Behind the Scenes Our in-depth editorial process allows for a collaborative approach between the writer and the editor. We maintain the author's unique writing style through the process, and review all articles before they are published. The publication is overseen by scientists and clinicians, ensuring that the information put out is not only of significant interest to the public, but also factually accurate. We cover a wide breadth of topics ranging from lived experience, to science and research. Our writers discuss topics of public and personal interest, such as art and culture, as well as lifestyle and relationships. We explore these topics in the context of mental health, and their relation to one another. Our content is carefully chosen to align with current world trends and new scientific discoveries. ITM is all about the behind-the-scenes of scientific research in the field of mental health. We offer the unique opportunity to learn more, through our interviews with scientists and academics, about the studies that are making the headlines, the research they’ve dedicated their whole lives to, and the findings that might change the world of psychiatry and psychology as we know it. 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Inspire the Mind is an inclusive digital mental health magazine exploring the intersection between mental health, science, and society. Led by a dedicated team of clinicians, scientists, and researchers who are passionate about making mental health science accessible and engaging for everyone. Mental Health, Science and Society The digital magazine bringing together everything you've always wanted to know about the worlds of mental health, science, and society. Read Now Submit Pitch Our Partnership We are proud to partner with the Psychiatry Research Trust (PRT), a charity that funds research and education in mental health. Their support enables us to fund lived experience writers and strengthen our mission to improve public understanding of mental health and reduce stigma. Hidden Obstacles to Cervical Screenings As my friends and I approach our 25th birthdays, we have been apprehensively awaiting the arrival of our text messages from the NHS inviting us to our first cervical screenings. These screenings, previously referred to as smear tests, are offered every 5 years to people with a cervix aged 25 to 64 to check cervical health and help prevent cervical cancer. During the appointment, a tube-shaped tool called a speculum is inserted into the vagina and a sample of cells is taken fo SCIENCE & RESEARCH Olivia Marsh 21 hours ago 5 min read The Power of Addiction I am writing this piece as I believe that navigating addiction within a family is a unique experience that only those who have lived through it can truly understand. I hope these reflections offer some hope to others walking the same path. If anyone came across my family now, you would never be able to tell what we have been through. And although our bond is so unique and tight, our past cannot go unnoticed. In my case, things were different from the beginning. Even though, a LIVED EXPERIENCE Anonymous 2 days ago 5 min read When Reality Feels Far Away Have you ever found yourself staring out of the window on a train and suddenly realised you had no idea how many stops had passed? Most of us know what it’s like to experience these mild and temporary mental “check-outs” from time to time but might not realise that these sorts of feelings or experiences exist on the spectrum of dissociation, a term used to describe a range of experiences involving a disrupted or altered sense of connection to thoughts, memories, emotions, the SCIENCE & RESEARCH Merritt Millman 3 days ago 6 min read The Software Crash: What it feels like when your body shuts down My name is Liam Virgo, and I am an advocate for functional neurological disorder (FND), pushing to raise awareness for this life-changing condition. For the past ten years, I have been fighting a quiet, gruelling war to reclaim my body and my identity after a sudden illness turned my teenage world upside down. While the physical realities of severe FND are devastating, the profound mental health struggles, emotional scars. LIVED EXPERIENCE Liam Virgo 4 days ago 5 min read Claw Marks in my Memories: Healing from childhood loneliness I’ve noticed something weird, the last few years: people think I’m friendly. I’m referred to as outgoing, and even, occasionally, extroverted. It feels like I’ve pulled off some magnificent con–because for much of my childhood, I was deeply lonely, and through my adolescence, that loneliness gave me terrible anxiety. This is a story of growth before it is anything else–mostly because I started, socially, around rock bottom. LIVED EXPERIENCE Alex Masse 7 days ago 5 min read Even when I was lonely, I still had my eating disorder... No matter what, at least I have control. Or that’s what I used to think…When I was 14, I was admitted into hospital with an eating disorder; I left my home, my family, and my community all behind. Not knowing how long it would be until I was able to go home, I was scared and very alone. LIVED EXPERIENCE Megan Plant Jun 18 5 min read My Journey to the Science of Social Connection Loneliness is sometimes sad and uncomfortable, and I think we like to pretend it isn’t happening when it is. We hide the feeling from people we know, like saying it out loud means something is wrong. I now reject this and would like to say: I need social connection, and I’m not afraid to say it anymore! LIVED EXPERIENCE Ahmad Muntadhar Jun 17 5 min read Chronic Illness Left Me Isolated; Embroidery Offered Connection Overnight, at the age of nine, I went from an energetic, sociable child to housebound and isolated as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) and other comorbidities shrunk my world to my bedroom. ME is a chronic, fluctuating disease that causes symptoms such as severe fatigue, post-exertional malaise, pain, sleep problems, and brain fog. It can leave people bed or housebound, and there is currently no cure. As the years passed, I tried every form of low‐energy activity that I cou LIVED EXPERIENCE Tiger-Lily Snowdon Jun 16 5 min read Dysmorphia of True Potential Ever heard of picture perfect? Clicking posts, attracting attention, wanting to feel validated. Validated. Something so many teenage girls, like me, crave the feeling of. Ever looked at yourself in the mirror and not seen your true potential? All you see is what others want of you. All you see is a dysmorphic image of who you seem to be, a monster to you, and a so-called ‘perfect girl’ to others. My name is Joana. LIVED EXPERIENCE Joana Luzi Neto Jun 15 5 min read The Men Minds Project: Young men making time for young men My name is Nina, and I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice. This year, on the occasion of Men’s Health Week, I wanted to share how co-producing research and working alongside young men can help us understand and address the crisis in men’s mental health, drawing on my experience leading the Men Minds project as Principal Investigator. SCIENCE & RESEARCH Nina Vaswani Jun 12 5 min read Men’s Health Week — Why #TalkingBollocks could save your life! Every year during Men’s Health Week, we see more conversations around mental health, wellbeing, cancer awareness and the importance of speaking up - which of course, should absolutely be applauded. But there’s still a long way to go when it comes to helping men feel genuinely comfortable talking about their health. This is especially true when it comes to topics that feel personal, embarrassing or vulnerable - like testicular cancer. LIVED EXPERIENCE Toby Freeman Jun 11 4 min read All My Insecurities on Parade: Masculinity, disability and identity A perfect column of khaki moves across the concrete. 300 pairs of legs marching in unison, with military precision. If not for the basketball hoops on either end of our parade square, we would be indistinguishable from professional soldiers. The occasional adolescent voice crack of the parade sergeant not withstanding, we were that good, or at least so we all believed. I am right in the centre, where everyone can see. LIVED EXPERIENCE Harry Smith Jun 10 5 min read 1 2 3 4 5 Our Vision Inspire the Mind brings a different perspective from other mental health magazines: viewpoints of clinicians , researchers , and others working within mental health . We want to complement people’s accounts by discussing the scientific evidence underpinning these personal experiences , while also sharing with our readers ongoing research and clinical work, discussion pieces, and the various links between culture and mental health. Ultimately we want to impact mental health literacy and reduce the stigma around mental health. About us Who are we? ITM is an inclusive digital magazine that focuses on the intersection between mental health, science and society. We do this with the help of our diverse group of writers with lived experience and academics who have dedicated their lives to research. Editorial Process Our in-depth editorial process allows for a collaborative approach between the writer and the editor. We maintain the author's unique writing style through the process, and review all articles before they are published. The publication is overseen by scientists and clinicians, ensuring that the information put out is not only of significant interest to the public, but also factually accurate. Breadth of Content We cover a wide breadth of topics ranging from lived experience, to science and research. Our writers discuss topics of public and personal interest, such as art and culture, as well as lifestyle and relationships. We explore these topics in the context of mental health, and their relation to one another. Our content is carefully chosen to align with current world trends and new scientific discoveries. Behind the Scenes ITM is all about the behind-the-scenes of scientific research in the field of mental health. We offer the unique opportunity to learn more, through our interviews with scientists and academics, about the studies that are making the headlines, the research they’ve dedicated their whole lives to, and the findings that might change the world of psychiatry and psychology as we know it. Submit your pitch Ready to write your own article to publish in Inspire the Mind? Send us your article or short story pitches now. Submit Pitch

Original short stories exploring mental health, identity, and the human experience through creative and reflective writing. Our Short Stories: Wrong Side of the Bed - A Short Story Eloise Jones May 29 11 min read Two Dozen Red Balloons - A Short Story Emily Zarevich May 1 12 min read The Teacher and The Mother — A Short Story Emily Zarevich Feb 27 5 min read Day After Day — A Short Story Chloe Smith Jan 30 11 min read Who Art in Heaven – A Short Story Inspire the Mind Nov 28, 2025 8 min read Tongue Tied — A Short Story Patrick Cash Oct 31, 2025 12 min read The Quiet Room: A Short Story Dave Brennan Oct 3, 2025 6 min read The Neural Highway – A Short Story Gargi Mehra Jul 25, 2025 5 min read What's Left Behind—A Short Story Chloe Smith Jun 27, 2025 11 min read Football Forever — A Short Story Chloe Smith Jun 2, 2025 9 min read 1 2 3

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Inspire the Mind has the pleasure of working with established writers, who's columns and series are displayed in this section.  Columns and Series Inspire the Mind has the pleasure of working with established writers, who's columns and series are displayed in this section. Read Now Our Columns AMHDM - Adolescent Mental Health Read More The Researcher’s Teacup: Managing Wellbeing in a Demanding Workplace For a moment, I stop taking notes. My office melts away in my periphery and the participant’s voice echoes in my head. AMHDM Series Hina Naela Mar 11, 2025 5 min read Connecting Classrooms and Research Lessons Learned for Successful School Collaborations It’s 8:30 am. The morning bell rings, signalling the start of another busy school... AMHDM Series Laura Lucas Feb 26, 2025 5 min read One Goal, Two Hats: Researching wellbeing where we live and work This article has been co-written by Jemima Dooley , Florence Sargent , and Jay Bate Sometimes when I walk across my university campus, I... AMHDM Series Jemima Dooley Feb 12, 2025 5 min read The Perinatal Journey Read More Check back soon Once posts are published, you’ll see them here. Behind the Science Read More How does our brain understand the passing of time? Joe Paton, head of the Learning Lab at the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, has been researching the neurological principles by which... Behind the Science Column Sofia Quaglia Oct 26, 2023 5 min read 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?... Behind the Science Column Sofia Quaglia Sep 28, 2023 9 min read 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... Behind the Science Column Sofia Quaglia Aug 24, 2023 9 min read Creativity and Balance Read More 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.... Creativity and Balance Column Natali Simmonds Mar 7, 2024 5 min read Self-promotion for creatives: Getting seen is the key to success The arts and business don’t mix. They should. They need to. But no one likes to talk about the two together. I’ve been a published... Creativity and Balance Column Natali Simmonds Dec 6, 2023 5 min read 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... Creativity and Balance Column Natali Simmonds Jun 22, 2023 5 min read Rachel Kelly's Column Read More Check back soon Once posts are published, you’ll see them here. Hattie Gladwell Column Read More Check back soon Once posts are published, you’ll see them here. Our Series Maternal Mental Health Read More Check back soon Once posts are published, you’ll see them here. Fatherhood & Men's Mental Health Read More 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... Fatherhood and Mental Health Wiliam Nicholson Nov 19, 2021 5 min read '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... Fatherhood and Mental Health Zoe Darwin Nov 11, 2021 6 min read 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... Fatherhood and Mental Health Michael Johnson-Ellis Nov 10, 2021 7 min read Psych Stars Read More Inspiring and supporting the Psychiatrists of tomorrow Note from the Editor : It is my pleasure to present the final Psych Star blog of the Psych Star Series , a collection of articles written... Psych Stars Dr Declan Hyland Dec 18, 2024 4 min read The Contribution of Acquired Brain Injuries on Criminal Behaviour On a busy road, when the traffic rushes like water breaking through a dam and the lights refuse to turn red, the decision you may make to... Psych Stars Namira Patel Nov 14, 2024 5 min read ADHD in doctors: a personal reflection It is ADHD Awareness Month , and I often find myself reflecting on my own diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),... Psych Stars Catriona McVey Oct 15, 2024 5 min read

Read More What is Behind the Science Behind The Science is all about the behind-the-scenes of scientific research in the field of mental health. We’ll be interviewing scientists and academics about the studies that are making the headlines this week, the research they’ve dedicated their whole lives to, and the experiments that might change the world of psychiatry and psychology as we know it. Articles How does our brain understand the passing of time? Joe Paton, head of the Learning Lab at the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, has been researching the neurological principles by which... Behind the Science Column Sofia Quaglia Oct 26, 2023 5 min read 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?... Behind the Science Column Sofia Quaglia Sep 28, 2023 9 min read 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... Behind the Science Column Sofia Quaglia Aug 24, 2023 9 min read 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... Behind the Science Column Sofia Quaglia Jun 27, 2023 6 min read Scientists just figured out how to grow electrodes inside living organisms A chat with scientists Roger Olsson and Magnus Berggren We might all remember, from our elementary school science class, how to make a... Behind the Science Column Sofia Quaglia May 24, 2023 7 min read These four genes could be culpable for suicidal thoughts and feelings An interview with genetic epidemiologist Dr. Ashley-Koch about which genes are correlated with suicidal behaviours and why learning about... Behind the Science Column Sofia Quaglia Mar 22, 2023 5 min read An Interview with Neurovariability Expert Stephanie Forkel A interview about the Science special issue on brain connectivity In the morgue. That’s where Stephanie Forkel, a researcher whose work... Behind the Science Column Sofia Quaglia Mar 1, 2023 6 min read Behind the Science - A column introduction Behind the Science with Sofia Quaglia. Sofia and I first met in October of 2022 via Zoom. She had interviewed Carmine, Inspire the Mind... Behind the Science Column Lea Schmid Feb 21, 2023 3 min read

This series focuses on the 'Adolescence, Mental Health and the Developing Mind,' research programmes. Read More About the AMHDM Series The present series is one of the outcomes of a project organised by Early Career Researchers (ECRs) from EDIFY to showcase and reflect on science communication activities across a range of research programmes that were funded by the UKRI “Adolescence, Mental Health and the Developing Mind” (AMHDM) initiative. Having received an “Early Career Researchers – Networking and Knowledge Dissemination” award from UKRI, Dr Tine Opitz and her colleagues organised a mixture of training and networking activities to facilitate and enhance wider public impact from the AMHDM-funded programmes. The current article series is a collaborative project that allows ECRs and youth advisors from associated programmes to reflect on research processes, public engagement, as well as their roles and identities within their research environment. Articles: The Researcher’s Teacup: Managing Wellbeing in a Demanding Workplace For a moment, I stop taking notes. My office melts away in my periphery and the participant’s voice echoes in my head. AMHDM Series Hina Naela Mar 11, 2025 5 min read Connecting Classrooms and Research Lessons Learned for Successful School Collaborations It’s 8:30 am. The morning bell rings, signalling the start of another busy school... AMHDM Series Laura Lucas Feb 26, 2025 5 min read One Goal, Two Hats: Researching wellbeing where we live and work This article has been co-written by Jemima Dooley , Florence Sargent , and Jay Bate Sometimes when I walk across my university campus, I... AMHDM Series Jemima Dooley Feb 12, 2025 5 min read "My Thinking Has Shifted Completely" How Working with Experts by Experience Transforms Academics' Perspectives Photo by Syed Ali on Unsplash Researchers working with “experts... AMHDM Series Lauren Low Jan 29, 2025 6 min read Introducing our series on "Learnings From the Research Process" Key takeaways from organising a science communication workshop series When we think about research, we often imagine a clean laboratory... AMHDM Series Tine Opitz Jan 15, 2025 5 min read

Join three mental health researchers from King's College London! At The Back of Your Mind is a podcast chat about all things mental health, from lived experience to exciting new research and everything in between. Find and listen to your NEW favourite podcast! Join three mental health researchers from King's College London! At The Back of Your Mind is a podcast brought to you by the team behind the Inspire the Mind blog. Maryam , Juliette and Carolina chat about all things mental health, from lived experience to exciting new research and everything in between. Hear new and different perspectives from special guests, including clinicians, researchers, professionals, artists and many more. Get a taster: Transcripts: For an easy read-along experience, click on the following documents. New transcripts for new episodes will be added shortly... Season 1: Trailer S01E01 S01E02 S01E03 S01E04 S01E05 S01E06 S01E07

In each video interview, Rachel sits down for an hour-long chat with some fantastic figures in the world of mental health advocacy, who have made significant impact in the broader field through their ongoing research and activism. Read Now Meet Rachel Kelly Rachel Kelly is a keynote speaker, bestselling writer and mental health advocate. She shares her experience of depression and evidence-based strategies that helped her recover. Rachel has spoken all over the world from Delhi to Sydney, America and across the UK. Her four critically acclaimed books are published in over 10 countries. Rachel is a well-known media commentator and former Times journalist. She is an official ambassador for mental health charities Rethink Mental Illness , SANE and The Counselling Foundation as well as Head Talks . Rachel is a member of the Speakers Collective , a network of quality assured public speakers, and an affiliate of King’s College London for her work on mental health awareness and as host of the Inspire the Mind interviews. Rachel Kelly's ITM Interview Series What is it? In each video interview , Rachel sits down for an hour-long chat with some fantastic figures in the world of mental health advocacy, who have made significant impact in the broader field through their ongoing research and activism. Where and When? Episodes are released fortnightly on YouTube and IGTV, and will be coming to our website soon . New Season Season 3 to begin in March 2022 . Rachel also contributes to ITM with her own column of articles on lifestyle and relationships and the power of poetry. Articles Check back soon Once posts are published, you’ll see them here.

Our Short Stories: Wrong Side of the Bed - A Short Story The golden wash of sunrise bathed the bedroom in a soft, buttery glow that made the dust motes dance. Such a soft, buttery glow, in fact, that Rosie didn’t even squint as she roused from sleep, reaching out her arms in a feline stretch and shaking the dregs of slumber from her body. A lazy smile tugged at the corners of her lips and she rolled into her boyfriend’s side of the bed, breathing his scent from the pillow and settling comfortably back into the sheets to watch the s Eloise Jones May 29 11 min read Two Dozen Red Balloons - A Short Story My brother’s seventh birthday party was a responsibility that fell squarely on my shoulders that year. Mine and Faye-Marie’s. Mom had started a new job and she was desperate for help, so could Faye-Marie and I please take charge of the decorations and games, for twenty bucks each, while she provided the cake and Jell-O? She didn’t have to say please. Of course Faye-Marie and I would do it... for twenty bucks each. Emily Zarevich May 1 12 min read The Teacher and The Mother — A Short Story A typical workday brings many common thoughts and emotions for an adult. Sometimes, you’ll think ungenerous, intrusive thoughts about the people you interact with. Sometimes, random waves of anxiety will attack you when you’re just performing an everyday task. And you are always, always fatigued, by your professional work and by societal changes outside of your control. My Teacher is an ordinary adult just trying to get through the day. Emily Zarevich Feb 27 5 min read Day After Day — A Short Story Celine’s day was the same, come rain or shine. It helped that she never really knew what the weather was, but that was beside the point. As soon as she got her heart to stop palpitating after her alarm clock woke her up, she got up, brushed her hair, cleaned her teeth, got dressed nicely, just in case she met somebody new or got hit by a car, and then sat in her living room. She managed to ignore the postman’s knocking by keeping her curtains closed. Chloe Smith Jan 30 11 min read Who Art in Heaven – A Short Story Casey Mattocks doesn’t remember the last time that her hands were clean, but she remembers the first time she told someone that they were dirty. Inspire the Mind Nov 28, 2025 8 min read Tongue Tied — A Short Story Work karaoke was his idea of hell, to be honest, though Matt strung along for the free bar. He sipped his pint too swiftly as he propped up against a faux marble pillar, watching his colleagues mingle while an analytics guy in Digital massacred I’d Do Anything for Love by Meatloaf. Third beer, already. Gonna be p****d at this rate. Nice view, though. The company had gone large for the anniversary and hired out a Kensington hotel, rooftop venue, windows framing Harrods in the Patrick Cash Oct 31, 2025 12 min read The Quiet Room: A Short Story Author’s Note: My name is Dave Brennan, and I am a writer and mental health professional based in the United States. I live with my own... Dave Brennan Oct 3, 2025 6 min read The Neural Highway – A Short Story Image source: Bhautik Patel on Unsplash On most Monday mornings, the parking lots buzzed with a certain vigor. They chattered about all... Gargi Mehra Jul 25, 2025 5 min read What's Left Behind—A Short Story Callum sighed as he pulled open another stiff drawer to be greeted by another cloud of dust. ‘More personal belongings…’ he muttered to... Chloe Smith Jun 27, 2025 11 min read Football Forever — A Short Story Henry's dad used to love football. That's how it always used to be. Growing up, Henry spent more time in stadiums, breathing the cool air around him as he watched with anticipation the ball fly around the pitch, his dad's rough hand in his, than he did in his own room. In his own house. Or, that's how it felt, anyway. And he never once complained—why would he? Chloe Smith Jun 2, 2025 9 min read 1 2 3

Inspire the Mind has the pleasure of working with established writers, who's work is displayed in this section about Maternal Mental Health. Our Articles on: Read Now Check back soon Once posts are published, you’ll see them here.