Listen here to Deborah Lee who shares her top tips for Self Compassion specially recorded for Recovery in Mind students.
Clare Balding
A personal message from Clare Balding to Recovery in Mind students.
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Winter Connections
Our Winter Connections One Day Festival was a great success. We decorated the building with bunting and flowers. We began the day with our shared painting project which was amazing – take a look at our creation.
Later in the morning Toria led a Mindful Walk, Gillian shared some Winter Poetry, Fiona got busy with a team of soup chefs (students) and Cath spent some time with a few students playing board games.
Following our delicious lunch we all got stuck in with Paul and Jack who led a Samba music workshop for us. The rhythm of the music and the joy of creating something so different was a lovely way to end our day together.
Creativity for Christmas
Our Creativity for Christmas workshops were a real success. Both weeks we had one of our lovely students come to share their creative interests. Christine provided a lovely stitching of Christmas trees and Allie led a beading workshop making tree decorations. Other opportunities included paper craft Rudolphs & making a table decoration from bits of greenery you might find in your garden or the woods.
Thanks again to Christine and Allie.
What’s in your Shed?
Here at Recovery in Mind we have developed the metaphor of a ‘Shed’. Having a variety of tools, mindsets, opportunities and support in your own mental health & wellbeing ‘shed’ to help us keep moving forward in our recovery or perhaps when things become challenging. We spent this session thinking about what we have learnt, shared ideas and areas of development of our sheds. It was a creative session completing a diagram and then sharing one another’s to see what you might take from another students ‘shed’ and add to your own. When I was very unwell with my own mental illness I thought that the answer was to have a shed in my own garden full of the healthcare professionals who supported me and who would be there 24/7 to look after me, but I realised that the answer was to have all the tools and skills in my own metaphorical shed to take care of my own mind and mental health. This course demonstrates how we weave Hope, Control & Opportunity through our courses.
Fundraising at Truck Festival
Back in July we were fortunate in being given a space to sell Salad Boxes in the Charity Food tent at the Truck Festival. We sold over 650 salad boxes and raised over £3000 for Recovery in Mind. Our thanks goes to Ali & Ed Eyston who lent us their kitchen to prepare the salads along with an army of supporters who volunteered their time chopping and mixing. In the afternoons we opened our ‘stall’ which led into the evenings when the bands played. The days were long but fun too. Here are some pictures of the event.