How to support Guideposts
Placing too much focus on being productive can often have the exact opposite result. Mindful productivity is about getting more work done by being in the present moment and taking control of your mental and physical stress.
Can you use music to consciously alter your mood, and even help with feelings of stress, anxiety or depression? Consciously choosing music for your mood can also improve self-awareness.
Whether caring for someone with a mental health condition, a learning disability, dementia, or other needs, the demands can be different but the need for a break remains the same.
It’s holiday season, but with the restrictions on travelling abroad and the consequent difficulty in finding availability in the UK, many people will be spending their summer holiday at home this year. Here are our top tips to make your holiday at home as refreshing as possible.
It's hard for a person who is well and not disabled to imagine the difficulties that a disabled and/or ill person faces on a daily basis. Try this experiment to give you some idea of the challenges faced every day.
June gave a talk to Guideposts Dementia Carers Group in April about what to do on diagnosis of dementia, where she highlighted these tips from her own experience.
In our final guest blog for Mental Health Awareness Week Carole explains how being prone to mental illness may genetic in a similar way to some physical illnesses.
In our second guest blog for Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 Carole, a member of our community mental health hub in Watford, gives an honest account of living with schizophrenia, her experience of what it has brought her, as well as the social stigma.
For Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 we are delighted to feature articles by a member of our community mental health hub in Watford, Carole.
Witney Music Festival is going LIVE on Windrush Radio, MixCloud, Twitch and YouTube this year! Join us for a day of great local music on Saturday 12th June.
We're Guideposts Trust. Our mission is to make sure no-one living with mental health challenges, learning disabilities or dementia is left behind.
Guideposts Trust, Two Rivers, Station Lane, Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 4BH
info@guideposts.org.uk
01993 893560
Guideposts Trust Limited is registered in England as a company No. 1282361 and registered with the Charity Commission No. 272619. Images and Content are the copyright of Guideposts Trust and may not be used without written consent.
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