Mental Wellbeing

To be able to best care for others, you need to be caring for yourself. That can sometimes be easier said than done, with common challenges like finding the time and space, feeling selfish for putting yourself first, or even just knowing where to start, to be overcome.

On these pages you’ll find our resources to help you look after your mental wellbeing, and hopefully help you find a way through some of life’s challenges.

Mental Wellbeing

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An overview of our apps and online programmes

Smartphone apps and computer-based programmes are increasingly recommended and used to support various aspects of mental wellbeing. We offer access to a few such programmes through the National Wellbeing Hub….

Student Wellbeing – looking after yourself

Being a student is an exciting time – you might be in a new city, meeting new people, having new experiences, and learning about things that you’re really interested in….

Student Wellbeing – sleeping better

Regardless of which end of the candle you’re burning; student living isn’t always the most conducive to getting good quality sleep. You might have classes timetabled at different times on…

Coping with Grief

When someone close to us dies there is no ‘correct’ or ‘usual’ way to cope.  Each of us experiences grief differently.  It is important to understand that grief is a…

5 tips for living with Seasonal Affective Disorder

Here are five top tips for those living with Seasonal Affective Disorder, kindly produced by the creators of the Daylight and Sleepio Programmes. Keep a diary Noting how you feel…

6 Tips for Better Sleep

Poor sleep is a common problem: about 40% of us are sleep deprived, and 1 in 5 of us can’t get to sleep even when we try. Poor sleep can have effects ranging from anxiety to depression…

A conversation with an addictions doctor

Listen to A conversation with an addictions doctor “I’d be seeing people who were certainly drinking similar amounts to me, but here I was in my suit, I was at…

Relax – Guided Relaxation

Listen to Relax (Practice) 10-minute Guided Relaxation session, presented by Martin Stepek.

Top tips for managing low mood

Try to develop and maintain a healthy routine; we all feel safer and more relaxed when we have a routine.

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