Caroline Arnold, Director of Bore Place , gave a TEDx talk – “Get back to Nature for Good Mental Health” – that you can watch in this 15 minute video: The key idea that she wants to get across is her gut…
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Layla McCay, Director of the Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health , writes: “Cherry blossom season is upon us in Japan [or was, as of last March]. The national news is filled with cherry blossom reports: it feels like everybody is invested in the specific day that the flowers…
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In my own odyssey through this valley of shadows I have mulled over three approaches – between them, they offer a pathway to a wider societal cure. The Guardian article below is from Mark Rice-Oxley, author of Underneath the Lemon Tree: A Memoir of Depression and Recovery : “It’s become…
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Living in an urban area with green spaces has a long-lasting positive impact on people’s mental well-being, a study (as reported by the BBC) has suggested. . UK researchers found moving to a green space had a sustained positive effect,…
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A unique show garden designed to promote awareness and understanding of mental health will feature at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace flower show, sponsored by the pioneering Centre for Mental Health . The garden, On The Edge, has been designed by RHS…
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The Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health “curate and create research and dialogue to inspire, motivate and empower policymakers and urban practitioners to build mental health into their projects for a healthier, happier urban future.” They have a blog called Sanity and Urbanity
Mind – the charitable organisation – have produced an introduction to ecotherapy, a range of nature-based programmes that can support your wellbeing. Their introduction includes guidance on finding ecotherapy programmes near you, and how you can do it by yourself. What is ecotherapy? Ecotherapy…
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The art of Danish hygge: hard to explain and even harder to pronounce, the Danish word “hygge” (sounds a bit like “hooga”) roughly translates to cosiness, but that definition doesn’t quite cover it. In essence, hygge means creating a nice,…
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Good mental health and having a partner make people happier than doubling their income, a new study has found. The research by the London School of Economics looked at responses from 200,000 people on how different factors impacted their wellbeing….
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Spending more time working in a garden can help beat depression , a survey (July 2013) has found. The study for Gardeners World magazine discovered that people with green fingers are healthier and happier. You can watch a 2 minute video report about this from the…
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