Category Archives: Mental health

Competing for belief: Seances, Spiritualism & The Church between the wars

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

Editor’s note: This is the 11th in a series of monthly mental health guest posts. This month we have a slightly different perspective. After reading my guest post on Spiritualist Helen Duncan for the Kith & Kin Research blog, Counsellor … Continue reading →

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Social media and the blues

Posted on July 7, 2011 by

Editor’s note: This is the tenth in a series of monthly mental health guest posts. This month I am really grateful to well-known journalist and author Jane Alexander. Having literally just returned from an inspirational trip to Israel she here writes … Continue reading →

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How do we heal ‘mental illness’ – Psychotherapy in action

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

Editor’s note: This is the ninth in a series of monthly mental health guest posts. This month we have an expert opinion from the wonderful Anna Colgan, a Core Process Psychotherapist & Somatic Experiencing (SE) Practitioner.  Anna was trained at … Continue reading →

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Dandelions and bad hair days

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

Editor’s note: This is the eighth in a series of monthly mental health guest posts. This time we hear from writer Vivienne Tuffnell. Vivienne is the author of  the book Strangers & Pilgrims, blogs regularly at Zen and the art … Continue reading →

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On finding real truth, peace and reconciling ourselves to the future

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

It is Good Friday. I once again maintained a Furneaux family tradition quite alone by eating far too many Hot Cross Buns. I am anticipating chocolate eggs on Sunday and looked forward to having the family around me for a … Continue reading →

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How does depression look to you? – Emma’s story

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

Editors note: This is the seventh in a monthly series of guest posts on the subject of mental health.  For April we hear from Emma, a full-time mum, part-time volunteer, part-time career advisor and a Licensed Lay Minister. She talks … Continue reading →

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‘Keep it in the family’ – can a family history ever reveal the truth of tragedy ?

Posted on March 29, 2011 by

I have written before on the subject of my Great Uncle Alf Hardiman (see ‘An Unsound Mind’) and had an article published in Family Tree magazine (A Shadowy Past) relating his story and linking it to a family history of … Continue reading →

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A footballer’s despair: why we must stop singing ‘Boys Don’t Cry’

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

Editors note: This is the sixth in a monthly series of guest posts on the subject of mental health.  Award-winning writer and blogger Tim Atkinson is a stay-at-home dad. It is a role he loves and which he combines with … Continue reading →

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The pull of the Undertow. Genesis, Supertramp and a response to Him Up North

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

Inspired by Him Up North of The Blog up North I have returned to my occasional foray into the world of popular music. In a post entitled ‘They taught me how to be logical. Bastards‘ he discusses how one song … Continue reading →

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On my return from the Lake District – putting my poem out there

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

I love the Lake District, and seem to feel my mood lift as soon as I cross the border into Cumbria. Where others want to emigrate to sunnier climes I long for the  random weather of the fells and valleys; … Continue reading →

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