by Yvonne Anderson | Oct 22, 2020 | Covid-19 coronavirus, Education, Mental health, Safeguarding
Learn how a London primary school has heard from pupils over 345 times through Mind Of My Own apps during Covid-19! Pupil safety and wellbeing There is always at least one pupil in each class that you worry about. You know they’re troubled and you just can’t figure...
by Yvonne Anderson | Oct 13, 2020 | Mental health, Mindfulness
Confession I have a confession: I have never been much good at looking after my own mental health. With a tendency from childhood to internalise problems and threats, the first indication that my emotional wellbeing was under par would be a blinding migraine or severe...
by Yvonne Anderson | Jul 16, 2020 | Mental health, Mindfulness
Thankfulness and positivity A mindfulness project for young people had been on our to-do list for a while and the time seemed exactly right when the whole world began to change because of the coronavirus pandemic. Our first project in March was the Mindfulness...
by Yvonne Anderson | Jun 19, 2020 | Covid-19 coronavirus, Mental health, Mindfulness
Invigorating our senses The five senses – sight, touch, hearing, smell, taste – are our link to the world around us. They are essential for our enjoyment of many experiences, such as eating a meal or taking a walk in a nearby park. They are closely...
by Hunter Jones | Apr 3, 2020 | Covid-19 coronavirus, Mental health
Remote working In the last two weeks I’ve been reminded of this blog post we published back in September 2017 about the Mind Of My Own team working remotely. We proudly say that our team are remote working experts, but that’s because we’ve had so much practice. I’ve...
by Yvonne Anderson | Nov 12, 2019 | Improving practice, Mental health, Participation
Space to talk about mental health Our apps are co-designed with young people as we believe that young people are experts by experience, they know how and what they want to talk about with the services they use. My Wellbeing, which was launched in August, was...
