Healthy Mind
Talking all things mental health and how to keep things in balance.
Managing Stress and Anxiety
This session with Mark from the charity Mind looks at how stress and anxiety can impact our everyday lives. The presentation will explore what stress is, what stress can do to the body and mind and how to detect the signs. Anxiety is something everyone experiences at times, and feeling anxious is a perfectly natural …
Understanding Depression
This session with Mark from the mental health charity, Mind, explores the subject of low mood and depression and how it can impact everyday life. The presentation will look at the causes and triggers of depression, what the signs and symptoms are and most importantly what steps you can take to help you feel better. …
Calming The Mind
Mark from the mental health charity, York Mind, shares some tips and tricks to help us feel calmer. Everyone has mental health and it’s normal to experience periods of both positive and negative feelings. If you’re struggling with your mental health, you can always reach out to your SASH support worker who will do their …
Introducing Amanda
Get to know mental health expert, Amanda, a little better ahead of her selection of mental health videos. She discusses her work experience, knowledge and her plan for the series of upcoming mental health and well-being videos. Click here for lots more fun facts about Amanda’s life and hobbies.
What is Self Talk?
So what is self talk? Some people explain it as the conversations you have with yourself inside your head, or your internal dialogue. Amanda helps explain this idea and how we can use self talk techniques to help us feel good about ourselves. Fill in the feedback form here.
Self Care
What is self care? Amanda explains how it varies from person to person, but that in it’s simplest form, it’s anything that makes us feel good or helps us cope. She also explains to us what a negative coping strategy is and what we an do to avoid these. Take a look! Fill in the …
What is EFT?
This week Amanda explains EFT. EFT, also known as tapping, helps to relieve tension and stress by lightly tapping certain meridian points on the face and body. This video helps to find calm and clarity by slowing down anxious thoughts and mental pressure. Amanda talks you through the process which can be repeated as many …
EFT Practical Session
In this video you’re invited to have a go at EFT by using Amanda’s recording to guide you and closing your eyes. EFT, sometimes known as tapping, helps to relieve tension and stress by lightly tapping certain meridian points on the face and body. This video helps to find calm and clarity by slowing down …
What are Negative Thoughts?
In this video Amanda discusses negative thoughts and the impact these kinds of thoughts can have on our everyday lives. The video explores how common negative thoughts actually are for many people, as well as how they can be in fact a part of what makes us human. Fill in the feedback form here.
How to Manage Negative Thoughts
Although negative thoughts can be unpleasant, they are quite common for many people. In this video, Amanda tells us how we can learn to manage the negative thoughts we may have. Fill in the feedback form here.
Why Do We Experience Negative Thoughts?
In previous videos Amanda has explained what negative thoughts are and what we can do to manage them. In this video, she’ll go on to explain why we may experience negative thoughts. Take a look. Fill in the Feedback form here.
Grounding Meditation – Practical Session 1
Join mental health worker Amanda as she talks us through a grounding meditation. This type of meditation can be really effective in combatting stress and anxiety. Just play the video, close your eyes and listen to the instructions. Fill in the feedback form here.
Grounding Meditation – Practical Session 2
Join mental health worker Amanda as she talks us through another grounding meditation. This type of meditation can be really effective in combatting stress and anxiety. Just play the video, close your eyes and listen to the instructions. Fill in the feedback form here.
