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Kristi Priestley
May 3, 20226 min read
Midwifery, Mental Health and Maternal Journal - an interview with Laura Godfrey-Isaacs
Midwifery, Mental Health and Maternal Journal — an interview with Laura Godfrey-Isaacs Given the success of the Maternal Journal project...


Jodi Pawluski
Apr 20, 20224 min read
Grandma Brain
I often think of my Grandma, my dad’s mom. I grew up in the same town as my grandparents in the Okanagan Valley of Western Canada, spent...


Caitlin Pentland
Apr 12, 20224 min read
A personal perspective on neurodivergence
A personal perspective on neurodivergence How would you react if I said you’re neurodiverse? Collectively, you as readers are! As a...


James Turrell
Apr 5, 20225 min read
Coming Out as an Orphan
It starts with a casual aside; a set of syllables that should dissolve into the ether like wisps of breath on a mid-winter morning. Yet...


Anonymous
Mar 30, 20225 min read
A Tale of Two Countries: An interview with a Russian young mother on the war in Ukraine
A Tale of Two Countries: An interview with a Russian young mother on the war in Ukraine At Inspire the Mind, we have previously published...


Katie Conibear
Mar 29, 20225 min read
Mania is not your punchline
Mania is not your punchline Mania is a misunderstood symptom of bipolar disorder that comes with its unique challenges and, as I’ve...


Emily Bashforth
Mar 4, 20225 min read
How do you maintain recovery from an eating disorder, even when it gets boring?
How do you maintain recovery from an eating disorder, even when it gets boring? When we talk about recovery from an eating disorder, we...

Clare Liedstrand
Mar 4, 20225 min read
ARFID: The Eating Disorder You Haven't Heard Of
All my life, I have been told I was just a picky eater. Even as a toddler, I struggled to eat and drink without gagging. Doctors told my...

Ricky Carroll
Feb 23, 20225 min read
Losing a Loved One
Losing a Loved One Losing a parent is a grief-filled traumatic experience. We as humans understand that losing loved ones is inevitable....

Clare Liedstrand
Feb 11, 20224 min read
International Day of Women & Girls in Science: My Journey and the Women Who Inspired It
International Day of Women & Girls in Science: My Journey and the Women Who Inspired It Author’s Note: This article is part of a...

Danny Herbert
Feb 9, 20224 min read
How History Helped Us Grow into the Future
How History Helped Us Grow into the Future I was astounded by the depth of my autistic son’s knowledge about naval history on a recent...


Dhanishta Shah
Jan 19, 20224 min read
Nostalgia as a Sentimental Tool: Are you ready to look back for looking ahead?
Nostalgia as a Sentimental Tool: Are you ready to look back for looking ahead? My name is Dhanishta and I am a writer who has recently...

Anna Sri
Jan 13, 20224 min read
Gender-gap in training for Assertiveness: Does it have a place in Psychiatry and in clinical practic
Gender-gap in training for Assertiveness: Does it have a place in Psychiatry and in clinical practice? As a female British psychiatrist...


Cara Martinisi
Dec 17, 20217 min read
The Power of Fake Fires: How Journey Dancing Helped A Grieving Mother Process Her Anger
The Power of Fake Fires: How Journey Dancing Helped A Grieving Mother Process Her Anger A Grieving Mother’s Retreat All my life I dreamt...


Beauty Dhlamini
Dec 10, 20214 min read
Does lived experience really inform our duty of care in mental health?
Does lived experience really inform our duty of care in mental health? It is very hard to describe and express mental ill-health to...


Nare Hartoonian
Dec 1, 20216 min read
Expressing the Mind: reflecting on my experience of writing a blog
Expressing the Mind: reflecting on my experience of writing a blog Some time ago, during an email exchange, I received a suggestion from...


Bryan Myers
Nov 23, 20215 min read
Dealing with Mental Illness on the Road
Dealing with Mental Illness on the Road (How the Beats Inspired Me to Live a Life of Purpose and Fulfillment) For me, Jack Kerouac was a...

Ricky Carroll
Nov 5, 20215 min read
The Importance of Physical Activity on Your Mental Health: An interview with Michael Watson, MBE
The Importance of Physical Activity on Your Mental Health: An interview with Michael Watson, MBE In my life, I have battled a gambling...


Inspire the Mind
Oct 10, 20214 min read
Reflections from the President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists: Party Conference season
Reflections from the President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists: Party Conference season I was pleased to be invited to write this...

Alice Thomas
Oct 5, 20217 min read
When Anxiety Gets Physical
When Anxiety Gets Physical I’m Alice. I’m a freelance writer and editor with anxiety and depression, fibromyalgia and functional...


Ricky Carroll
Sep 30, 20215 min read
Addiction: The depths and the recovery with professional boxer Charlie Duffield
Addiction: The depths and the recovery with professional boxer Charlie Duffield In my twenties, I suffered from a gambling addiction that...


Sean McBride
Sep 28, 20215 min read
How To Pick Yourself Up Again
So many of our greatest successes start from a dark place Watching a TV program about 1995, I realized that year held some of the darkest...


Laurence Gibbons
Sep 23, 20214 min read
‘Covid-19 New Normal’ is the First Time I’ve Felt Normal
Let me preempt this piece by saying that I hate the coronavirus pandemic. As a professional magician and freelance writer, the...

Aida Gebregergis
Sep 22, 20214 min read
Reconstructing Mental Health: Depression isn’t the problem, it’s the response.
My name is Aida and I’m a second-year student at King’s College London, currently studying Global Health and Social Medicine BSc. I’d...
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