MENtalhealth meets Movember 10/31/2017 A few weeks ago, Ella and I met up with boys from the University of Birmingham Medics Rugby Club to talk about men’s mental illness within competitive sports teams. University sports teams can be surrounded by a preconception of ‘lad culture’ and machismo which one might not associate with a supportive environment for someone struggling with their mental health. Talking to the club really opened our eyes as to how positive a sports team can be, to the point where it becomes a support network for
A few weeks ago, Ella and I met up with boys from the University of Birmingham Medics Rugby Club to talk about men’s mental illness within competitive sports teams. University sports teams can be surrounded by a preconception of ‘lad culture’ and machismo which one might not associate with a supportive environment for someone struggling with their mental health. Talking to the club really opened our eyes as to how positive a sports team can be, to the point where it becomes a support network for
My Male Mind and Me 10/23/2017 Continuing with our focus on mens mental health as part of #MENtalhealthmonth, our next post is from Josh Winter. He has written his experiences of the stigma surrounding this issue, and given some really helpful tips for anyone having a hard time. Its such an insightful piece which we hope will help one of you out there. When a unique opportunity such as writing about mental health from a male perspective presented itself I could only help to think - why not? Mental health in men is still
Continuing with our focus on mens mental health as part of #MENtalhealthmonth, our next post is from Josh Winter. He has written his experiences of the stigma surrounding this issue, and given some really helpful tips for anyone having a hard time. Its such an insightful piece which we hope will help one of you out there. When a unique opportunity such as writing about mental health from a male perspective presented itself I could only help to think - why not? Mental health in men is still
Food, emotions and your relationship with yourself 10/15/2017 Matt is an instagram blogger as well as partner at EvolutionEat who has written this piece on his relationship between food and mental health for #MENtalhealthmonth. Mens issues with food are a lot less talked about that womens', and so we hope that posts like these can help raise awareness of these issues. We hope this helps someone out there today. Do you eat in a way that makes you proud of yourself? If not, why is that? Because you probably eat at least a few times a day, every day, and
Matt is an instagram blogger as well as partner at EvolutionEat who has written this piece on his relationship between food and mental health for #MENtalhealthmonth. Mens issues with food are a lot less talked about that womens', and so we hope that posts like these can help raise awareness of these issues. We hope this helps someone out there today. Do you eat in a way that makes you proud of yourself? If not, why is that? Because you probably eat at least a few times a day, every day, and
The Oppressive Sound of Silence 10/06/2017 Jake of @thephitcoach is our first writer for MENtal health month. He's written this fantastic, thought evoking piece about the silence surrounding mens mental health. We hope it will help open peoples eyes to the importance of this issue, and break down some walls to communication around male mental illness. Thank you Jake. As always, leave any comments/feedback below or contact us. Every time I put pen to paper, or rather finger to keyboard, and write about my struggles, I suddenly feel
Jake of @thephitcoach is our first writer for MENtal health month. He's written this fantastic, thought evoking piece about the silence surrounding mens mental health. We hope it will help open peoples eyes to the importance of this issue, and break down some walls to communication around male mental illness. Thank you Jake. As always, leave any comments/feedback below or contact us. Every time I put pen to paper, or rather finger to keyboard, and write about my struggles, I suddenly feel
