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International Women’s Day – Break The Bias
March 8th is International Women's Day. It's a day to celebrate women's achievement, raise awareness against bias and take action for equality. From forging inclusive work cultures where women's careers thrive and their achievements are celebrated to assisting women to be in a position of power to make informed decisions about their health, the theme
Eating Disorders: Improving Professional Training
[May contain distressing themes] Introduction This week has been Eating Disorder Awareness Week (EDAW). With the highest mortality rate of all mental health disorders, and affecting around 1.25 million people in the UK, it has become even more crucial for health professionals to receive adequate training on recognising early symptoms and providing support to families
DBT – A Therapy That Can Help If You Struggle With Self- Harm or Impulsive Behaviours
Intro Self-Injury Awareness Day (SIAD) is a globally recognised event aimed at challenging and combating the stigma associated with self-harm. Taking place on 1st March every year, this day allows people to open up and seek available support for a topic people often find difficult to talk about. At InsideOut we offer one to one
Why Kindness Is Good For You.
“Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get. What good you see in others, also exists in you.” Zig Ziglar. Fifteen years ago The New Economic Foundation started their quest to develop evidence based guidelines on how we can enhance our own emotional
JANUARY IS A GREAT TIME VISIT COMPLIMENT CENTRAL!
When was the last time someone gave you a compliment? Do you recall how it made you feel? Did you notice how the other person took it? How good are you at taking compliments? In celebration of National Compliment Day 2022, let’s explore the science of compliments and why we should give more of them.
Taking action against domestic abuse
Over Christmas 2020, calls to domestic abuse charities and police call centres doubled. The abuse disclosed by callers included physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Research suggests that the perfect storm of financial pressures, social isolation, child care issues, and increased substance misuse can all play a role in the seasonal increase in rates of abuse
Uncomplicating your grief
Grief is an existential given - we will all have to go through bereavement of a friend, relative or pet at some point in our own life. Whilst grieving is a painful process for most of us, for others there can be mixed feelings of guilt, regrets, denial, shame and even relief, that make it
Men’s mental health & the holidays
As the holidays approach, mental health can improve for some people due to restorative rest and recuperation, but for others, it can add stress and pressure; especially for men. Men especially are often looked at as the providers in families, and therefore can feel an added sense of pressure during the festive season.1 There tends
Bullying – another shadow pandemic?
This week is Anti-Bullying Week. Here we take a look at how lockdowns have changed the phenomenon of bullying. New research is showing that, since COVID began spreading at the beginning of 2020 – an outbreak of cyber bullying was also on a steep rise.1 The reasons for why any of the many forms of