YOU (school staff)
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(The confidential chat link below is only provided for Berrynarbor Primary, Combe Martin Primary & Ilfracombe Academy due to being funded by their local churches. It’s something I hope to bring to everyone in the future.)
confidential support
For any confidential (and anonymous if you wish) support - click the link below and leave an email address for me to reply to if you’d like a reply.
This service is for you to chat about your own mental health, ideas for your school, how to support someone else - anything on your mind.
You can send how you’re thinking/feeling without wanting a reply as a way of getting thoughts out of your head if you wish.
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THINK HEALTH CURRICULUM
I’ve spoken to many teachers during the pandemic and hear that time is short and pressure is high. These videos are purposely short to enable you to stick them on when you get into bed or watch before you get dressed at the start of the day, if you haven’t got the time during the day to give them more energy. Each one should give you something to think about and focus on to break possible unhealthy habits and give clarity for your own health as well as being able to offer that clarity and wisdom to your students.
There are 2 playlists - 0-17years and 18+, the 0-17years videos are equally as short (although sometimes slightly longer as they include my children!) but they’re designed for you to be able to fill a 5min gap or to squeeze them into a 5min gap depending on your school life at the moment!
My hope is that all children are able to watch these videos whether at home or at school.
Below is a link for the adult playlist.
For more info, click the Think HEALTH Curriculum link below/to the side of the video.
ADULT playlist
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Your life…
CELEBRATION DAYS!
Remember, especially on days like BIRTHDAYS, FATHER’S DAY, MOTHER’S DAY, ANNIVERSARIES… to do things YOUR way. No matter what that is. No matter what anyone else is doing. No matter what anyone else thinks you should do.
Only YOU know your life, so live it allowing yourself to feel all the emotions and then do what is right for you.
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pandemic parenting
(Click the link to the side/below)
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inspiring resources
HEADS TOGETHER
Heads Together is a fantastic mental health initiative. Below is a link to their stories section, and I massively encourage you to look through all other areas of their website.
YOUNG MINDS
FOR PARENTS - YoungMinds have a brilliant collection of resources for parents here.
There are a lot more topics covered on the Young Minds website, where you can access information on how to support yourself or someone else.
MIND
Mind are another brilliant charity sharing constant resources.
MERMAIDS
(Help for gender-diverse kids, young people & their families)
Below is a link for resources recommended by Mermaids for anyone OVER 19 years old
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faith & mental health
I’ve created a different page for this as it’s something I’ll be continually adding to. If you have faith in God/are curious about it, I’ll be writing in small chunks about how the Bible contains A LOT (everything?!) we need in order to look after our mental health.
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* @lisa_thinkhealth is random posts and stories about my life.
* @thinkhealthvillage is focused on mental health and faith.
* @Thinkhealth.me is a mix of both Insta accounts plus anything shared from other Facebook pages.
