Gritty, honest, lump-in-throat-inducing, sobering. The Wild Remedy is one of the most powerful personal accounts of a struggle with depression that I have read, and a signal to all of us of the power and importance of the natural world in alleviating times of great personal struggle. Emma Mitchell’s words strike a chord that inducesContinueContinue reading “Book Review -The Wild Remedy by Emma Mitchell”
Category Archives: mental health
Talking Health and Wellbeing with Liz Earle MBE
Farming can be the best job in the world. However, sometimes it can also be one of the most stressful, especially at the moment with all the uncertainty relating to Brexit. The long hours, financial pressure, dealing with the weather and other unforeseeable events can take its toll. The press have taken hold of thisContinueContinue reading “Talking Health and Wellbeing with Liz Earle MBE”
‘Will a therapist help me?’ and 10 things you can do today to help your Mental Health #FarmerMentalHealth
This is another post in this current mini series of articles relating to the #FarmerMentalHealth campaign which encourages us all (not just farmers) to break the stigma of talking about mental health and look after our mental as well as our physical wellbeing. Firstly, the answer to the question in the title is almost certainlyContinueContinue reading “‘Will a therapist help me?’ and 10 things you can do today to help your Mental Health #FarmerMentalHealth”
Online Counselling, Telehealth #FarmerMentalHealth
Part of the #FarmerMentalHealth campaign, as well as Farmers Weekly’s #Fit2Farm campaign, is about encouraging those who are struggling with their mental health to reach out to others for help. The most difficult thing in the world can be to accept that you are facing a problem but the old cliche that a problem sharedContinueContinue reading “Online Counselling, Telehealth #FarmerMentalHealth”
Book Review: The Light in the Dark – A Winter Journal – by Horatio Clare
It’s not often that I leave a book with a lump in my throat but that’s the case with Horatio Clare’s recent journal The Light in the Dark. Brutally honest and emotionally harrowing Clare cuts to the heart of what it means to live with a mental health condition but also shows how the natural worldContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Light in the Dark – A Winter Journal – by Horatio Clare”
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