mental health - https://thegifted.org.uk/tag/mental-health/ Enabling young women to develop enterprise skills & become more employable. Wed, 31 Jan 2024 14:45:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://thegifted.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-The-Gifted-Charity-Favicon-32x32.png mental health - https://thegifted.org.uk/tag/mental-health/ 32 32 Improving employment prospects for young people https://thegifted.org.uk/improving-employment-prospects-for-young-people/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=improving-employment-prospects-for-young-people https://thegifted.org.uk/improving-employment-prospects-for-young-people/#respond Thu, 25 Jan 2024 10:39:35 +0000 https://thegifted.org.uk/?p=2993 In April 2024, The Gifted will be launching a 28-week programme, funded by Hertfordshire Community Foundation and Stevenage Community Trust. The project will be instrumental in improving employment prospects for care experienced young people in Stevenage, as well as developing other vital life skills. Changing the story for vulnerable groups In 2023 there were reported […]

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]]> https://thegifted.org.uk/improving-employment-prospects-for-young-people/feed/ 0 Tackling self-harm, suicide and sexual violence https://thegifted.org.uk/tackling-self-harm-suicide-and-sexual-violence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tackling-self-harm-suicide-and-sexual-violence https://thegifted.org.uk/tackling-self-harm-suicide-and-sexual-violence/#respond Wed, 28 Jun 2023 22:11:48 +0000 https://thegifted.org.uk/?p=2791 Tackling self-harm, suicide and sexual violence through The Butterfly Project The Butterfly Project has evolved over the years as we respond to the changing needs of our beneficiaries. The pandemic had a devastating impact on the lives of many young people. We have received an increasing number of referrals. These were in relation to school […]

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]]> https://thegifted.org.uk/tackling-self-harm-suicide-and-sexual-violence/feed/ 0 What is anxiety and how can you overcome it? https://thegifted.org.uk/what-is-anxiety-and-how-can-you-overcome-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-anxiety-and-how-can-you-overcome-it https://thegifted.org.uk/what-is-anxiety-and-how-can-you-overcome-it/#respond Mon, 01 May 2023 12:03:28 +0000 https://thegifted.org.uk/?p=2533 During the month of May, the Mental Health Foundation are shining the light on anxiety through Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 (15th-21st May). But what is anxiety and how can you overcome it? What is anxiety? The NHS definition of anxiety is “a feeling of unease, such as worry or fear, that can be mild […]

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]]> https://thegifted.org.uk/what-is-anxiety-and-how-can-you-overcome-it/feed/ 0 Learning to let go https://thegifted.org.uk/learning-to-let-go/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=learning-to-let-go https://thegifted.org.uk/learning-to-let-go/#respond Wed, 29 Mar 2023 09:19:01 +0000 https://thegifted.org.uk/?p=2440 Non-striving – learning to let go April is National Stress Awareness Month, so I’m exploring how practising mindfulness can reduce stress. The mindfulness principle that has taken me the longest time to get my head around is the idea of non-striving, essentially learning to let go. From a very young age, it was instilled in […]

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]]> https://thegifted.org.uk/learning-to-let-go/feed/ 0 Tackle self-harm and suicide by raising self-esteem https://thegifted.org.uk/tackle-self-harm-and-suicide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tackle-self-harm-and-suicide https://thegifted.org.uk/tackle-self-harm-and-suicide/#comments Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:49:04 +0000 https://thegifted.org.uk/?p=2402 Low self-esteem amongst young people can trigger a plethora of related issues, including self-harm and suicide. Whilst a study conducted on Pubertal maturation and adolescent self-esteem showed that self-esteem is not necessarily linked with age, it did reveal that females were more likely to suffer with low self-esteem than their male counterparts. Going through puberty […]

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]]> https://thegifted.org.uk/tackle-self-harm-and-suicide/feed/ 1 Make Time for Young Carers https://thegifted.org.uk/make-time-for-young-carers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=make-time-for-young-carers https://thegifted.org.uk/make-time-for-young-carers/#respond Wed, 01 Mar 2023 09:09:00 +0000 https://thegifted.org.uk/?p=2351 Young Carers Action Day will take place on 15th March 2023. A day that shines a light on the challenges young and young adult carers face, and the support they need. This year’s theme is ‘Make Time for Young Carers’. It hopes to highlight two things that are really important for young carers: What is […]

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]]> https://thegifted.org.uk/make-time-for-young-carers/feed/ 0 Break your worry habit https://thegifted.org.uk/break-your-worry-habit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=break-your-worry-habit https://thegifted.org.uk/break-your-worry-habit/#respond Wed, 01 Feb 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://thegifted.org.uk/?p=2335 Want to break your worry habit? Is it even possible with everything that’s going on in the world? It might not feel it, but this is possible. I know because I was a chronic worrier, I was anxious all the time, so much so that my hair started to fall out. I’d worry about what […]

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]]> https://thegifted.org.uk/break-your-worry-habit/feed/ 0 Quietening the inner critic https://thegifted.org.uk/quietening-the-inner-critic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quietening-the-inner-critic https://thegifted.org.uk/quietening-the-inner-critic/#respond Mon, 04 Jan 2021 20:35:00 +0000 http://cimarron.temp.domains/~thegifted/?p=1609 We all have an unhelpful voice inside our head which pipes up from time to time to tell us about all the things we are doing wrong or ways that we are not as good as someone else. This on its own may be of some comfort – just knowing that the person you look […]

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