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December Wellbeing Challenge

Hello and welcome to December. And just like that were in the last month of 2017. If you've been following along with us this year then you have already completed 11 challenges, some were easier than others and if you've somehow missed them all then not to worry we have

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Go To Sleep

Book review Go to sleep: Peaceful thoughts for active minds by Sarah Planter Sleep is rarely one of those things I struggle with, I tend to be someone who has the problem of either sleeping too much, or sleeping but still feeling overly tired when I’ve woken up. I

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Supporting mental health in young people - have you tried Shelf Help?

Welcome to our 3rd Guest blog take over. Dr Marie Polley is a Senior Lecturer in Health Sciences and Research at the University of Westminster. Marie is also Co-Chair of the Social Prescribing Network and is a voluntary youth worker for St Mark’s church, Hitchin. It is estimated that

November Wellbeing Challenge

Start a new good habit or stop an old bad habit What bad habits do you have that you wish you didn’t or which habits have you seen or heard of that you often look at and wish you had. Well, this month could be your opportunity to begin

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October Wellbeing Challenge

Hello and welcome to October Autumn is my favourite season. I love that I can wear warm clothes again without people looking at me like I’m strange and I love the colours. It’s the beginning of another month which means another challenge and this one is definitely going

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Sleep, Rest & Relaxation

We often take these three words as meaning the same thing and although they can be used together they mean completely different things. Let’s take a look at their definitions - Sleep – the natural resting state in which the body is not active and the mind does not think.

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September Wellbeing Challenge

Hello and welcome to September School are starting back, holidays are over and we all need to back into that rhythm of having a scheduled routine (some more than others). What a great time to schedule in some white space, so that it becomes part of our daily rhythms. Back

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FUN FUN FUN

Summer is here, the moment we’ve all been waiting for… I think someone may need to tell that to the sun. Sometimes we build our lives waiting for that perfect moment to do something we like or enjoy but why can’t that day be TODAY. How about making

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August Wellbeing challenge

Hello and Welcome to August. We're hoping you had a great time being social last month and if you missed Rebekah's article on building relationships [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/building-relationships/] take a quick read now. They say laughter is the best medicine. The problem is we don’t do it

School's Out For Summer

Today is the last day of school term 💃🏽💃💃🏻 I thought this would be a great opportunity to share with you some of the things we've been up to this year and give you some ideas of things to do over the summer break. We have worked with 13 out of

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July Wellbeing Challenge

Welcome to July, Half the year is already completed so that means there is only approximately 181 days left of 2017. Roughly 174 days till Christmas, 124 days till fireworks night, 63 days till a new school year. There is between 51 – 23 days (depending on which week you’re

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Understand, Implement, Prevent: tackling poor mental health in schools

Welcome to our 2nd Guest blog takeover. Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 30; self-harm in teens has nearly doubled since 2007; in 2015 more than 1 million people were in touch with mental health services; nearly 80,000 teenagers are suffering with depression; 26% of teenagers in

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What's been on our screens

Have you every wondered what someone else is looking at on their computer or laptop screen? What articles are they reading? What songs are they listening to? What apps are they using? Maybe they could help me. Well i have, sometimes I even take a sneaky look. :) Then I thought

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June Wellbeing Challenge

Hello and welcome to June, that means it’s time for another wellbeing challenge. This month it's mindfulness. The challenge 1st - Start and end each day with some meditation. Whether that is meditating on scripture, or using a guided meditation app, it’s your choice. 2nd - Each day

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Emotional First Aid

Let’s set the scene – its evening, you're nice and relaxed, you’re at home cooking yourself a tasty dinner, you're busy minding your own business, when all of a sudden you cut your finger. What do you do? It’s not bad enough to warrant a hospital visit -

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May Wellbeing Challenge

Wellcome to May :) So were doing something a little different this month - A photo challenge. This is a chance for you to get your camera out and notice the things around you. It's simple each day find or create something that represents the word that is given. Molly on

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April Wellbeing Challenge

We are officially ¼ of the way through the year, I feel like it’s flown by. So far on our challenges we’ve increased our water intake, learnt a new skill and tried some things to build on our spiritual wellbeing. Wait! What’s that I hear you say, you

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‘'I am a parent; how can I promote positive wellbeing?’'

For most of us, from our waking moments to a sleeping bed at night, we worry. We worry about what we are, or aren’t saying to our children. We worry if they are getting 5 a day or 5 a week. We worry if they are doing ok at

People Have Started Talking

Last week Donna told you all the exciting things that happened at our premier [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/lets-talk-2/]. This week our new #lets talk series was in the Comet [http://www.thecomet.net/news/hitchin_mental_health_and_wellbeing_charity_s_let_s_talk_video_project_launches_a_second_

March Wellbeing Challenge

Welcome to March and a new wellbeing Challenge, this month our focus is on spiritual wellbeing. If you’re wondering what spiritual wellbeing is all about Kieran, our director will be explaining all about it on the blog on Friday, but for now it’s all about the way we

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Hola! Hablo Español?

Incase you missed this months wellbeing challenge [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/february-wellbeing-challange/] it was all about learning a new skill. I’m pretty sure you can guess what new skill I’ve been learning over the last month from my title – Spanish. A little bit of history I started learning

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February Wellbeing Challenge

Well Hello There, Can you believe it's February already, that means it's time for a new challenge. This month’s challenge is to learn a new skill. This could be something you started but never quite managed to get the hang of, something you’ve always wanted to try or

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

We hope you’ve had an amazing Christmas and new year break. Out with the old in with the new, no we're not getting rid of Kieran, we just want to introduce you to some new and exciting things that will be taking place on the blog in 2017. Wellbeing

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January Wellbeing Challenge

Image design by a student from the Priory School Welcome to a New Feature of our blog. A way we can begin to do things together to promote a healthier, positive wellbeing. Each month the entire Phase team will be taking on a challenge. We’ll let you know what

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Whitespace

Busy is the new fine! Sounds like an advertising slogan. I don’t know about you but I find myself saying it all the time. Conversations generally go like this. How was your day? Oh, busy but good. How are you doing? I’m so busy. Ooh any plans for