Journalling can be a great tool for supporting mental health. It can help relieve anxiety, improve symptoms of low mood, and, done routinely, help us to feel stability and control in our lives. By writing down your thoughts, whether this is a ramble that you don’t plan or a systematic discussion, you move your brain from being focused in the emotional centre and being reactive, to focused in the rational part, by processing and accepting our experiences. If our brains feel bu

Anxiety is something that nearly everyone will deal with at some point in their life. Worry and stress are normal, necessary and important parts of anticipating and dealing with situations. They keep us focused, aware of risks and aware of anything that could compromise what we’re working towards. Anxiety keeps us alert to these threats, but we can sometimes become too alert, leaving us with a sense of panic, fear or just general negativity. I think of anxiety as a smoke alar

Being a young person nowadays is tough. Expectations are high and social media provides little opportunity to children and teenagers to...