From the age of 13, I was severely anorexic, bulimic and depressed, which madly enough was aspirational for my generation. Having a medically defined label was a status symbol, and I had the status, a pyrrhic victory. Continually shifting between not wanting to live and being on the brink of death, under a crumbling facade of highly successful student and popular teenager with a vigorous social life.
We are excited to be planning a Mental Health Volunteers Information Session (VIS) to be held in August 2017.
Let me tell you how amazing it feels to receive a message like the following, telling us what a difference our mental health peer support programmes are making to people’s lives.
Change, or, starting something new, often brings about unforeseen challenges.
Impact is no exception to change and change is a regular visitor to our door.
It’s always great to get positive feedback, and at Impact we really enjoy pulling all of the comments together for our annual report. The next report will be available in March 2017!
If you would like to know when the new dates are available, please get in touch and we’ll keep you up to date.
Pathways to Recovery: Course 1. Week 1. Day 1. All the planning, preparation, team discussions (oh so many!) have all paid off. Our first day delivering our brand new Pathways to Recovery course has been a great success. The facilitators enthusiastically fed back their accounts of the day, starting with the delight of welcoming back […]
I love and have most, but not all of her music. I have even had the good fortune to see her perform at the Roundhouse in Camden recently. Beth Hart is an artist heralded and admired by me and my immediate family. It’s a rare thing for the three of us to agree on something!
On the 8th December, The Independent wrote an article about Beth and her Bipolar
“The Grammy-nominated singer writes about the darker side of her creativity”
Good article. No, it was a damn good article! If I’m disappointed, it was by the too few comments (2 at the last count) that appeared below the article. With one in four of us experiencing some form of mental ill health and so many organisations with and without celebrities doing their bit to challenge stigma, raise awareness and promote healthy discussions, I was a tad saddened that this frank and honest insight into Beth’s world did not cause a ‘bigger’ conversation ripple…
However, just like her songs, Beth gives it her all, sparing no ‘twisted’ detail on the impact of bipolar on her work and in her life. The truth, straight up from a straight up kind a lady. I admired Beth for her skills in singing and song writing; Now? I am totally inspired by Beth as a person.
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