Connecting at Coed Hills by Trevor Eyles
Driving west toward Wales beneath a sky full of ominous portent, dumping oceans of dark rain as we struggled through motorway congestion.
A Vision for Compassionate Change by Madelaine Watkins RNMH
Arriving at the beautiful green space of Coed Hills felt a little different to me this time. I had been a participant at a Compassionate Mental Health learning retreat in 2024, and this time, in 2026, I was invited to be one of the wellbeing team. I felt honoured and privileged to be entrusted with such a precious aspect of the event.
Connecting at Coed Hills by Trevor Eyles
Driving west toward Wales beneath a sky full of ominous portent, dumping oceans of dark rain as we struggled through motorway congestion.
Not Just a Dream: Finding the Mental Health Community I’d Been Longing For by Robyn Thomas
This piece was first published in Mad in America – read the original here
Towards Compassionate Mental Health by Brigid Bowen
30 years ago I walked into hospital as a voluntary patient in the middle of a manic episode.
Why we need more Soteria Houses by Brigid Bowen
I wrote this piece to deliver as a talk for the Soteria Network UK AGM in 2021 – online due to the pandemic.
Navigating Suicidal Thoughts Together by Kevin Hall
One World Suicide Day 2022, read this powerful post by Kevin Hall, first written in 2018 after fashion designer Kate Spade and TV chef Anthony Bourdain died by suicide
Googling for Compassion by Joanne Parker
I’ve always had my mental health, but sometimes it’s been a bit dodgy.
Social Connectedness and the Future of Compassionate Mental Health by Dr Charlie Heriot-Maitland
Our brains are naturally very good at adapting and responding to our environments. That is, after all, how we’ve survived (in an evolutionary sense), but these built-in adaptive processes are still very apparent day-to-day. Read more
We are all Seekers, we are all Guides by Serena Jones
Compassion (noun): a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
Towards the end of last week in deepest west Wales, something remarkable happened. It was a gathering of people who share a passion for compassion and a hunger to see more of it in the way we approach health, specifically mental health. It seems a cruel irony that at a time when people most need a compassionate response, all too often feel unheard, disconnected and disempowered from the very systems supposed to help. Read more
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