WHAT CAN HELP
We have selected some resources from our Mindful Toolkit which
we feel could help and recommend exploring them in your own time.
Apps
My Possible Self
Clinically certified, the app features a wide array of tools to promote happiness, wellbeing and prevent day-to-day problems from holding users back. This includes an everyday ‘mood tracker’, learning modules, for a better understanding of what aspects of life are causing anxiety, alongside methods for how to reshape negative thoughts towards more positive ones.
Breeze
Breeze gives you more awareness about your emotions and things that cause them. Based on CBT techniques, the app helps you learn new habits through tracking thoughts that can reduce negative beliefs and increase positive patterns of thinking.
Ten Percent Happier
Ten Percent Happier provides guided meditations, videos, talks and sleep content that will help you build (or boost) your meditation practice.
Headspace
Headspace’s meditation resources can be thought of as your mind’s best friend, making good days your new normal.
Books
Recovery
A guide to all kinds of addiction from a star who has struggled with heroin, alcohol, sex, fame, food and eBay, that will help addicts and their loved ones make the first steps into recovery
Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess
Backed by clinical research and illustrated with compelling case studies, Dr. Caroline Leaf provides a scientifically proven five-step plan to find and eliminate the root of anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts in your life so you can experience dramatically improved mental and physical health.
Kind Words for Unkind Days: A guide to surviving and thriving in difficult times
A practical pick-me-up for life's tough days, this book is a guide to help you feel happier, healthier and calmer.
The Power of Letting Go
In The Power of Letting Go, John Purkiss explains why we should let go and how we can do it, using proven techniques to make things happen.
Move the body, heal the mind
A noted neuroscientist reveals groundbreaking research on how fitness and exercise can combat mental health conditions such as anxiety, dementia, ADHD, and depression, and offers a plan for improving focus, creativity, and sleep.
Maybe You Should Talk To Someone
Ever wonder what your therapist is really thinking? Now you can find out … a hilarious, thought-provoking and surprising new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist's world.
Progress Over Perfection
With Progress Over Perfection, you’ll find the courage and the resolve to do what you want to do without having to compromise your plans to fit the pressures of everyday society.
Ten Times Happier
Psychotherapist and former NHS Clinical Lead, Owen O'Kane uses his years of experience to help us look at our lives and happiness in a clear and practical way. This is a brilliant book of intelligent advice and detailed case studies that encourages reflection and positive change.
Podcasts
Mindfulness In Eight Weeks
A revolutionary 8 week plan to clear your mind and calm your life, including meditation instruction to support 20 minutes of home practice per day.
The Gratitude Diaries
Relying on both amusing personal experiences and extensive research, host Janice Kaplan explores how gratitude can transform every aspect of life including marriage and friendship, money and ambition, and health and well-being.
The Happiness Lab
This podcast will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will change the way you think about happiness.
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