Notebook

Welcome to the Notebook, a collection of thoughts, feelings and reflections written by the Self Space team. Each entry is an invitation to pause, think deeply, feel deeply and develop the tools to deal with the world how it is.

Sunday Feel Good Sessions

The Sunday Feel Good Sessions

  • Self

How To Deal With Health Anxiety

  • Self
  • Emotions

6 Questions To Ask Your Therapist Before You Start

  • Therapy

How To Get A Good Night’s Sleep

A night of restful sleep not only resets brain reactivity in order to prepare for emotional challenges the next day, but it has a restorative function in recharging the brain in a way that optimises our performance (creatively, cognitively, all of the other tively's).
  • Self

Mental Health at Work With Vicki Bacon

We talk with Huel's People Manager Vicki Bacon about what is working well within her company and herself, when it comes to mental health.
  • Stories
  • Work

Ingratitude Journaling

Ingratitude journalling will give you direction. It will help you identify patterns, themes and things that are repeated. It will help you focus on the things you can change, moving you from awareness into action.
  • Self

Festive Season Survival Guide

As you swim against a tide of tangled tinsel, hold onto this: family time is always imperfect; despite you trying, you won't be able to do it all; melancholy will never be far away - but neither will moments of joy.
  • Self
Talking Men's Club

Men’s Mental Health: A Guide To Meaningful Moments

When it comes to men's mental health, there are no easy answers, but it's more important than ever to keep asking questions. Questions that will let stories be told. Talking Men's Club is the start of this journey for us. It's a project about listening, as much as it is about talking.
  • Self
  • Emotions
Gestalt therapy

What is Gestalt Therapy?

With so many different therapy styles, you might find yourself confused as to which to choose. Having specialised in Gestalt Psychotherapy for 6 years, I wanted to shed some insight. If you enjoy creativity, have curiosity in your body and an interest in living more choicefully, I urge you to read on.
  • Therapy
Suicide Prevention Guides

Suicide Prevention Guide

With suicide awareness day falling this month, we asked our community to feedback on their experience of suicide, how it's affected them and those around them. The response was huge. We've created two content care packages using the real-world experiences of our community alongside therapeutic advice. One for if someone you love is feeling suicidal and one for if you are having those feelings yourself, with the hope that it finds someone when they really need it.
  • Self
  • Emotions
Thinking Outside the Sexuality Box

Sexuality – Thinking Outside The Box

Many parts of my identity set me apart, such as my cultural background, my migrant experiences, my health conditions, but being queer is the one which has placed me on the outside, at the edge of belonging, for most of my life. Other lived experiences and identities tend to find each other at the edge of belonging, and this is where my curiosity for people was born, as well as my rage towards injustices. 
  • Self
  • Relationships

Understanding and Overcoming Addiction

Many of us at some time in our life will experience addiction. There are, after all, many things that we may find becoming more and more of a challenging issue and with which it is increasingly difficult to change our relationship.
  • Emotions
That's all folks!

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