Saw it on the ACT fb page and couldn’t resist!!

My first webinar! Made for the gps referring into our skills groups. A few painful language choices and weird lip smacking, but it’s not a bad first try. drive.google.com/file/d/1BqAAXV…

Some very interesting stuff in here. Eg, Burnout, stress and reputational damage are costs of involving service users in research. That's not the cost of things going badly, that's the cost of involving them at all. …alth-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Just in from work and Facebook tells me it was six years ago today that I was discharged from community mental health services...where I now work as a mental health nurse!!!

Stolen (almost shamelessly) from the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy page.

The fabulous HOPE bringers Gary Parnell and Emily Hawkins were part of the Cornwall Foundation Trust world mental health day stand on Lemon Quay today! Such a pair of legends!!! Check out those stress balls 😘

⚠️⚠️⚠️ GUYS!!!! #LXPLEADERS19 has sold out! SOLD OUT!!! Thank you so much to everyone that’s booked and supported us. We look forward to seeing you all in London! 🤩🤩🤩

Hope is teaching emotional coping skills for the first time this evening over at Falmouth University. Nervous, excited, proud!

Challenging but exciting group this evening... I’m only just realising what I’ve taken on here!!

My first big challenge as a cpn, find someone emergency accommodation. Learnt millions chasing from one agency to the next, a risk assessment, safeguarding, needs assessment and many housing applications later. I found him a home. I did that.

Emotions leaking out my eyeballs for the first time as a nurse today (surprised it took a month). Not cos of trauma or abuse or the usual ‘big stuff’. Left me rummaging my loft this eve for extra duvets to give someone with no heating at home and a big operation nxt wk. Hard job.

Useful webinar for anyone working with people who have been given a diagnosis of eupd/bpd... by a very brilliant advocate. drive.google.com/file/d/1HO2G2R…

Thank you all for joining our #SurvivorTough chat today. This is a pretty heavy topic and can be triggering, so please make time for self care.

So thrilled that crcc reconciled the first part of HOPE’s grant application and will be releasing the remainder of the funds for the year shortly! Bit more security for us lived experience practitioners in Cornwall.

Living in Cornwall takes some beating - but Wales has to come close!

Dear All, This is the story of my life: my journey out of hell & into the life I love. I don't have all the answers. But if you are in hell, you may find ideas in this book worth trying. I wish you the skillful means to build & maintain a life worth living. Love, Marsha

Staffed by lived experience practitioners, HOPE’s first cohort of emotional coping skills is now complete, the report written. We built it and they came :) Two more groups to go!!

Bit of a gear change from yesterday’s knowledge and understanding framework training!

Here you go. MSE colouring in sheet as promised. Feel free to print and use. I set the students a colouring competition which usually gets me some odd looks followed by an impressive level of competitiveness! 😂 @psychinformatic AUTP - Association of University Teachers of Psych Royal College of Psychiatrists CombinedNHS @MHLT_STOKE

I was given a hammock age 13. Since then I’ve carted it around the world waiting for the right trees. Age 42, gave up on perfect trees and just asked someone to put up two posts: massive cost of £15. Sun and swing mindfulness after work - priceless!