Tina Gibbons
Tina Gibbons
Writer, commentator and speaker on mental health and emotional wellbeing, with an emphasis on natural approaches, recovery and empowerment.
Founder of The Mind Sanctuary
Finalist in the start-up category of the East of England Businesswoman of The Year Awards 2011.
The following report came out on the Guardian website Monday, outlining how the ONS propose to measure well-being and happiness following the new governments call to measure well-being as well as GDP.
So, How Do You Measure Wellbeing & Happiness...
27th July 2011
Once upon a time I was a young girl in my early twenties who experience repetitive bouts of depression. Then I turned into a young lady who experienced psychosis, was diagnosed with potential bipolar disorder and prescribed medication as a...
14th July 2011
When the World says, "Give up!" Hope whispers, "Try one more time!" ~ Anon
Hope has played such an enormous role in my life journey.
My darkest days all have one thing in common - they all lack hope.
Hope...
6th July 2011
Like most other people, I have my ups and downs, my battles and challenges, my stresses and my boundaries... I am far from perfect and no where near resemble the Dalai Lama in my holiness, spirituality or inner peace! I'm not even trained...
26th June 2011
Today I'm going to tell you a story! It's a bit of an experiment for me. I don't usually write like this - so I hope it's okay!!
Once upon a time there was this sheep. Let's call her .... errm... Tanya. Tanya ...
17th June 2011
When I was at my worst, during times that could best be described as “breakdowns”, or episodes of psychosis, I experienced a mix of extreme emotions, from anxiety to joy, through to terror, despair and total confusion. I didn’t...
11th June 2011
I spend a lot of time raising awareness of natural approaches to emotional wellbeing and mental health. As a result, people often conclude or assume that I am totally anti medication. This isn’t strictly true however. So in order to set the...
3rd June 2011
You probably won’t have come across me before, so allow me to tell you a little bit about myself and how it is that I happen to be here blogging about mental health.
About 14 years ago, I experienced a couple of quite severe “...
27th May 2011
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Writer, commentator and speaker on mental health and emotional wellbeing, with an emphasis on natural approaches, recovery and empowerment.
Founder of The Mind Sanctuary
Finalist in the start-up category of the East of England Businesswoman of The Year Awards 2011.
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