Wellbeing programs mostly updated for 2026 - get involved
With the start of the formal academic year quickly approaching, we’ve got (most of) our wellbeing programs updated. I am confident there is something in there […]
Archive Tag: mental fitness
A self-guided workbook for tackling procrastination
The Put Off Procrastinating Workbook was assembled quite a few years when I first started in this job. It was very popular at the time. I’ve […]
There Are So Many Ways to Invest in Your Mental Health
There are dozens of ways to support your mental health—and many of them are simple, everyday actions backed by science. I hypothesise that when the average […]
Mindfulness and the High Performance Mind
I thought this free session on Mindfulness and High Performance might be relevant to your average uni student, or at least those interested in mindfulness from […]
Smiling Mind to become a mental fitness app?
The Smiling Mind mindfulness app is heading into some interesting territory. Now might be a good time to join the Smiling Mind Community. One of the […]
Mental Health and Self-care - Criminology Presentation
Were you at one of my presentations to 1st Year Criminology students on Mental Health and Self-care? Did you want the slides and links? Included in […]
Mental Health and Mental Fitness Presentation for 1st Year Medicine
I gave a talk to 1st Year Medicine students. There were slides. Those slides are attached. The world is again in balance. On the 18th March, […]
Second Mental Fitness Workshop for the year - bonus face-to-face 🏋️...
Overview: My next Mental Fitness Workshop is on the 6th June at the Oasis Community Centre! Come along and learn about how we train our minds. […]
Learn about the different ways that people train their minds
Overview: There is an upcoming free seminar I am giving on the topic of mental fitness on the 2nd May in the evening, via Collaborate. In […]
Lot's of wellbeing-focused programs to sign up for
Overview: Your degree isn’t the only training you can get whilst at university. In this post, we outline some of the wellbeing-focused training opportunities launching early […]
Mental Fitness and Studyology dates for 2022 announced
Overview: As the academic year approaches, more dates for our wellbeing programs are being announced. This time up is Mental Fitness workshops and Studyology program dates. […]
Introduction to Mental Fitness - how we train the mind
I first mentioned ‘mental fitness’ back on this blog in April 2018. I went on to write a couple of posts about my burgeoning understanding […]
Mental Fitness Workshops on 5th and 12th May in evening
Just a reminder that I am running two Mental Fitness Workshops (online via Collaborate) in May 2021. Details of workshop below. Tickets are still available. […]
Mental Fitness Training Exemplars
I talked in a previous post about mental fitness workouts. The goal was to show that many different types of activities can constitute forms of […]
An Invitation to Join Oasis Online
If you haven’t already, we invite you to join Oasis Online. Oasis Online is a FLO topic created to supplement the activities at the Oasis […]
The wellbeing programs that are already up and running
The academic year hasn’t kicked off yet but there are already some wellbeing programs happening. I’ve covered the main ones below. This list will grow […]
Mental Fitness Workshop first date announced.
The first Mental Fitness Workshop I’ve ever run has been announced for the 8th September from 6.30pm to 8.00pm (yep, after-hours). You can book via […]
Mental Fitness Workbook - Chapter 1
Having drawn my first Mental Fitness Course to a close, I am setting out with a new goal, to develop a Mental Fitness Workbook, that builds […]
Why did I get interested in mental fitness?
Readers of this blog might be aware that I am writing regularly on the topic of mental fitness. If you’ll excuse me a short diversion, […]
Med students, mental fitness and the concept of prevention
Myself and a colleague Maureen were fortunate this morning to get to speak to a cohort of 1st year med students on the topic of […]
Mental Fitness - Lesson 7 - What is mental fitness?
Greetings and welcome to Lesson 7 of my ‘Introduction to Mental Fitness’ course. If you are new to the course, check out the introductory post […]
Mental Fitness - Lesson 1 - Welcome
Welcome to Lesson 1 of my Introduction To Mental Fitness Course. If you’ve landed here and are not sure what you are reading, check out […]
Update on Mental Fitness
Update: the course is now available here: Anyone who has been reading this blog, or getting the HCDS newsletters will know that I have been crapping […]
Winding down the blog for 2018, mental fitness and more
Hello readers 🙂 This is a quick post to let you know that I am starting to wind down activity on this blog for 2018. […]