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    Get inside our heads

The Mindapples blog has been our outlet for our thoughts, inspirations and company announcements since 2008. It’s actually how Mindapples started, just blogging about mental health and wellbeing, and inviting people to share what they do that’s good for their minds.

Now we use it in two ways: for occasional announcements and updates about what we’re doing, and to post articles about psychology and health research that could help people get to know their minds better. Browse the recent posts below, and get in touch if you find something interesting that you think we should be reading.

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The 2011 Mindapples advent calendar

Have you checked out our lovely Advent Calendar yet? Throughout December we’re sending you a Christmassy mindapple a day. Follow us on Twitter and Like us on Facebook to get the updates, and you can subscribe on our new Mindapple-a-day feed too. Here’s a selection of the best so far…

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The best of the 2011 Mental Health Congress

Today Team Mindapples are at the Mental Health Congress, running our now-famous tree pop-up and listening to a range of specialists from the mental health care and policy communities speak about the future of the sector in the UK. Here are a few of the key points that I felt were most interesting from the […]

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The Future of Mindapples Web Apps?

Today and tomorrow, Mindapples is very proud to be at the Future of Web Apps London conference, rubbing shoulders with some of the most interesting folks in the international tech scene. Thanks very much to Carsonified for featuring us as one of the sponsors and letting us bring our Mindapples Tree to their conference. Mindapples […]

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A summer of mindapples…

There’s been a “Back to School” feel here at Mindapples HQ recently, because we’ve finally finished our roadtrip to the summer festivals bringing Mindapples to the masses. It’s been amazing fun and it’s been particularly nice hearing all the wonderful suggestions and feedback from people at festivals the length and breadth of the country. Our […]

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Mindapples at the Thames Festival this weekend!

This summer, Mindapples has been touring the country at a host of music festivals, including Secret Garden Party, Wilderness and the Big Chill. We’ve met lots of amazing people, perhaps including you, and had a lot of fun in the fields. More on that next week when we start to round up all our activities. […]

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Mindapples at the Lambeth Country Show today!

Jenny and half the Mindapples festivals team is at Larmer Tree this weekend to kick off our summer festivals programme for 2011. If you aren’t lucky enough to be there this weekend though, you don’t have to miss out – come to the Lambeth Country Show! Laura, Ruta and I will be flying the Mindapples […]

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Mindapples – coming to a festival near you

The time has come again to get the mindapples tree back on the road and come and meet all of you wonderful people. Yes, it’s the festival season! We feel very lucky to have been invited back to the four fantastic festivals we visited last year, as well as some exciting new ones too. Here’s […]

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Mindapples in the Media

The spring season has been a busy one for Mindapples, with events such as the launch of Action for Happiness and new exciting projects and collaborations coming together. Recently Mindapples has been attracting quite a bit of attention from the media, so here is a little round-up for you in case you missed anything and […]

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Mindapples wins two Government awards

March has been a very busy month for Mindapples, what with moving into our new offices at Somerset House, getting production underway with our Lambeth GP surgeries project, and engaging in the various discussions in Government around the Public Health White Paper and other key key policy announcements. Those of you who follow us on […]

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Nudge vs. #bigsociety?

Happy New Year folks, I hope you had a lovely mindapple-filled winter break. Last week I attended the launch of the Health Equalities Alliance and their inaugural debate Nudge or fudge – can a gentle push really tackle health inequalities? It was the first time I’ve had the chance to quiz members of the Cabinet […]

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