Mindapples on the festival circuit
This summer, we’re taking Mindapples to the masses. First, we launched our campaign with our health showcase pop-up health farm, The Big Treat, with Courvoisier, Crussh, SavvyCook and many other great brands. Now, we’re taking the Mindapples Tree on tour to festivals all round Britain, spreading the word about looking after our minds to people […]
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Are resolutions good for you?
It’s that time of year when people start making New Year’s Resolutions. But according to psychologists, most of the time we just end up being unhappy at our failure to do them. We make promises that we don’t keep, which makes us feel bad, and so we do things to feel better. Like comfort eat. […]
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Pitching Mindapples to the mental health sector
Mindapples has been on its summer holidays for a month, but with World Mental Health Day and New Year’s Resolutions fast approaching, we’re back and kicking up a gear again (in a nice sustainable, healthy sort of way). So, to kick things off, here’s a video of me pitching Mindapples at the Innovation Exchange Festival […]
Continue reading Solitude
We’ve been a bit quiet here on the Mindapples blog (my book coming out, Lauren’s MA due in, Tessy on holiday…), but there’s a lot going on behind the scenes. One of the things I’ve been up to is contributing to a new Channel 4 programme, Alone in the Wild, in which Ed Wardle will […]
Continue reading Steph’s five a day
My lovely friend Steph , a product designer, has shared her five a day with us… “I’ve heard of this from a friend…Lauren gives good hugs too” I heavily daydream and all the time. Here is what are in my daydreams-when I listen to piano music I believe I am playing that tune (by the […]
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Times for your mind
Interesting piece in the Times a while back (thanks to the lovely Katherine at the RSA for sending it my way) about simple daily activities you can do for your mind. Paul Farmer of Mind is quoted but the ideas seem to come from all over the place. I’d be interested to hear what people […]
Continue reading Like clockwork
The secret life of your bodyclock by Horizon was on last night. It took me on a journey into the secret world of the human internal body clock Our body clock controls what we do and how well we do it. In relation to When is asleep not asleep? This program explored the idea of […]
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When is asleep not asleep?
New Scientist asks “Are bad sleeping habits driving us mad?” “TAKE anyone with a psychiatric disorder and the chances are they don’t sleep well. The result of their illness, you might think. Now this long-standing assumption is being turned on its head, with the radical suggestion that poor sleep might actually cause some psychiatric illnesses […]
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Graze is officially recognised by the NHS as supporting the 5-a-day scheme. It was started by seven friends who shared a passion for food. It allows British office workers to improve the way they eat at work. You can order tasty food online and get it delivered to your desks. With boxes containing everything from […]
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Andy Gibson explains Mindapples
Craig at the O’Reilly GMT blog has very kindly posted a video interview with me explaining the Mindapples project and talking a bit about how far we’ve got. He caught me on the hop a bit: no time to do my hair, although I did manage to dress up a bit. Here’s the video from […]
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