This Pride, we wanted to do something meaningful, so we put together the Happiful Pride pledge to track our progress and to keep our efforts consistently high throughout the year…
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Kathryn Wheeler
Kathryn is the Features Editor at Happiful magazine.
Pips Taylor: An explosion of goodness
While studying Spanish in Mexico, Pips narrowly avoided sexual assault after a cab driver attempted to abduct her. Now she’s helping women through the courts of law with charity Rights of Women, and working with global partnership Vital Voices, to nurture the next generation of world-changers…
Happiful Unsung Hero: The Founder of You Make It
Nominated by her collegue, Roxi Jahanshahi, Asma Shah is transforming the lives of women in her community…
Burns Survivor Hosts Confidence Swimming Sessions for those with Skin Disfigurements
After suffering severe burns as a child, Sylvia Mac now runs swimming sessions for those with skin disfigurements, offering them the chance to develop their confidence, and embrace their differences.…
Yinka Bokinni: Being myself
With her CapitalXTRA radio show and an inspiring TedxTalk under her belt, Yinka Bokinni is a force to be reckoned with. And what’s better? She knows it. But the journey to be where she is today hasn’t been easy. Here we chat bereavement, displacement, and the power of the #MeToo movement…
What's a Shame Spiral?
First coined by clinical psychologist Gershen Kaufman in his 1992 book Shame: The Power of Caring, shame spirals are triggered by an unsettling event.…
#MHDChallenge: The dance fighting mental health stigma
In 2017, Chrissy Boodram founded the #MHDChallenge – a dance routine challenge that aims to encourage people to look after their mental health, and wellbeing, and empower them to fight back against mental illness and its stigma…
Hannah Arterton: Soothing the Hurricane
With a host of diverse roles under her belt, including Atlantis (BBC, 2013), and The Five (2016, Sky1), Hannah Arterton is returning to the small-screen once again for Netflix’s latest thriller, Safe, where she plays an ambitious detective…
Carolyn Regan: The Mental Health Trust CEO Redefining the Status Quo
We caught up with Carolyn to find out about LGBT+ visibility in the workplace, the power of art therapy, and the future of Broadmoor Hospital…