In part two of our comedy special we speak to Ian Boldsworth. Ian spent 16 years on the stand-up circuit, under the stage name Ray Peacock, and won the Digital Champion Award at the 2017 Mind Media Awards for his mental health podcast. A prolific performer, down-to-earth Ian fronts up…
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What Is Vaguebooking?
Social media gives round the clock updates on people’s lives. So what happens when someone posts something concerning? Of the 360 people I have on Facebook, I’d only call 34 friends. That’s less than 10%. The remaining 90% is a club whose members I picked up on…
Send In The Clowns, Part One: Angela Barnes
In part one of our comedy special, we speak with comedian Angela Barnes. With more than a decade working in mental health before her big break in comedy, Angela is incredibly candid about her own health. Known as a TV and radio panel show regular, she’s the funny woman…
The Happiful Workshop: Self-confidence with Callie Thorpe
What happens when six women get together to talk about self-confidence? Author and political activist Gloria Steinem was on to something when she said: “The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.” When Happiful invited readers to attend a self-confidence workshop,…
Are Mental Health Apps The Future?
There are an array of apps out there for everything – from calculating how high you can throw your phone to how quickly you can milk a cow – but what are they doing for mental health? Over in Australia, a pioneering trial to find out if mental health apps work among…
Callie Thorpe: Perfect, Just As You Are
With 165,000 followers on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/calliethorpe/], social media star Callie Thorpe, 28, is on a one-woman mission to reshape the way society views plus-size. This month, as she fronts Happiful’s body-positivity workshop, Callie reveals the truth about body-shaming abuse, her journey to happiness, and…
Counting the Cost On Our Mental Health
Money matters, but our mental health is priceless, so how is one damaging the other?…
What Is Drunkorexia?
More and more people are skipping meals in favour of binge-drinking later in the day. This alarming new trend is now ‘prolific’ in the UK, so it’s time we talked about why we are practising self-starvation Have you ever skipped a meal because you’re just too busy? Or…
The Trailblazer: A conversation with Childline founder, Dame Esther Rantzen
For nearly 40 years, Dame Esther Rantzen has been a giant of television. One of the most successful presenters in BBC history – her signature show That’s Life! reached 20m viewers – she later founded the 24-hour counselling service Childline [https://www.childline.org.uk/]. Today, the free service helps more…