Gardening Love puts mental health first and encourages open conversation around this subject.
A range of articles and blog posts to discuss mental illness as well as the stigma surrounding such illnesses.
Encouraging people to get support and to support those around them is vital.
Topics include; raising awareness, tackling the stigma, encouraging open discussion and how to get help.
This section covers a wide range of mental illness topics including depression, anxiety, mood and stress .
Gardening love promotes nature and ecotherapy based activities.
We look at how being in nature and getting outdoors can help ease some of the symptoms of depression and low mood.
This category aims to boost wellbeing and promote self care through simple activities like gardening and walking.
Simple activities like these can often be over looked. Yet they are accessible to most people and provide huge health benefits.
It’s time to introduce some autumn self care into your life. Autumn or fall as some of you may say is a great time of change. The wind is picking up, the nights are drawing in and the leaves are beginning to falling. Autumn is always my favourite time of year. I love the change… Read More Autumn Self care routine ideas
Get the ball rolling Mental Health Conversation Starters Last week was mental health awareness week. At the start of the week I put together a roundup post, of past Gardening Love mental health articles. Midweek my post focused on what mental health looks like and the stigma surrounding mental health. So to end the week I thought… Read More Mental health conversation starters
How to get mental health help ? I believe a key factor in making progress with mental health lies in explaining how to get mental health help. Alongside this, there must be reassurance and information explaining what that process entails. From a patients perspective there is a huge unknown as to what happens after they… Read More Mental health help. Talking about your mental health.
A beginner’s guide to mindfulness The art of mindfulness has been practiced for thousands of years. It is thought to date back to very early teachings of Buddhism and Hinduism. That being said, practising mindfulness does not have to be attributed to religion. It is a technique that can be practised by everyone. To start… Read More Mindfulness made easy. Simple mindfulness techniques.
Mental Health Awareness: Blog Post Roundup Here at gardening love, I like to promote mental health awareness and encourage people to start the conversation. So I decided to kick the week off with a mental health roundup post! This week I will be focusing on the topic of my posts on mental health issues to… Read More Mental Health Roundup: Encouraging Mental Health Discussion.
We all have dark days. Those days when you want to stay under the duvet and pretend your not there. Those days when you feel as though there is no right side of the bed, let alone the wrong side! It’s days like these when we need some positive actions to focus on to get… Read More 60 Positive Actions To Help You Through A Dark Day
Self care is a huge topic right now. With spring, the season of new beginnings upon us, a springtime self care routine is a must for your mental health and wellbeing. People are really starting to take their health and wellbeing more seriously, and that my friends can only be a good thing. If you… Read More Springtime Self Care Ideas
Don’t be a procrastinator, be and instigator! You have all these ideas floating around your head. You desperately want to share them and make your mark on the world. However it can be difficult to know where to start. Thats when the stalling can begin and you feel yourself drowning in all these thoughts. If… Read More How to get motivated and get stuff done.
The power of nature When we stop to notice nature, we gain so much. These inspiring nature quotes encourage us to slow down and appreciate the world around us has a great impact on our outlook. For me, nature is not just something pretty to look at, but it is an energy which draws me… Read More Inspiring nature quotes
Gardening benefits everyone Gardening benefits the mind, body and soul yet it still gets a bit of a wrap for being one of those activities which only suits a certain type of person. It does carry a stereotype with it. Although gardening has become more popular over the past few years, with more television coverage… Read More 5 ways gardening is underrated.
