Self Help Ideas

You may like to consider looking at the following resources that have been recommended by your colleagues:

OUH YOGA Sessions:

See Wellbeing Team Blog page for details.

Apps:

• Calm: Mindfulness app, paid content but free trial.

• Ten Percent Happier: Meditation and practical teachings app

• Unmind: Mental wellbeing app

• WhatsUp?: provides daily tools that promote positive mental health and wellbeing

• Headspace: Mindfulness app. Discounts available for NHS staff

Websites:

• Headington Institue: Free online training center, providing resources on stress, resilience and humanitarian work.

• Frontline 19: Free online mental health and emotional wellbeing support for NHS staff on the front line of COVID-19.

• MoodGym: Online interactive self-help book to help prevent and manage symptoms of depression and anxiety.

• NHS Every Mind Matters: advice and practical tips to help you look after your mental health and wellbeing

Podcasts:

• Resilience podcasts from the Antares Foundation. https://bit/ly/394M7lm

• A selection of mindfulness audio exercises put together by Dr Mason which you might find helpful. These consist of mp3 files each with a title that should be self-explanatory. You do not need any previous experience with mindfulness as each exercise explains what you need to do. They vary in length from 40 minutes to just 3 minutes to fit into your daily life. The longer ones are best undertaken either on your own or in small groups with minimal disturbance or interruptions. Try the “Body Scan” exercise first as this will give you an idea how mindfulness works. The shorter ones often work well when you are at work to provide a “top up” during the day e.g. the “three minute breathing space. https://bit.ly/NDAMindfulness

Documents:

• Intensive Care Society Covid Advice Sheet

• Managing Anxiety - Advice From Dr Catherine Sykes, a chartered psychologist. Available to download from her wesbite www.drcatherinesykes.com

• Emotional and psychological survival guide for COVID-19 from Red Whale. Available to download from their website www.gp-update.co.uk