Mental Wellness

A day at The Happy Place wellbeing festival — and the ideas I brought home with the tote bag

Self Space is redefining mental health support—no waiting lists, no clinical feel, just real, flexible therapy that fits into everyday. Discover where to go when you need support, inspiration, and a place that can truly help you navigate life’s challenges.

Discover an organisation in Wales run by single parents for single-parent families that aims to foster connection and belonging.

Explore 42 Acres, a 173-acre regenerative estate and nature reserve in Somerset offering transformative retreats and nature-based experiences. Swim in the lake, meditate in the treehouse, or nourish yourself with farm-to-table food grown on-site.

Discover a community of friendly and fun-loving women of all ages, backgrounds and fitness levels based in the UK. With Women Outdoors, founder Emma Winters has created an environment where you can be your authentic self, develop outdoor skills, connect with like-minded women and go home with a big smile on your face.

Discover why we’re supporting Mental Healh Swims, the multi-award-winning mental health peer support community.

Discover an annual festival that uses creativity to explore mental well-being, and that’s finding ways to use performance to make happier brains.

Talk Club is creating the space for much-needed conversations about men’s mental health. Meet Ben Akers, its inspirational founder, who is leading the change in how men think about mental fitness and emotional strength.

We talk to Rachel Ashe about the social enterprise she founded that offers mental health peer support through cold water dips.

A group of lads in Wales is making conversations about men’s mental health more acceptable at their cafe headquarters and beyond.

London’s Freud Museum shares the legacy of the founder of psychoanalysis while giving the practice of therapy modern relevance.

Therapy has changed. We’ve rounded up some of the new places and platforms bringing this practice into our modern world.

A London based not-for-profit bringing the therapeutic benefits of gardening to young people and changing who gets to garden one project at a time.

The Psychology Fringe Festival is giving us some much needed alternatives for ways forward and ways of being. They are bringing to the fore increasingly urgent conversations created by the circumstances of our rapidly evolving world by the people who understand them most. That’s a new kind of festival that we all need to exist.

As MindFood’s motto goes, “Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes.” The Ealing-based social enterprise has this idea at its core: it’s founded on nature and uses food as the framework for figuring out our mental health concerns.

Bryony Gordon launched Mental Health Mates as “a sort of walking/running group for the people for whom it is perfectly normal to feel weird”. Right from its start in London a few years ago people have consistently shown up, with outings now throughout the UK and abroad.

Discover San Francisco’s Queer LifeSpace which offers safe, affordable and accessible support for the queer community. We invited them to tell us about their approach and how people can access their services from wherever they are.

Which cafes do more than get you started in the morning? Here we’re featuring a handful of cafes that go beyond coffee to our communities, our planet, even our minds.

Therapy has changed. We’ve rounded up some of the new places and platforms bringing this practice into our modern world.

From providing access to therapists who understand the experiences of Black Women to offering products and publications that destigmatize common mental health issues, Therapy for Black Girls is an online space dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls.

A birdwatching collective founded by and for people of colour that’s as much about mental health, creativity, ecology and community as ornithology.

Sidewalk Talk takes the psychotherapist’s couch outdoors, creating the space for anyone to be heard.

This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating female-identifying space makers. Since we launched If Lost Start Here, we’ve found again and again that many of the places that are thinking about our mental wellbeing differently have been founded by women.

For Roos Stallinga riding a bike is both an art and therapy, making ourselves, and the world around us, a better place. Ride with Roos in Barcelona, Amsterdam and New York.

Street Wisdom is prefacing a way of being that feels critical now. It’s untethering us from devices, it’s getting us back into our heads and bodies, it's making us sit with ideas again, and it’s offering us the space, time and tools to allow new perspectives in.

The distinct yellow pop of this life-managing brand has found infinite ways to weave itself into our lives. And this has all been done without ever really talking directly about our mental health - which is maybe the most genius thing of all.

We talked to the founder of the world’s first Poetry Pharmacy about why poetry still matters.

Two Chairs is doing therapy differently. We spoke to its Director of Brand Strategy about why the model of delivery has been so broken but also why therapy itself isn’t.

We talk to the British journalist Toni Jones, Founder of Shelf Help about the bookclub that became a global movement and why its her mission to make self-help accessible, collaborative and cool.

Feeling lost or overwhelmed? Your personal values can guide you back. Discover how values provide clarity, stability, and connection during uncertain times—and simple ways to align your daily life with what truly matters.

Discover how to understand and enhance positive emotions to improve your emotional wellness. This guide explores the science behind positive emotions, their impact on mental health, and practical strategies to cultivate joy, contentment, and resilience in everyday life. Boost your well-being and reduce anxiety by embracing positive emotions.

Discover practical strategies to overcome perfectionism and improve your well-being. This guide offers insights into managing perfectionism, reducing anxiety, and achieving a healthier work-life balance. Learn how to set realistic goals, embrace flexibility, and find fulfillment beyond the pursuit of perfection.

Discover how to create a self-guided wellbeing practice that can take you from overwhelm to calm. Where would you like to explore in your life?

Don't let midlife be a time of uncertainty and confusion. Embrace the opportunity to rediscover yourself and create a future filled with purpose and joy.

Discover how Taylor Swift's music fosters emotional connection and self-discovery. Learn how her songs can help you connect more deeply with yourself and build meaningful relationships with others.

Discover how expressive writing can boost mental health and creativity. Learn how this simple practice helps deepen awareness, process emotions, and unleash imagination. Explore key exercises for immediate well-being benefits.

The best self-help books by female authors for when you're feeling lost. These five non-fiction books are our go-to reads when we need more practical support for our mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Learn how you can create a plan for better well-being, one that supports you in exploring your life with curiosity.

Struggling with Imposter Syndrome and self-doubt? Discover expert strategies to step into self-belief.