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Celebrating National Send a Card to a Friend Day!
Today isn't just any ordinary day—7th February 2024 marks Send a Card to a Friend Day! And here at Letters of Hope, we're all about harnessing the power of handwritten letters and cards to sprinkle some kindness into the lives of those who need to know that someone out there really does care.
Making the most of R U OK? Day & Mental Health Month in your Workplace
With R U OK? Day 2023's annual theme being announced earlier this week, now is a great time to think about how your organisation will look to build mental health awareness.
Supporting the Mental Health of Your Team: Workplace Mental Health Through a Lived Experience Lens
With 1 in 5 Australian workers currently experiencing a mental health condition, it isn’t just likely that someone in your team is going through a mental health condition, it’s pretty certain.
Dims and Sims
This is a wonderful little golden nugget of a coping strategy that was shared to me by Letters of Hope volunteer, Christine, who kindly contributes her time to writing letters.
Christine told me what she had learnt about DIMS and SIMS, and I asked her if she would like to share some of this knowledge in a blog. Enjoy!
Why does nobody talk about how hard it is to practice self-care?!
How am I meant to become the girl who drinks enough water, eats healthy, exercises, practices gratitude, practices mindfulness, has a great skincare routine and sleeps at least 7 hours a night when I don’t even have the energy to brush my teeth?
A Letter of Hope to my fellow OCD sufferers: Living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
I get a lot of questions from people asking things like 'what do you write to people?', 'how do you know what to say to strangers?', 'how do you know what to write?'. I always find it hard to answer that question, because I don't really feel like there is anything wrong you can say to someone who is struggling.
Receiving a Letter of Hope - One Together Podcast
I get a lot of questions from people asking things like 'what do you write to people?', 'how do you know what to say to strangers?', 'how do you know what to write?'. I always find it hard to answer that question, because I don't really feel like there is anything wrong you can say to someone who is struggling.
An Open Letter
I have always been a 'worrier' and I was always a 'shy' kid. The worries and the shyness became something more when my GCSEs came around when I was around 15. Worries consumed my mind to the point where I would lay in bed and just cry.