In the fast-paced digital landscape of 2023, where information and content are constantly at our fingertips, taking charge of our mental well-being has become more crucial than ever before. One of the most effective strategies to maintain a healthy mental state is...
What I’ve learned about healing
Hi, Choosing to heal can be scary. It can be lonely; Filled with grief; It can be hard work. If you're trying to heal right now I want you to honour yourself for choosing to show up for yourself in this way. For choosing to try. It’s a beautiful thing to...
The Self-Improvement Spiral
The Self-Improvement Spiral There’s immense value in introspection and working on ourselves. Sometimes we have to do this work if we want to maintain certain parts of our life. Mental illness and mental health struggles are real and they require work and sometimes...
What is mental fitness?
What is Mental Fitness? Mental fitness is a proactive new and evolving term. While mental health is an umbrella term that encapsulates everything from your daily mood to severe mental distress, mental fitness is the purposeful practice of taking care of your...
How to find the “right” therapist
Finding a therapist is no easy feat. It’s a bit like matchmaking and you may have to try out a few before you find the right fit and get the support you need. We hope this post makes this process a little easier for you. We truly believe it is worth it. How to...
A Letter to my Past Self:
Dear past self: I forgive you. I acknowledge you were doing the best you could with the tools, knowledge and experience you had at the time. I recognise you hold value and have since become integral to my growth. I’m sorry it has taken me so long. I now...
Ricky’s Experience With Depression & Anxiety…
Ricky, Feb 2021. It was roughly 17 years ago when I had my first encounter with depression and anxiety, and I did relatively well at hiding it from those around me. Or at least I thought I did. I noticed that the things which normally brought me joy, no longer seemed...
A Letter About Healing
Healing is scary. It requires you to look at parts of yourself and your life that may have been kept quietly hidden for a lifetime now. It urges you to be honest with yourself, to practise trusting your inner wisdom, and to show up for yourself differently than you...
What are Complementary Therapies?
The term complementary therapy is generally used to indicate therapies and treatments that differ from conventional Western medicine (E.g. services and medication prescribed by a GP) and that may be used to complement it. This can make them extremely valuable to those...
Why Mindfit and Why A Paper Crane?
For our first blog post we thought we would give you a little more information about us and the inspiration for our name and our logo. Q. Why Mindfit? A. The name of our organisation is hopeful, optimistic and positive, reflecting our values, objectives and...