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  • Songs For Sound Minds #6 – Deacon Blue

    Songs For Sound Minds #6 – Deacon Blue

    Songs for Sound Minds are our picks of the best music that uplifts, inspires and boosts mental health. Songs written as an anthem to overcoming the storms of life. The songs that give hope in those times when we are struggling. Pick number 6 continues our Scottish theme with a track that many regard as…

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  • Songs For Sound Minds #5 – Emili Sandé

    Songs For Sound Minds #5 – Emili Sandé

    Songs for Sound Minds are our picks of the best music that uplifts, inspires and boosts mental health. Songs written as an anthem to overcoming the storms of life. The songs that give hope in those times when we are struggling. Pick number 5 comes from Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé and her modern anthem ‘Next…

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  • Songs For Sound Minds #4 – The Beatles

    Songs For Sound Minds #4 – The Beatles

    Songs for Sound Minds are our picks of the best music that uplifts, inspires and boosts mental health. Songs written as an anthem to overcoming the storms of life. The songs that give hope in those times when we are struggling. This week our pick is the legendary ‘Let It Be’ by The Beatles. ‘Let…

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  • Songs For Sound Minds #3 – Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush

    Songs For Sound Minds #3 – Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush

    Songs for Sound Minds are our picks of the best music that uplifts, inspires and boosts mental health. Songs written as an anthem to overcoming the storms of life. The songs that give hope in those times when we are struggling. ‘Dont’ Give Up’ – Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush Peter Gabriel penned the track…

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  • Songs For Sound Minds #2 – McAlmont & Butler

    Songs For Sound Minds #2 – McAlmont & Butler

    Songs for Sound Minds are our picks of the best music that uplifts, inspires and boosts mental health. Songs written as an anthem to overcoming the storms of life. The songs that give hope in those times when we are struggling. Yes – David McAlmont & Bernard Butler Yes was the debut single from the…

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  • Songs For Sound Minds #1 – Jess Glynne

    Songs For Sound Minds #1 – Jess Glynne

    We are having a bit of fun here at The Spark selecting our favourite music tracks. But these are no ordinary selections, these are Songs for Sound Minds. These are songs that uplift, inspire and boost mental health. Songs written as an anthem to overcoming the storms of life. The songs that give hope in…

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  • Early Mental Health and Adulthood

    Early Mental Health and Adulthood

    If you are interested in ‘what makes people tick’ you cannot help but have noticed the mass of TV programmes focused on the development of humans from childhood to adulthood. From The Secret Lives of 4 Year Olds to Bringing up Baby they examine how early mental health in children shapes the adults they subsequently…

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  • The Taboo of Men’s Mental Health

    The Taboo of Men’s Mental Health

    Great strides have been made in recent years in the promotion and awareness of men’s physical health and wellbeing. Multiple forms of cancer and the likes of heart and lung disease amongst men have started to lose their taboo status. Consequently, the discussion of such topics is more commonplace. Work is still to be done…

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  • Infant Mental Health & Our Earliest Relationships

    Infant Mental Health & Our Earliest Relationships

    Most mental health work in the UK focuses on reacting to problems once they have arisen. By contrast infant mental health initiatives look at the foundations of our relationships – our earliest years of infancy. By taking a ‘best start’ in life philosophy, it is possible to prevent mental health issues arising later in life…

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