International Yoga Day: Downward dog this June 21 at Manchester’s Great Northern
Log out, shut down and find your inner Zen this Friday to celebrate International Yoga Day – here’s MM’s guide to where to chill on June 21.
‘We can transform mindsets’: Manchester company ‘bullish’ they can rectify 50 MILLION lost work days a year
A £10million Manchester-based company is to launch new services that aim to transform the likelihoods of sick and injured people and improve the jobless rates of the UK.
‘Like walking around all day with your sock slipping off’: Manchester blogger sheds light on living with anxiety
Anxiety and mental health conditions are often tricky to explain but Manchester blogger and model Laura Whitehurst describes it as ‘like walking around with your sock falling off.
‘Far less daunting’: Needle phobia treatment injected into Manchester cancer unit
Life-changing calming techniques have been introduced at a Manchester hospital’s mobile chemotherapy unit in order treat patients who suffer from anxiety and a phobia of needles.
‘I suppressed my identity’: MM reporter tells his story for National Coming Out Day
Being gay doesn’t define me but it’s something I’m no longer ashamed of, instead I can accept and embrace it.
‘Faith is my anchor, it kept me from drowning’: Manchester shares stories for World Mental Health Day
Today is World Mental Health Day and, with one in four adults suffering from some form of mental illness, now is the time to start talking about it.
Manchester healthcare staff to perform public play to end mental health stigma
A team of healthcare professionals are stepping out of the clinic and into the spotlight to raise awareness of young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.
‘He gave me a reason to live’: Rescue dog saves Stockport man from severe depression
A Stockport man, suffering from depression and anxiety, has been given a ‘reason to live’ after rescuing a puppy from Dogs Trust Manchester last year.
‘Sicker than the patients’: 90% of North West ambulance workers suffering with stress
Long hours, staff shortages and mental demands – they’re the reasons why 90% of ambulance workers in the North West are suffering from work-related stress and more than four in five are thinking of quitting.
‘I befriended depression to survive’: Author Matt Haig on creativity and mental health
Ahead of a talk tonight about the relationship between creativity and mental health, MM caught up with author Matt Haig on how he befriended depression to defeat it.
War with words: Play challenges Manchester’s stammer ‘misconception’
Manchester Opera House will be showcasing the King’s Speech from Monday 30 March, which tells the story of King George VI, a ruler that suffered from stammering.