Mental health is more than just the absence of mental illness. Mental health means having a general sense of well-being and being able to reach your potential. It means you can cope with life’s normal stresses, work productively, and participate in community life.
Mental health recovery is a process of healing and transformation that allows you to live a full and meaningful life. How this happens is unique for everyone. Some things that can aid recovery include access to the right supports, information and education about mental health.
A Lust for Life present: Where There’s a Will: A new podcast tackling Ireland’s mental health system PRESS RELEASE – November 8, 2018 Ireland’s mental health system is failing us – something needs to change, and soon. A Lust for Life has brought together some of the best and brightest minds in Ireland’s mental […]
In Two Minds is a new piece of ambitious and affecting theatre currently being developed by Joanne which looks at the realities of living with bipolar disorder and its effects on relationships. It is inspired and informed by Joanne’s lived experience of her own mother’s bipolar disorder and her mother is a collaborator on the […]
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