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The 3 Types of Burnout and How To Cope With Them

The 5 Types of Imposter Syndrome and How to Beat Them

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A little midweek motivation for us all – just in c

A little midweek motivation for us all - just in case you needed to hear it 💜 #HeadStrongHub

We don’t expect everything to work endlessly. Ph

We don’t expect everything to work endlessly. Phone need recharged, Laptops need refreshed and even your trusty old kettle might need a new fuse every now and again.

So why are we expecting ourselves to be work all the time?

You deserve to take a break. You deserve to take time off when you need it. It doesn’t have to be some jet setting glamourous vacay on the other side of the world, it can be as simple as a locked door and a long bath, or an old book and some good food. Prioritising yourself can seem selfish at first glance, but in the words of Ryanair ‘Please attend to your own mask first, before helping others.’

I’m sure those jetsetters I talked about can confirm that quote. 😉

So go on, this weekend we challenge you. Put the out of office on, turn the phone off and give yourself a reset. You deserve it.

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#NoWrongPath Whatever your results, today does n

#NoWrongPath

Whatever your results, today does not define you.

It is just a day of choices.

You are more than exam results. Your future is not decided by exams, it’s decided by you.

You are not alone.

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Sharing another wee snippet of the testimonials we

Sharing another wee snippet of the testimonials we get from you guys!

Truly one of the best parts of the job is to hear the journey from your side of the story. We can see the changes from our side: the taller walk, the brighter smile, the cheeky humour kicking back in, but knowing that you guys feel it just as much is incredible.

Thinking of reaching out? Just send us a wee message and we can take it from there! You’re only one email away from the first step towards feeling like a lighter brighter you.

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A (belated) Happy Birthday to Cheryl, one of our a

A (belated) Happy Birthday to Cheryl, one of our awesome coaches and school facilitators. Her birthday was actually Tuesday but an admin error means we thought it was today!! Ah well. Better late than never!!
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As always, as our coaches get another year older, we ask them to share the best piece of advice they’ve ever been given and Cheryl’s is a belter
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“Everything you could ever need already lies within you”.
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And it does. Even you reading this now.
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Happy Birthday Cheryl 🎂 , hope you had an awesome one. And thanks for the baby pics. They were all so good we used them all…who knew about the curly hair? 😂😂

Long time followers of HeadStrong might recognise

Long time followers of HeadStrong might recognise this quote – It’s a throwback to a Monday’s with Mark. He tells a story about meeting up with mate when all of a sudden his mate starts being, well, a bully. Telling him he looks terrible, that he should really fix that haircut and get a different style. Just being nasty out of nowhere.

Except there wasn’t really a mate.

It’s just what he caught himself thinking when he looked in a mirror.

If we wouldn’t let someone else say these things to us, why are we saying them to ourselves?

Bin that chat. Trash that patter. We’re not here to be our own enemy, we should be aiming to be our number one fan.

Today, try being your own best pal. You'll be amazed by the difference it can make.

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If you’re looking for proof that the dark days d

If you’re looking for proof that the dark days don’t go on forever, take a look outside today. ☀️

We know that sometimes in winter it seems as though the rain and grey clouds will go on forever, but eventually that winter turns to summer and that rain and clouds turns to taps aff and blue skies.

If you need a little help “cloud busting” in your own life, give us a wee call or an email. It’s the best first step anyone can make towards their own blue sky future. We promise our tops will stay on in the office though. 👀

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We’ve been chatting about quotes in the office t

We’ve been chatting about quotes in the office today, one’s that stick with you, one’s that inspire you or the ones you pull out at 2am in the pub to convince everyone you’re the next Al Pacino (which I totally am by the way.)

‘I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse.’

Anyway, I pulled the above quote from Brian’s book Breakthrough: A Blueprint for your mind, because I think it’s something we need to remind ourselves of more often.

So often, I hear people talk about their mind like it’s the enemy, like it’s purposefully trying to trip you up, but everything it does, it does to protect you. Sure, sometimes you have to sit it down and remind it of other ways to go about things, but it wants to be happy and it wants to keep you safe.

Pay attention to what makes your mind feel good. Not ‘feel good for the moment’, but actually feel good. Give it lots of that. Chatting with family, talking about how you feel, going on long walks, laughing at your mate’s terrible impressions.

Take care of it, and it’ll take care of you.

Go on, make your mind an offer it can’t refuse.

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A little Thursday afternoon inspo for you: You ar

A little Thursday afternoon inspo for you:

You are not broken.
You don’t need “fixed.”
You are not a cracked old teapot that’s been punted down the garden stairs.

You are a human being!

Everything you need is already inside of you.

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Thanks to all the schools that entered our giveawa

Thanks to all the schools that entered our giveaway for a free HeadStrong primary school session!

We're happy to say that Julie has had an amazing busy week going into the winning schools and delivering uplifting sessions for the pupils! You can swipe to see the schools that were lucky in the draw and got a taste of the HeadStrong magic! Wee minds were definitely blown. 🤯

If you're interested in learning more about what HeadStrong offers to schools, send us a wee message and we'll give you the full story! We're not scary (promise!)

#HeadStrongHub #ChildrensMentalHealth

With Glasgow Pride just around the corner, We’ve

With Glasgow Pride just around the corner, We’ve been chatting about IDENTITY. It’s a big topic that applies to absolutely everyone!

What do you base your identity on, what happens when it shifts, what happens when you go looking for it? Brian chats about all these questions (and more) in this wee video.

Give it a watch, let us know what you think, and in the words of the Spice Girls:

Swing it, shake it, move it, make it, who do you think you are?

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We’ve got an amazing opportunity for those that

We’ve got an amazing opportunity for those that are ready to take their change skills to the next level from our friends over at the Scottish Centre of NLP.

You already know NLP is an amazing tool that can help inspire lifelong change in people. We’ve seen first hand the shifts that happen on our practitioner courses, as well as afterwards when people take those skills they’ve learned and utilise them to unlock the power of people all around the world.

Now, more than ever, people are struggling with feelings of frustration, of lack of direction and of feeling, well, pure sh!te. That’s why we’re taking the offer that is usually exclusive to our most recent practitioner graduates, and sharing it with you.

The 10 Day NLP Master Practitioner Course is the Ultimate progression of your NLP skills.

Master Prac is all about building on the skills that you learned on Practitioner and taking them to a new level.

You’ll be learning advanced use of language, modelling anchoring, trance techniques alongside understandings of using stories to create change, how to create powerful changes in conversation and incredible life changing techniques like Values, Parental Timeline Reimprinting and Time Based Techniques that will blow your clients socks off.

This is the chance to expand your NLP toolkit, to help even more people and, we promise, even if you’ve not used your NLP skills recently, if the thought of this course excites you…YOU ARE READY. There are no prerequisites, no egos, no thrown in at the deep-end. Just a group of amazing people with the passion and drive to learn more about how to do good in the world.

The course is split over two sessions and the dates for our next Master Practitioner course in 2022 are:

Module 1: August 20th to 24th

Module 2: September 17th to 21st

We are currently offering an exclusive discount on Master Practitioner if you get in touch through this post. We also offer payment plans and a variety of ways to make this work for you now. Just get in touch and talk to us and you can be there, taking you, your skills and your future to the next level

We look forward to hearing from you.
See you there!

- Brian

Do you want a totally FREE HeadStrong workshop in

Do you want a totally FREE HeadStrong workshop in your Primary School before Summer break?

As our school delivery program winds down for summer we have an amazing opportunity for six Primary Schools… Julie has 6 available slots between now and the end of term, we’ve wrapped up everything else so we would love to offer a FREE session to one of your classes.

This uplifting session will help your pupils recognise how their view and perception of the world influences every choice they make- good and bad- and help them recognise they have the tools to take control of their own emotions and make the best choices.

This session will end with a diagnostic mapping exercise which will show you how your pupils are feeling about their world- and more importantly what you (and we!) can do to help to see their world more positively.

To be in the hat to receive this session from Julie, please send an email to Julie@headstrongminds.com with the title ‘Come blow our minds Julie’ by 5pm on Tuesday 14th June we will be in touch asap to get your date in the diary. Spaces will be allocated by a random draw and filled according to Julie’s availability.

If you know any primary teachers in these areas please tag and share and get them in the hat!

This is a limited opportunity to 6 schools, this offer is open to schools in the Ayrshire (all of them!), Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, West Dunbartonshire, East Dunbartonshire and North and South Lanarkshire areas and we have 6 fixed slots that are, unfortunately, not flexible.

You’ve only got til Tuesday night! What are you waiting for, send the email!!

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Sharing some more feedback from our clients today,

Sharing some more feedback from our clients today, this snippet above really struck me.

Sometimes, when you have a session you won’t know what you’ll get out of it! You might have an idea of what you want to lose: Less anxiety, less stress, less worries, but sometimes what you gain is what really surprises you. New perspectives, new attitudes, new ways of living.

It’ll end up popping up in unexpected places too. Places you didn’t think could change! On the school run, on the commute back from work or in Tesco in the evening. People will start to ask ‘Has something changed about you?’

You’ll get the amazing chance to say ‘Yes! Something has!’

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Here's Brian chatting a bit more about our free Tr

Here's Brian chatting a bit more about our free Transition's workshops that we are offering in collaboration with @esgoil - Part of the Scottish Government's national e-learning network!

#primaryteacher #p7transition #primaryteaching #primaryschool #primaryeducation #scottisheducation #scottishteacher #scottishschools

Remember - The first live is next Monday the 30th of May, so set your reminders and tune in!

Link is in our bio that will take you where you need to be - Just look for 'E-Sgoil Sessions' in our link tree!

And tag a Teacher/Student/Parent down below to get the word out about these amazing free resources!

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HeadStrong X ESgoil is back! We’re delighted to

HeadStrong X ESgoil is back!

We’re delighted to announce that we have collaborated with E-Sgoil (part of the Scottish Government's national e-learning network) to create some exciting live learning opportunities to support learners with their mental health during transition from P7 to S1. There will be two live class-based transition workshops and two live family learning sessions, check the schedule above for more details!

Each session is totally free and open to every single pupil, parent, teacher and school! We’d love to get the word out as much as possible, so tag someone down below to spread the news.

Each live session will have a Q&A where questions can be submitted live, and each session with be available on demand incase you miss it!

There’s no need to register for the sessions, when it comes time you can simply click the link in our bio and it’ll take you to the right place. There’ll be more videos coming out soon, so keep your eyes peeled!

Any questions? Leave us a comment or send us a message and we’ll get you sorted.

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Here’s a wee hump day boost for you all – A vi

Here’s a wee hump day boost for you all – A video from Mark!

In this Mark talks about something that’s come up in quite a few of his session recently: If you go looking for something, you’ll probably find it.

Give it a watch, share it with a mate and let us know: What are you looking for?

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Most people accept there is a flood of Mental Heal

Most people accept there is a flood of Mental Health issues that affect young people. However, many of these issues arise because we do a lot of talking about mental health and not enough teaching about mental health.
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So many people can be helped when they are taught about how their mental health works. For many young people, having someone you trust who can answer your random questions without making you feel like you’re asking something stupid is an incredibly valued resource. But our teachers are stretched to the limit and have two problems;
1. They don’t get given the time to teach about mental health because of lack@of resources or higher priority being given to attainment (i.e. exams and academic success) and/or
2. They don’t get given the time to learn about mental health so they are working from a knowledge base many of them need to spent their own time and money to gather
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The questions above are just a sample from an exercise we did on mental health questions in a school just last week. All these questions were asked by 15 year olds. These aren’t complicated questions but you can feel the emotion and confusion that sits behind them.
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Let’s help. Choose one of those questions. What would your advice be? Leave your thoughts in the comments…we’ll pop some of the best advice on our stories over the next couple of days.

#mentalhealth #mentalhealthquestions #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #teenmentalhealth #headstrong #headstronghub

When you work with the mental health of young peop

When you work with the mental health of young people it’s important to be flexible. This young man decided to show up today as a shark (the party hat popping up behind his dorsal fib is due to it being his sister’s birthday) and it would have been all too easy to get all grown up about it and ask him to switch it off.
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But instead we did our session, and got great results, with the shark. I will admit I didn’t reciprocate although I do look great as a giraffe.
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The challenge when you’re helping young people get past their “I don’t knows” and breaking through the barriers they are using to protect their emotions is keeping them feeling safe while asking them to be really vulnerable.
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One of the best ways to do that is to let someone build some smaller barriers (like putting a shark head on) to make it easier for the bigger ones to fall down. Is it really that big a deal to deal with a shark as long as the answers come from the heart?
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Change is a tough concept for kids and it’s important that the adults in the room remember that. This is why we get such amazing results with young people’s mental health. We know that helping the shark change, helps the boy change too.
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#mentalhealth #sharkweek #kidsmentalhealth #headstronghub

It's Easter Break, but we still have schools on ou

It's Easter Break, but we still have schools on our minds!

Recently Brian, Mark, Julie and Cheryl have all been out and about in schools all over Scotland chatting to pupils and sparking positive conversations about Mental Health.

We were even featured in the newspaper for our drop-in services, which gives pupils the space to ask any questions that might be on their mind.

This is a wee quote from Brian that was featured in the piece.

But we're not stopping there! Tomorrow we've got a big planning session with all our coaches brainstorming for our future HeadStrong adventures.

More schools, more pupils and more positive conversations about mental health.

Keep an eye on our stories tomorrow for sneak peaks of what's to come!

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