A former Derby MP and mental health campaigner is asking people across the county to get involved in a new challenge. The Head High Happy Box Challenge, which involves filming yourself filling a box with five things which make you happy, is being completed by people across Derbyshire. The challenge aims to break down the stigma of mental health by remembering the positives around us. Former Derby North MP Amanda Solloway, who runs Head High, the charity behind the challenge, completed her own Happy Box. Amanda placed a lipstick, some earrings, a book from her mum, the words of her favourite song and her marathon medal inside her happy box. Amanda said: "Like a lot of people, sometimes I can feel a little bit low or empty. "All in all, I find sometimes it's good to get your thoughts together and think about things that make you happy." Read More More stories about mental health Police and Crime Commissioner Hardyal Dhindsa recently completed his own Happy Box, which you can find on … [Read more...] about Beat the blues by filling your own ‘Happy Box’
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18 things under $25 you can wear during and after Pride Month
Melissa Rorech Reviewed.com Published 1:34 PM EDT Jun 8, 2019 — Our editors review and recommend products to help you buy the stuff you need. If you make a purchase by clicking one of our links, we may earn a small share of the revenue. However, our picks and opinions are independent from USA TODAY’s newsroom and any business incentives. It’s June, so you know what that means: Pride Month! Finally, us gays can come out of hibernation and flaunt our stuff. Not sure what to wear during the Pride Parade? We’re here to help. Whether you belong to the LGBTQ+ community or you're an ally, you can show off your Pride with some really cute stuff. Here are 17 highly rated and downright amazing Pride Month essentials you need in your wardrobe, whether you’re heading to a march or a parade, or just living your life. More: 20 retailers giving back to the LGBTQ community for Pride Month 1. Pins to proclaim your preferred pronouns You can’t and … [Read more...] about 18 things under $25 you can wear during and after Pride Month
Can decluttering your house really make you happier?
Tidy up our homes and lives often promoted as a life-changing step, but for some people throwing away their belongings can trigger the same brain activity as physical pain. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share on WhatsApp Share on Google+ Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Share by Email By Sarah Griffiths 15 May 2019 “Tidying can transform your life.” This is the beguiling promise from Japanese decluttering evangelist Marie Kondo. Around 11 million people have bought her book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, and millions more have tuned in to watch her in action on Netflix in the hope of learning how to emulate Kondo’s brand of minimalistic bliss.Her “KonMari” method of decluttering is straightforward – tidy your home by category … [Read more...] about Can decluttering your house really make you happier?
Actors working because of something I did? That makes me happy
King made a huge impact on French at a very impressionable age. "I read his book, It, when I was 13, 14 - which is not the sort of age you should be reading a book like that," she says, with a chuckle. But it wasn't the door-stepper's sinister clown character that gave her the creeps. Instead, she was spooked by the idea that people's memories could be tainted and 'stolen'. "That book showed me that our minds can be vulnerable places and we can struggle to process our memories or make sense of them. Stephen King influenced me so much that it's still coming up in what I do." The tricks that memory plays are there in The Wych Elm. It's French's seventh novel and the first standalone book after the wildly successful Dublin 'Murder Squad' series. Like all of her work, her latest is the sort that will eat up your waking hours. It's built around an affluent young Dubliner, Toby Hennessy, who's had a gilded existence. But then his luck runs out with a bang and his life is in danger of … [Read more...] about Actors working because of something I did? That makes me happy
‘The things that make people in South Shields angry will be made worse by Brexit,’ claims ex-MP David Miliband as he calls for second referendum
The things that make people in South Shields angry will only be made worse by Brexit, the town's former MP has said. David Miliband said Brexit was getting in the way of changes needed to improve people's lives as he repeated calls for a second referendum in a national BBC interview this morning.The former Foreign Secretary said there were massive issues of unfairness in society which needed to be addressed, which he knew made people angry - but added Brexit was not the way to deal with those problems."My former constituency, South Shields, voted 65% to leave. And I continue to go back there, and I talk to people," he said."Far from being the salve that will address the problems of the country, Brexit compounds the problems that precisely the voters I used to appeal to in South Shields were most angry about."He added: "Across the western world we know that there are not just deep issues of social and economic inequality, there's also fundamental challenges to the liberal democratic … [Read more...] about ‘The things that make people in South Shields angry will be made worse by Brexit,’ claims ex-MP David Miliband as he calls for second referendum