Just keep swimming

// It’s a riskier ride, but a better journey. A post for Mental Health Awareness Week 2017.

Written by Rachael Newham

Our lives are meant for more than just survival

// It's Mental Health Awareness Week, and we need to talk about the abundant life.

Written by Rachael Newham

Dear youth worker

// Scars don’t define our young people and they don’t exclude us from ministry.

Written by Rachael Newham

The God of my scars and the God of the stars

// How, in the mess and mire of self-harm, I’d missed God’s majesty and might.

Written by Rachael Newham

Living under my own tyranny

// My struggle with eating disorders and self-harm: a story from ThinkTwice's #TakeCare campaign.

Written by Rachael Newham

I know what it’s like to battle suicidal thoughts

// Rachael from ThinkTwice shares some of her own story on World Suicide Prevention Day.

Written by Rachael Newham

We’re in a mental health crisis

// It's Mental Health Awareness Week, and our friends at ThinkTwice are reminding us that it’s time to step up.

Written by Rachael Newham

Be a friend

// For Mental Health Awareness Week, our friends at ThinkTwice have taken over threads. In their first post, Rachael talks about the importance of friendship.

Written by Rachael Newham

Coping with Christmas

// 'Tis the season for joy and celebration but for many, emptiness and sadness pervade.

Written by Rachael Newham

The day I lost hope

// As I stared at the ashes where the flame had been, I decided that I was finished. Later that day, I tried to take my own life.

Written by Rachael Newham

5 ways to help a friend with mental illness

// It can be a little scary trying to pick the right thing to say, so here's some advice from Rachael Newham from Think Twice.

Written by Rachael Newham

The stigma surrounding suicide

// It kills someone in the world every 40 seconds. It’s the second leading cause of death in 15-29 year olds...

Written by Rachael Newham

Speaking of suicide

// I've attempted to commit depression. I've committed an eating disorder.

Written by Rachael Newham

We don’t want to talk about it

// The Christian world, and more importantly the world of Rick Warren and his family was rocked with the news that...

Written by Rachael Newham

On depression and darkness

// It isn’t the job of the Church to be psychiatrists or mental health workers.

Written by Rachael Newham

When scars turn into stories

// Once a battle with self-harm has ended, seeing every day reminders can be beyond difficult.

Written by Rachael Newham