The Health and Wellbeing Consultancy

10/08/2026

Group learning, gives a group different ways to contribute and learn. We are conscious of learning styles, introverts and extroverts learn differently.

07/08/2026

We've delivered lots of MHFA England courses over the last few months.

A project we've been working on with a local council.

We got to deliver both the youth and adult courses. A layered approach to psychoeducation.

03/07/2026

02/07/2026

The glamorous part (Or not) of this work:

The stock check!

Before any course goes out, we count workbooks, restock resources, and make sure every delivery has exactly what it needs. No big reveal moment, nothing fancy, just making sure the practical stuff is right so the training day runs the way it should.

It's not glamorous. But it's the bit that means nothing gets missed on the day, and that matters more to me than it looks like it should.

Every course starts days and weeks before the course delivery.

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

30/06/2026

Not everything is ours to carry.

The locus of control model is one of our favourite tools for exploring how we relate to stress, pressure, and the world around us. Here's an image of one we've used recently in a classroom.

Three zones. One powerful question.

Can Control: your thoughts, your actions, your responses.

Influence: relationships, children and young people, conversations, outcomes we can shape

Can't Control: other people's opinions, the economy, the weather, organisational decisions made above us, how someone chooses to respond, the past.

So often, our mental energy gets spent in that outer ring. Worrying about things we can't change, trying to manage what was never ours to manage.

The shift happens when we start asking "where is my focus right now?" and gently bring it back to what we actually have power over.

Those two questions at the bottom of the flip chart? They matter more than you'd think. One keeps us stuck. The other opens a door.

Where are you spending your energy today?

Drop a comment and let us know!


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16/06/2026

Current read: Arguing and Thinking by Michael Billig

What if the way we think is actually a form of internal argument?

This one is a fascinating read and honestly feels more relevant than ever. Billig takes us all the way back to Aristotle and Cicero and makes the case that human thought is fundamentally argumentative in nature. Not in a combative way, but in the sense that we are always weighing up, considering the other side, and working through complexity.

One of the ideas that really lands for me is the reframing of attitudes. Rather than being fixed internal states, our attitudes only really come alive through dialogue, debate and disagreement. Our capacity to hold opposing views and sit with that tension is not a flaw in our thinking. It is actually one of our greatest cognitive strengths.

As someone who works at the intersection of psychology, behaviour and wellbeing, this kind of thinking really matters. Whether we are in a training room, holding a difficult conversation, or doing our own inner work, understanding how we form and shift our views is powerful stuff.

If you are into psychology, communication or the science behind how people think and change, this is well worth adding to your reading list.

What are you reading right now? I would love to know.

06/06/2026

01/04/2026

We've been in Salford today delivering the Youth MHFA England one day champions course.

More psychoeducation to improve the mental health of others.

06/03/2026

We love having more opportunities to psychoeducate people.

This last month, we have done lots of work across greater Manchester.

Nice to see that spring sunshine make an appearance too!

10/02/2026

Another team of MHFAiders qualified after 2 days of training last week.