Mental Wellbeing
Reframing Unhelpful Thoughts
Learn to catch, check and change unhelpful thoughts with a thought record, a thinking traps checker and balanced thought worksheets.
£14.99Buy
Mental wellbeing courses for everyday stress and worry
Learn practical skills for stress, worry, anger and unhelpful thinking, with guided audio, trackers and clear signposts to NHS and other UK support.
- 2 courses
- Tools in every course
- Certificate included
Everyone goes through stressful spells, and feeling worried, irritable or flat at times is part of life. The NHS describes five steps anyone can try to look after their mental wellbeing: connect with other people, be physically active, learn new skills, give to others, and pay attention to the present moment. Every Mind Matters, the NHS mental wellbeing website, also has a free personalised plan.
Our courses build on the same ideas with structured, practical exercises: stress maps, worry diaries, thought records that draw on the principles of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), anger logs and short guided audios for mindfulness. They teach skills for everyday stress. They are not therapy and are not designed to manage a diagnosed mental health condition.
In England you can refer yourself to NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression without seeing a GP first. Elsewhere in the UK, your GP can tell you about local psychological therapies. It is always worth talking to a GP if low mood, anxiety or stress has lasted for a few weeks or is getting in the way of daily life.
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Mental Wellbeing
Managing Anger Constructively
Self-help skills for anger: an anger log, an early warning signs check, a time-out plan and calm-down cards for the moment.
£17.99Buy
What the mental wellbeing courses cover
- Stress: what stress does to body and mind, mapping your own stressors and building a weekly plan, including a course focused on stress at work.
- Worry: worry time, a worry diary and ways to tell a practical problem from a hypothetical one.
- Thinking patterns: spotting common thinking traps and writing more balanced thoughts.
- Anger: recognising early warning signs and using a time-out plan before things escalate.
- Mindfulness and meditation: guided audios of 5 and 10 minutes, with a practice tracker.
New courses appear in the list above once they launch.
What the wellbeing tools do
- Guided audios: short mindfulness and breathing practices you can play on your phone.
- Stress tracker and stressor map: rate stress each day and see which situations come up again and again.
- Worry diary and worry time planner: park worries during the day and return to them at a set time.
- Thought record and balanced thought worksheet: slow down an upsetting thought and look at the evidence for and against it.
- Personal coping plan: the people, activities and services you can turn to, written down while you feel calm.
Getting help now
If you feel you might act on thoughts of suicide or self-harm, or someone's life is at risk, call 999 or go to A&E now.
For urgent help that is not an emergency, call NHS 111 in England and Wales, NHS 24 on 111 in Scotland, or contact your GP. In Northern Ireland, contact your GP or the GP out-of-hours service. Samaritans is free to call at any time of day or night, and the Shout text service offers free support by text around the clock.
Mental wellbeing courses: your questions
Are these courses a form of therapy?
No. They teach self-help skills for everyday stress and worry. Therapy is delivered by a trained professional who can assess your situation, such as through NHS Talking Therapies.
I have a diagnosis of anxiety or depression. Can I still take a course?
Talk to your GP or therapist first. The skills may sit well alongside your care, but they do not replace treatment, and you should never stop prescribed medicine without advice.
What is CBT, and do the courses use it?
Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions affect each other. Some exercises, such as thought records, draw on its principles, but taking a course is not the same as having CBT with a therapist.
How long are the guided audios?
The core practices last 5 and 10 minutes, so they fit into a lunch break or the time before bed. A tracker records how often you practise.
Who can see my mood and stress entries?
Your tracker entries are saved to your own account. Our privacy policy explains how this information is stored and how to download or delete it.
What can I do today for my wellbeing?
Pick one of the NHS five steps: message a friend, go for a short walk, try something new, do something kind for someone, or spend a few minutes noticing what is around you.
Official sources
Five calm minutes is a start
Choose one of the five steps for today, and come back to the courses as they open in this topic.