Matt Janes: Turning mental health awareness into action
Balancing the autonomic nervous system

'For the last 400 years, in the West, we have treated mental health as if the head was detached from the body, but last time I looked, they were connected.'
The answer to good mental health lies in understanding the scientific connections between mind and body
The big, annual push to raise awareness for mental health is over. In fifty one weeks from now, when it returns, I hope to see Mental Health Awareness Week become Mental Health Action Week. Before I retrained as a neuroscience and mental health practitioner, I worked in marketing. One of the foundational concepts in communicating the launch of a new product or service was AIDA (Awareness > Interest > Desire > Action). With several years of mental health awareness campaigns now behind us, I...
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