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Recording: Q&A Panel quotes and resources

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Recording: Q&A Panel quotes and resources

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Tim, Nik, Kerry and Jonathan share their quotes and resources. Plus, scroll down for a bonus reading list from compere Howie Howard.

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Q&A Panel - Quick Fire Round - Young Somerset Conference

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Young Somerset aims to improve the lives of children, young people and their familes, across the county. We believe that putting young people first will improve Somerset.

Our work is made up of three main strands:

Targeted Youth Support

Alternative Education Provision

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Find out about all of these and more through the posters and leaflets below.

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Quote: "It is not the event or the experience that causes you distress, but your response to it." Stoicism

Resource: Smiling Mind meditation app

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Practice your daily meditation and mindfulness exercises from any device.

Smiling Mind is a unique tool developed by psychologists and educators to help bring balance to your life.

We suggest 10 minutes a day.

What are you waiting for?

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100% evidence based

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We suggest 10 minutes a day

What are you waiting for?

DOWNLOAD THE APP NOW AND SEE FOR YOURSELF!

THE PERFECT APP FOR BEGINNERS

There are dozens if not hundreds of exercises tailored to different demographics and desires, more content than most other mindfulness apps. All the content is free, making it the perfect app for beginners to see if mindfulness is for them.

TRY SAYING:

"Hey Google, talk to Smiling Mind"

"Hey Google, do a sleep meditation with Smiling Mind"

"Hey Google, use Smiling Mind to do a relax meditation"

"Hey Google, help me focus with Smiling Mind"

Indigenous Languages Program

We worked with NPY Women's Council to develop a mindfulness program aimed at providing accessible and engaging mental health tools for Aboriginal people of the NPY region. These meditations have been scripted and recorded by senior Anangu women in Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra. Thanks to nib foundation for funding this work.

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Smiling Mind is a unique tool developed by psychologists and educators to help bring balance to your life. We suggest 10 minutes a day. What are you waiting for?

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Quote: "Every interaction could be an intervention." Dr Karen Treisman.

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Dr Karen Treisman, MBE, is an award winning Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist, organizational consultant, and trauma specialist who has worked in the National Health System and children’s soc…

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The Source by Dr Tara Swart.

Quote: "Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." Carl Jung

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The Source by Tara Swart, MD, PhD marries universal truths with scientific rigor for a persuasive, important exploration of The Law of Attraction.

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Daniel Goleman – author of Emotional Intelligence (& many other books); quote from him:

“There is no such thing as work-life balance – there is only balance.”

Facebook – on walls at corporate HQ:

“Done is better than perfect”

(I also like, from same place, “Move fast and break things”

Bono:

“If you’re not going to make a difference, get out of my way.”

Ps – joke:

What’s the difference between God & Bono?

God doesn’t think he’s Bono 😉

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Daniel Goleman - Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence, Ecological Intelligence

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Welcome to the website and blog of psychologist Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., author of the New York Times bestseller Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships. Dr. Goleman is an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses.

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Atomic Habits – James Clear: Very useful for building and stacking healthy behaviours and cutting back on the unhealthy ones. It also has a good lesson on what managing your own expectations around progress.

The Resilience Blueprint – Dr Dani Gordon. Has some really good tips around building resilience, from a medical perspective - she has some good tips on eating for resilience, dietary supplements, sleep and exercise/physical activity. Some of the 'medicinal' stuff around CBD and micro-dosing psychedelics such as MDMA was a little out there for me and really at the cutting edge of integrative medicine, but the rest was good.

Surrounded by Idiots – Thomas Erikson. A brilliant look at the theory of personality types by a Swedish behaviouralist that helps people connect and interact with people who are very different. I've used this a lot and recommended it to a few people. His stuff is great.

365 Ways to Develop Mental Toughness – Penny Mallory. A lot of useful tips and stories/anecdotes about becoming more resilient with some great metaphors which makes explaining mental toughness easy.

The Chimp Paradox – Prof Steve Peters Anything by Steve Peters is great - here he talks about putting into systems to help override your unhelpful emotions (letting your Chimp out of its box).

A Path Through the Jungle – Prof Steve Peters Again, brilliant stuff by Steve Peters, talking about way to be more robust and mentally resilient. This guy has coached professional football teams and Olympic cyclists, so he kind of knows his stuff.

Leaders Eat Last –Simon Sinek. Here he takes lessons from the military to help business leader improve their styles of leading people. I watch a lot of his stuff on YouTube; he's really engaging.

Start With Why – Simon Sinek Sinek works a lot in business and uses a lot of strategies to get leaders to look at different ways to lead people and be more successful. The 'why' question is really helpful.

Black Box Thinking – Matthew Syed. A book on progressing to a higher performance by thinking about things differently - I'm a big fan of the maverick approach to getting the job done and trying new ideas.

Factfulness - Han Rosling. Here the late Hans Rosling teaches us that all the bad stuff we believe about the world isn't quite what we thought and he does that by using evidence and statistics and graphs (he's a statistician) . A great book to pep you up when you think it's all a bit dark.

Humankind - Rutger Bregman. Probably my favourite book of the lot. We're so mired in gloom and doom by what the media sell us that we believe that everything is terrible and people are horrible and that it's getting worse. Here Bregman goes through history to show us that all the things we assumed about people wasn't quite true and that people are inherently good and always have been (give or take). I think this one is a game changer.

Against Empathy - Prof Paul Bloom. To be fair you can probably just read the first chapter or two and get the gist of the whole thing. He talks about how unhelpful empathy can be and how is can lead to burnout if applied incorrectly. He's not typically 'against' empathy but more for rational compassion which makes a lot more sense in the work we do. Empaths are often (if not always) drawn to the saddest people and that's 'lovey' but not helpful when you take on that burden.

The Super-Helper Syndrome - Jess Baker and Rod Vincent. Similar to Against Empathy, Baker and Vincent demonstrate why people pleasers, empaths and overly accommodating people struggle emotionally and mentally and end up never saying no and burning out. My sister is one of these so I bought if for her a few months back.

Drive - Daniel H Pink.  This is all about motivation and again, you've probably, got all the answers in the first couple of chapters. This focuses on meaning and purpose and the tagline of 'the surprising truth about what motivates us', isn't surprising at all as he tells you right at the start, but it's still a good read.

Outraged - Ashley 'Dotty' Charles.  A good insight from a gay, black, female writer about why everyone is offended about everything all the time. It's a good swipe at  cancel culture and why everyone is a bit of an activist for activism's sake - virtue signaling is one of my pet hates and this outlines it pretty well.

The Wim Hof Method - Wim Hof. Really interesting and insightful with lots of great tips, but I still can't get into a cold shower.

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Jigsaw and Umbrella Poster

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Alternative Education Provision

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Bold and Brave General Leaflet

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Early Years Leaflet

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MHST Leaflet

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STAR Leaflet

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Mental Health and Wellbeing Support for Young People

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Our wellbeing marketplace provided the opportunity for learning and networking, whilst digging into some tasty lunch. Thank you to all the organisations that were a part of this; we appreciate you!

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Recording: Elena Laguna (UK Youth) Presentation.

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Recording: Elena Laguna (UK Youth) Presentation.

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Elena Laguna - UK YOUTH Speech at Young Somerset Conference - October 2023

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Haleem Clift - Keynote Speech at Young Somerset Conference - October 2023

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Recording: Kelly Hannaghan Keynote - Rethinking Wellbeing for our Future Generation.

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Recording: Kelly Hannaghan Keynote - Rethinking Wellbeing for our Future Generation.

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Unfortunately due to technical issues with the camera some small sections of Kelly's speech have not been recorded - Time stamps where sections of speech are missing: 30:04 and 55:38.

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Kelly Hannaghan - Keynote Speech at Young Somerset Conference - October 2023

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Thank you for being part of the first Young Somerset conference, Achieving Wellbeing for You and Your Staff. We hope you found it an enjoyable and valuable experience. Please find all resources from the day on this page.

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Somerset Children & Young People Health and Wellbeing website

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Somerset Children & Young People Health and Wellbeing website

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This Website is hosted by Public Health's Children and Young People's Team to support schools, colleges, EY settings and anyone that works with or cares for young people to improve the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families in Somerset.

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365 Total Protection offers fully managed email, web and file security solutions.

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The Somerset Wellbeing Framework provides schools with the tools and guidance to develop a 'whole school approach' to wellbeing and mental health.

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Somerset children & young people : Health & Wellbeing : New Home

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Somerset children & young people : Health & Wellbeing

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One of the eight key principles of a whole school approach is Staff Wellbeing and Development. Here is a guide and audit tool, for this.

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Schools should familiarise themselves with the The Education Staff Wellbeing Charter and consider signing up to acknowledge their commitment Education staff wellbeing charter - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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Staff should be familiar will the Five Ways to Wellbeing model - these are a set of evidence-based public mental health messages aimed at improving the mental health and wellbeing of the whole population.

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Somerset children & young people : Health & Wellbeing : Mht Phr 5ways

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Somerset children & young people : Health & Wellbeing

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This toolkit contains information, support and guidance for CYP practitioners as well as separate pages for Young People and Parents and Carers.

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Supporting parents and carers to find the information they need to help with their role of 'being a parent'.

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Somerset children & young people : Health & Wellbeing : New Home

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Somerset children & young people : Health & Wellbeing

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Information about mental health support and resources in Somerset.

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If you need someone to talk to about how you're feeling and get advice about local services that can help to support you call locally on 01823 276892 or freephone 0800 138 1692. Our team at Mindline Somerset are here to support you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

If you feel your life is at risk right now due to suicidal thoughts or you have seriously harmed yourself, you need to get urgent medical help. Please call 999 for an ambulance or go straight to A&E. If you can't do this by yourself, ask someone to help you.

Shout
If you struggle to pick up and ring to ask for help, you can contact Shout via text on the number below. Shout is a 24/7 text service, free on all major mobile networks, for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. It's a place to go if you're struggling to cope and you need immediate help.

Shout will work with you to find ways to help you access the support you have in place as well as other forms of support available to you. They will also contact emergency services or social services if needed.

If you are worried about your mental health and wellbeing and are finding it difficult to cope, you're not alone - there is lots of help and support available in Somerset. Open Mental Health is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to ensure that anyone struggling with poor mental health can access the right support at the right time, you can contact them here: Contact Us - Open Mental Health or 01823 276892 or freephone 0800 138 1692

Local Specialist Support Services

Additional Professional Support

General Community Support Services

Directory of National Support Services

Self- help Resources

Every Mind Matters is a national self-help service with expert advice and practical tips to help you look after your mental health and wellbeing and discover what works for you. Wellbeing isn't something you have, but something you do. Every Mind Matters is one resource that is trying to help everyone to feel more confident in taking action to take care of their mental health and wellbeing.

Complete 'Your Mind Plan' - Answer 5 quick questions to get your free plan with tips to help you deal with stress and anxiety, improve your sleep, boost your mood and feel more in control.

Mental Health and Wellbeing Guides to Download
Local National
Tips on how to look after yourself and others wellbeing: ELM006-COVID-19-public-info-booklet-Mendip.pdf (healthysomerset.co.uk)

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Support with your Mental Health – Healthy Somerset

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Slides: Workshop I - Fragile To Fortified

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Slides: Workshop I - Fragile To Fortified

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By Rose White and Debbie White (The Mindful Educators)

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Resources: Workshop H Compassion Circles

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Resources: Workshop H Compassion Circles

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By Rosie Novak (Colleague Support Service, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust).

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Slides: Workshop G - Better Stories, Better Help

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Slides: Workshop G - Better Stories, Better Help

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By Rob Pye and Annabelle Lambert (Ethos VO).

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Resources: Workshop F - Every Movement Matters

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Resources: Workshop F - Every Movement Matters

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By Claire Hunter (Somerset Activity and Sports Partnership).

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Every movement matters Young Somerset share

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By Kerry Chappell (Headteacher Support Service)

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Resources: Workshop D - Relational Policy and Practice in Schools

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Resources: Workshop D - Relational Policy and Practice in Schools

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By Dr Tim Cockerill (Educational Psychology Service, Somerset Council).

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Workshop D Tim Cockerill Relational practice and policy - YS Conf October 23

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By Kate Greenwood (Somerset NHS Foundation Trust).

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Workshop C - kate Greenwood Vicarious Trauma

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Slides: Workshop B - Firing On All Cylinders When Under Pressure

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Slides: Workshop B - Firing On All Cylinders When Under Pressure

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By Howie Howard (Young Somerset).

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Resources: Workshop A - Difficult Conversations and Looking After Yourself

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Resources: Workshop A - Difficult Conversations and Looking After Yourself

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By Alex Walker and Ruth Gavenlock (Young Somerset).

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091023 - FINALConference A5 Programme Booklet 

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If you could not complete on the day or would like to update your evaluation of the event, please do this via this link.

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Slides: Elena Laguna (UK Youth) Presentation.

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Slides: Elena Laguna (UK Youth) Presentation.

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An overview of UK Youth's 'People First' ethos and the support they have put in place for staff to work on their positive mental health.

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presentation Elena Laguna UK Youth Young Somerset Conference share

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Haleem's belief is that honesty and openness are the keys to a better world. Here, Haleem takes a look at the impact of professionals wellbeing on young people, including his personal take on this and what your inner teenager might be thinking.

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Whether it's big or small, your donations help us to put young people first in Somerset. Any financial support means we can continue to provide and develop services for our counties most in need children, young people and families and is greatly appreciated.

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Help us make an even bigger difference to young people's lives in Somerset.

Your support will enable us to do so much more for young people in Somerset:

£5
This can provide a daily bus rider pass for a young person to attend a Young Somerset youth event.

£100
This would fund a youth worker to be trained in safeguarding

£500
This would fund two youth workers to deliver a programme in school one day a week.

£1000
This would provide a practioner to support a young person suffering with mental health issues for a year.

£5000
This would keep a youth club open one night a week for a year.

Whether it's big or small, your donations help us to put young people first in Somerset.

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Help us make an even bigger difference to young people's lives in Somerset. Whether it's big or small, your donations help us to put young people first in Somerset.

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Thank you to all the local organisations that have made this day possible, including those that kindly donated raffle prizes. We hope any raffle winners managed to grab a prize they love!

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Slides: Kelly Hannaghan Keynote Speech - Rethinking Wellbeing for our Future Generation

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Slides: Kelly Hannaghan Keynote Speech - Rethinking Wellbeing for our Future Generation

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Kelly is an award-winning motivational speaker, school improvement advisor, published author and founder of the ‘Family Matters’ empowerment and engagement programme.

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Rethinking Wellbeing for Our Future Generation (slides)