Courses | Joanna Goldsmid

What help do you need?

Term-long

This course offers a comprehensive toolkit for cultivating and maintaining mental wellbeing, now and in the future.

Topics covered include: stress, digital usage, sleep, eating, communication, self-esteem, emotional resilience, meditation techniques, the role of nature, neuroscience research.

'Home practice' set every week and an 'action buddy' system to support the learning between sessions.

Year 12 students, London Academy of Excellence, Newham

Digital

This course helps participants understand the role their screens play in their lives and the effect it has on their quality of life and on their brains.

They will learn the 6 'Rs' of media compulsion - Reward, Relaxation, Recreation, Relationship, Relief and Retaliation - and which 'Rs' they use their media for the most

Having explored their over-reliance on their devices, participants reflect on what healthy habits they can replace their media usage with to better meet their needs

"I've deleted several social media apps since the course began and this has improved my wellbeing"

Year 12 student, London Academy of Excellence, Newham

Nature

If you have outdoor green space at your setting or a park nearby, our 'Nurture in Nature' course will help your participants find calm and ease.

Nature has been shown to combat mental fatigue and rejuvenate attention. In fact, just 30 minutes spent in a natural environment can help lower the stress hormone, cortisol, by as much as 20% (University of Michegan, 2019)

Through focussed hands-on activities using the senses participants will enjoy feeling resourced and revitalised and ready to re-engage with their studies/work and day to day lives.

For schools, this course is the ideal choice for the summer term around exam time. For everyone else, late spring and summer.

"I realised that nature doesn't want or expect us to be anything other than what we are. I felt totally accepted, free to be myself"

Adult participant

Staff

Your staff may be in as much need of support as your students. And the better your staff's mental health, the better their teaching and the more successful your pupils will be.

We offer staff wellbeing courses, inset workshops and twilight sessions so that you can have as much or as little support as you need.

"I've found I'm able to take a step back and stop myself from getting so overwhelmed and appreciate things I would never have thought to before."

Anisha Lalani, Biology Teacher, LAE, Newham

Tailored

All setting are unique. Just get in touch if you think you need a bespoke course and we will do our best to deliver or point you in the direction of someone who can.