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Small Daily Habits That Support Better Mental Health When you’re struggling with your mental health, or supporting someone who is, it can...

Have You Heard of a Self-Harm Safety Plan? When someone is struggling with self-harm, having a safety plan in place can be a powerful,...

Why the LGBTQ+ Community Is More Likely to Self-Harm – And How We Can Help Self-harm is a growing concern across the UK, but the risk is...

💔 I Didn’t Speak at School. So My Body Spoke for Me | Erin's Story. Selective mutism and self-harm When I was at school, I didn’t talk....

Meltdowns Are Not A Child Being Naughty: Understanding and Supporting Children in Distress When a child has a meltdown, it’s easy to...

Understanding Autistic Burnout: What It Is, Why It Happens, and How to Recover Autistic burnout is a term that’s gaining more awareness,...

Why Caffeine and Energy Drinks Can Calm the ADHD Brain When most people think of caffeine, they think of energy, increased alertness,...

Self-harm and suicide are two deeply concerning mental health issues in the UK that often intersect in complex ways. While not everyone...

Understanding the Nervous System: Rebuilding the Mind-Body Connection After Self-Harm When you’ve experienced emotional pain that feels...

Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn: Trauma Responses That Look Like “Bad Behaviour” When someone lashes out, shuts down, or can’t stop...

🧡💚 Feeling overwhelmed or anxious? 💚🧡 Try Box Breathing It’s a simple but powerful technique used by athletes, first responders, and...

The 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique is a powerful, simple method used to manage anxiety, panic attacks, or overwhelming stress. It helps...

🧠 Let’s Talk About Panic Attacks: Real, Raw, and Terrifying Panic attacks are real. They’re not “just in your head” and if you’ve ever...

Neurodivergent individuals often self-harm more than neurotypical people due to a complex mix of neurological, emotional, sensory, and...

This week, we’re shining a light on alcohol harm and the impact it can have on our health, families, and communities. 👉 Did you know? 🔹...

Thinking About Telling Your Parents You’re Self-Harming? If you’re self-harming, I want you to know this: you are not bad, broken, or...

When I Found Out My 11-Year-Old Was Self-Harming: What I’ve Learned, and What Might Help You When I first discovered that my 11-year-old...

🟠🟢 CALLING ALL BUSINESSES 🟢🟠 We are asking businesses and organisations to support us in supporting children and young people! For...

Supporting Recovery: How S&L Self-Harm Distraction Kits Help Prevent Self-Harm At S&L Self-Harm Distraction Kits, we understand that...

The Importance of Self-Care for Those Affected by Self-Harm Self-harm is a complex behaviour that can deeply impact both individuals who...