Mental Health Support

Mental health is much more than the absence of mental ill health. We all have mental health and it is something that we can work to improve, just like our physical health. Our experts provide advice on how to cope with stress, build emotional resilience and look after this crucial area of your wellbeing.

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Speaking to kids about their emotional wellbeing can be challenging. Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist at Nuffield Health, Ekta Mansukhani, shares 10 tips to help you have conversations with children about mental health.

Updated: Friday 7 August 2026

Published: Thursday 11 July 2019

Holidays can be stressful when you're out of your normal eating routine and so many activities revolve around food. Elisha Edwards provides some tips for eating more mindfully this Christmas. After a tough year, the Christmas festivities may find us eating and drinking more than normal.

Updated: Friday 7 August 2026

Published: Monday 11 April 2022

Boosting productivity and working towards achieving your goals doesn’t have to feel daunting and unattainable. Sometimes, the most effective course of action for our physical and mental health is to take a step back and look at simple and manageable ways of improving our day-to-day productivity.

Updated: Friday 7 August 2026

Published: Thursday 12 September 2024

Christmas is a time for celebration for many of us, but it can also induce anxiety and raise expectations, causing cause feelings of worry, panic, and sadness.

Updated: Friday 7 August 2026

Published: Tuesday 28 November 2023

Many of us experience fluctuations in our mood that can last days, weeks or even months. If the onset of depressive symptoms seem to coincide with changes in the weather or temperature, you may be experiencing a type of depression known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

Updated: Friday 7 August 2026

Published: Thursday 9 November 2023

Whether you’re on your own or surrounded by loved ones, feeling lonely during the festive period is more common than you might think.

Updated: Friday 7 August 2026

Published: Wednesday 29 November 2023

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), also known as winter depression or winter blues, is thought to affect 1 in 15 people in the UK. Learn more about the common symptoms of SAD and how to deal with them.

Updated: Friday 7 August 2026

Published: Friday 8 November 2019

Winter is a season that has many positive aspects, but for a lot of people it can be a difficult time. Gosia Bowling, Mental Health National Lead at Nuffield Health, has shared a guide on how to support and prepare yourself mentally for the time of year.

Updated: Friday 7 August 2026

Published: Thursday 22 December 2022

Recent fitness trends have placed a greater focus on resistance training, but that's no reason to ignore the benefits of cardiovascular exercise. Nuffield Health's Head of Fitness, Chris Foster, provides the reasons cardio can improve your health.

Updated: Monday 3 August 2026

Published: Wednesday 16 November 2016

Nuffield Health's Head of Charity Brendan Street shares two cognitive behavioural therapy techniques to help retrain your body and mind to sleep well at night.

Updated: Monday 3 August 2026

Published: Wednesday 5 October 2016

Sleeping well is essential for your health and wellbeing, but many of us struggle to get quality sleep. Senior Health and Wellbeing Physiologist Luke Cousins shares nine lifestyle tips to help you sleep better.

Updated: Monday 3 August 2026

Published: Monday 8 August 2016

Getting the right amount of sleep is essential to living a healthy life. In this guide, Nuffield Health's sleep experts cover everything you need to know about insomnia and how to treat it.

Updated: Monday 3 August 2026

Published: Thursday 13 April 2023

The health of your mind and body are intrinsically linked, but only 3 in 10 people acknowledge that exercise helps their mental health, according to latest data from our Healthier Nation Index. We'll discuss how physical activity can help to prevent and manage stress.

Updated: Friday 31 July 2026

Published: Monday 15 April 2019

Your heart holds the secret to your stress levels. Discover why, and how you can use heart rate variability to combat the effects of stress.

Updated: Friday 31 July 2026

Published: Tuesday 23 June 2015

From strengthening your muscles to relieving stress, yoga can improve both your physical and mental health. Yoga instructor Sam Graham dives into the research to bring you the science-backed benefits of a regular yoga practice.

Updated: Friday 31 July 2026

Published: Friday 18 August 2023

Brendan Street, our Professional Head of Emotional Wellbeing, provides some insight into why we may eat emotionally and what we can do to help limit this behaviour.

Updated: Friday 31 July 2026

Published: Tuesday 17 January 2017

Tired, tearful or eating too much? These are all signs you could be stressed out. Here, we run through some of the main symptom to look out for if you think you might be suffering from stress.

Updated: Wednesday 22 July 2026

Published: Tuesday 14 June 2016

Navigating children’s questions, worries and anxieties about the conflict in Ukraine can seem an overwhelming task. It is difficult to know how to respond to children’s fears when we may be uncertain or fearful ourselves. Additionally, it can be difficult to know what or how much to say in relation to the situation. Emotional Wellbeing National Lead Gosia Bowling shares tips on how to approach the conversation with children.

Updated: Monday 27 April 2026

Published: Friday 4 March 2022

One of the key ways to maintain good mental health is to live life in a way that gives you a sense of pleasure, achievement and a feeling of being close to others. Brendan Street, Professional Head of Emotional Wellbeing, explains how living life in line with your values, as well as with a sense of purpose, will help you to do this in a consistent way.

Updated: Monday 27 April 2026

Published: Tuesday 22 June 2021

Prevention Lead Gosia Bowling and Head of Emotional Wellbeing Brendan Street discuss how we can get fitter and healthier, from exercising more to having a better sleep routine.

Updated: Monday 27 April 2026

Published: Wednesday 28 April 2021