24 April 2020

Stay connected – health and wellbeing

We are living in stressful times now so it's more important than ever to look after your wellbeing, both mentally and physically. There are many apps out there which we hope might help you through.

Catch it

Catch It is a joint project between the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester, to help users better understand their moods through use of an ongoing diary. The app was designed to illustrate some of the key principles of psychological approaches to mental health and well-being, and specifically Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/catch-it-making-sense-of-your-moods/id899606280?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.ac.liv.catchit&hl=en_GB

SAM: Self-help for Anxiety Management

SAM is an app to help you understand and manage anxiety. The app has been developed in collaboration with a research team from UWE, Bristol. SAM will help you to understand what causes your anxiety, monitor your anxious thoughts and behaviour over time and manage your anxiety through self-help exercises and private reflection. The ‘social cloud' feature will enable you to share your experiences with the SAM community while protecting your identity.

https://itunes.apple.com/app/sam/id666767947

Silvercloud

Silvercloud provides a wide range of supportive and interactive programmes, tools and tactics for mental and behavioural health issues. These programmes address wellbeing, life balance, time management, communication skills, goal setting, communication and relationship management, anger management, stress management, relaxation and sleep management, among many others.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/silvercloud-toolkit/id975040403?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silvercloudhealth.android.app

Diary Mood Tracker - Daylio

Daylio enables you to keep a private diary without having to type a single line. Pick your mood and add activities you have been doing during the day. You can also add notes and keep an old school diary. Daylio is collecting recorded moods and activities in the statistics and calendar. This format will help you to understand your habits better. Keep track of your activities and create patterns to become more productive.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/daylio-diary-mood-tracker-journal/id1194023242?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio&hl=en_GB

MindShift

Struggling with anxiety? Tired of missing out? There are things you can do to stop anxiety and fear from controlling your life. MindShift is an app designed to help teens and young adults cope with anxiety. It can help you change how you think about anxiety. Rather than trying to avoid anxiety, you can make an important shift and face it.

MindShift will help you learn how to relax, develop more helpful ways of thinking, and identify active steps that will help you take charge of your anxiety. This app includes strategies to deal with everyday anxiety, as well as specific tools to tackle:

• Test Anxiety
• Perfectionism
• Social Anxiety
• Performance Anxiety
• Worry
• Panic
• Conflict

Think of MindShift as your portable coach helping you face challenging situations and take charge of your life. MindShift is the work of a joint collaboration between AnxietyBC (http://www.anxietybc.com) and BC Mental Health & Addiction Services (http://www.bcmhas.ca) to help teens and young adults cope with anxiety - teaches relaxation skills, develops new thinking, and suggests healthy activities.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/mindshift/id634684825?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bstro.MindShift&hl=en_GB

Couch to 5k

Walk and run your way to 5k this Couch to 5k app designed to take total beginners from walking to running for 30 minutes in just 9 weeks. Millions of people have already started running with our simple Couch to 5k plan - so download it now, grab your trainers and get ready to become a runner. Presented in association with BBC Get Inspired, the app builds you up gradually with a mix of running and walking. All you have to do is choose one of our four famous trainers and let them guide and motivate you through each session.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phe.couchto5K&hl=en_GB

Smart Recipes

The FREE Smart Recipe app from Change4Life is an easy way of helping you prepare tasty, healthier meals the whole family will love. We all love tasty food but it's not always easy to cook for the family if you're short on time and the kids are picky. Remembering ingredients and keeping track of portion sizes can be a hassle. But don't worry; our Meal Mixer will take care of that for you.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/change4life-smart-recipes/id583000807?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.nhs.befoodsmart&hl=en_GB