We brought our radio show to the Healthy Minds Forum to record a special panel interview!

The Forum is a space for collaboration to make change for better mental health in Calderdale, by exploring issues and identifying actions.

We formed a panel of Forum Members to answer questions from our wider community on issues that matter to them in mental health.

Find out more about the Forum here: https://www.healthymindscalderdale.co.uk/membership.html#forum

In this episode we take a trip to the Healthy Minds Allotment at Pye Nest in Sowerby Bridge!

Come with us and dive into the sensory world of the allotment, as we learn how it provides a space of transformation, connection and recovery for those that spend time here.

Find out more at: https://www.healthymindscalderdale.co.uk/activities.html

This month we take a deep dive into the story of chocolate, hearing the lived experience voices behind one of our favourite foods of the festive season.

Our guests Adelle and Nana-Essi from EnT Foundation (Ese ne Tekyerema - the 'teeth and tongue') teach us about the power of storytelling, challenging the hierarchies of western-centred knowledge systems, and the ways we can re-frame mindfulness practices to encompass a 'glocal' (global-local) way of thinking about mental wellbeing.

If you have a piece of chocolate available - keep it close by - but don't unwrap it yet! Our guests will let you know the right moment as they take you through the 'KoKoo Mindfulness' mindful eating practice.

Find out more about EnT Foundation on their websites:

Chocolate Has A Name: www.chocolatehasaname.org.uk

EnT: www.esenetekyerema.org/

Africaniwa: www.africaniwa.org/