Welcome to your go-to platform for holistic wellbeing! Whether you're seeking to improve your mental clarity, physical health, or emotional balance, we’re here to guide you every step of the way.
Explore a wide range of topics like mindfulness, nutrition, fitness, and stress management. Tune into podcasts for inspiring conversations with wellness experts, or use the available apps to track your progress, join wellness challenges, and access exclusive content designed to empower your journey towards a healthier, happier you.
Take control of your wellbeing—one step at a time!
Wellbeing Apps
#StayAlive
The Stay Alive app, developed by Grassroots Suicide Prevention, is a suicide prevention resource for the UK, packed full of useful information and tools to help you stay safe in crisis. You can use it if you are having thoughts of suicide or if you are concerned about someone else who may be considering suicide.
The app includes:
- A safety plan with customisable reasons for living
- A LifeBox where you can store photos and memories that are important to you
- Strategies for staying safe and tips on how to stay grounded when you’re feeling overwhelmed
- Guided-breathing exercises and an interactive Wellness Plan
The app also links you directly to local and national crisis resources, with space to add in your own as well.
Download the Stay Alive app from your app store.
Grassroots Suicide Prevention empowers people to help saves lives from suicide through connecting, educating, and campaigning nationally.
Bright Sky
Bright Sky is a free to download mobile app providing support and information for anyone who may be in an abusive relationship or those concerned about someone they know.
The app is also available to use in Polish, Punjabi and Urdu.
For more information, please see details and advice about using the app in your app store:
Further Bright Sky support is also available under our Support Now section titled ‘Finding calm amongst the chaos‘.
I Am Sober
I am Sober is a sobriety tracker app that helps you count the days you’ve stayed sober and connect with a supportive community of people who are also on the road to recovery – so you don’t have to embark on your journey of sobriety alone.
I Am Sober is aimed at people with all kinds of addictions – from online shopping to alcohol. Its main feature is the sober day tracker, which encourages you to form a new habit simply by counting the days you abstain from it. However, it also features other helpful tools, including daily pledges (where you make a commitment to yourself each morning to stay sober for that day) and a daily review (where you can look back on the day and identify any triggers so that tomorrow can be easier).
The app also features a calculator where you can see how much money you’re saving by staying sober, and for new users, a withdrawal timeline, so you’ll know what to expect from the first days/weeks of abstinence.
I Am Sober is free to use, though there’s a Sober Plus premium subscription available, which gives you access to things like improved tracking and the ability to create a private support group.
This app isn’t a substitute for getting professional help. So if you suffer from addiction, and you haven’t already reached out, take a look at this page on the Mind website to find some useful contacts.
Finch
Finch is designed to help with mental health struggles such as anxiety, depression, and ADHD. The is a basic version of the app is available for free and supports users in improving their mental health and self-care through a variety of activities, including:
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Virtual pet
Users can create and name a bird, and then complete daily tasks to send it on adventures. The bird grows and evolves as it discovers new things.
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Goal tracking
Users can set daily goals, such as writing down their feelings or thinking of something that makes them happy.
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Mood tracking
Users can rate how they are feeling at any given moment on a scale of very bad to very good. The app can then show users patterns in their mood throughout the day.
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Community
Users can connect with other Finch users and send each other notes and reminders.
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Other activities
Users can also try breathing exercises, quizzes, bullet journaling, and yoga
There is also a yearly subscription called Finch Plus that gives users access to a wider range of self-care features. Users can enter a raffle to win a free montly Plus subscription, these are donated by guardians to support those who would like but cannot afford a Plus subscription.
Rootd
Rootd is described by developers as “anxiety and panic attack relief in your pocket” – and its core feature, The Rootr panic button, is designed to give you immediate relief when you feel an attack coming on by presenting you with soothing and reassuring prompts.
Rootd also has a few other tools to help quell feelings of fear and panic, including The Visualizr (which takes you through things like visualisations and guided body scans), and the Breathr (which provides deep breathing exercises).
You’ll also find a journal section to help you track and identify moods, progress, and triggers; and an educational area called ‘Understanding Lessons’. These are aimed to help users learn more about what panic attacks are and where anxiety comes from.
Designed for panic-attack and anxiety sufferers, by panic attack and anxiety sufferers.
The basic version of the app is free (skip past the payment prompts as you set up the app) There is a premium version available via subscription for those who would like access to more features.
Happify
Designed to help you “overcome negative thoughts, stress, and life’s challenges”, Happify provides users with various activities, like quizzes and games, to help them break negative thought patterns and build positive ones.
When signing up for Happify, you begin by answering a quick questionnaire so that the app can select a ‘track’ for you. A track is effectively a wellness path, which is designed to help you achieve the goals you made clear in the questionnaire.
Some of these tracks, like ‘Conquer Negative Thoughts’ and ‘Get Energized About Your Job’, are free. However, others – such as ‘Stop the Worry Cycle’ – are only available to premium members. Happify draws on research from various fields – such as mindfulness, positive psychology, and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
Happify is a good choice for those who want to take small, actionable steps each day to improve their mental health.
To access the free portion of the content you will need to create an account and skip past the prompts for the Premium service
Moodfit: Mental Health Fitness
Moodfit is a mood tracker that’s designed to help you keep a record of how you’re feeling, it was voted best overall Mental Health App by Verywell Mind three years in a row.
Using tools like mood and gratitude journals, you can log how you’re feeling at regular intervals – which is great for helping you to spot triggers that cause negative emotions.
For example, by looking back over your mood over a number of weeks, you might notice that you feel significantly worse on mornings after you’ve been on a heavy night of drinking. Knowing this, you can make changes accordingly to keep your mental health on track. Once you learn what affects your mood most, Moodfit has a range of features that you can use to target these causes – such as breathing exercises, educational content, mental health assessments, and more!
The basic features of Moodfit are free, there are premium features which can be accessed via a subscription.
OCD.App
Described as the “most credible OCD app” by the International OCD Foundation, OCD.app is a simple but effective way for those living with the condition to limit anxiety, improve focus, and self-manage their condition.
At its core, OCD.app works by helping people with obsessive-compulsive disorder to recognise negative thought habits and challenge them with positive ones. When using the app, users are presented with different thoughts. The aim of the ‘game’ is to discard the negative ones by swiping them off-screen, and embrace the positive ones by dragging them towards you.
By fulfilling this simple task, the idea is that this decision-making process becomes unconscious, so that you can quickly discard or embrace similar thoughts when they arise in your everyday life.
The app features over 50 free exercises. Or, by upgrading to the premium version for £68.99, you can access 1000 more.
Worklife Central
WorkLife Central’s website and app offer expertise and support to help you balance work with home.
WorkLife Central has extended their offer of free access to their support and resources for our NHS employees through to 31 March 2025.
Their programme consists of a curated collection of positive and practical support, delivered through expert-led webinars, seminars, support groups, peer insights, online articles, blogs and podcasts. Their aim is to help improve wellbeing and support a healthy work / life balance.
These resources can be accessed remotely by all NHS employees:
- The full Live Programme – live webinars, workshops, support groups and ‘ask the expert’ sessions delivered by expert speakers, streamed at 12.30pm GMT, spanning careers, wellbeing, resilience, parenting, inclusion and workplace topics.
- On Demand Programme – ready-to-view videos, webinar recordings and bitesize video shorts, which you can access at your convenience in your own time.
- The WorkLife Central Library: A rich collection of online content published weekly through a library of Expert Advice articles, WorkLife Stories podcast series discussing views and perspectives on relevant topics, and a popular blog series sharing experiences of working parents.
How NHS staff can get access
- Access: WorkLife Central
- Complete your registration using your NHS email address
Headspace
Headspace is a science-backed app in mindfulness and meditation, providing unique tools and resources to help reduce stress, build resilience, and aid better sleep.
They have now extended their free offer and are offering free access to all NHS staff with an NHS email address until 31 March 2025.
Alongside access to the app content, you can join the Headspace team for a little bit of calm. Each month, a Headspace teacher hosts a live meditation and Q&A that’ll help clear your mind and cultivate mindfulness. Every quarter, coaches, therapists, and meditation teachers offer an hour-long workshop on mental health topics like building connections, navigating grief, and sleeping soundly. To view upcoming events: use your Headspace NHS log in and sign up here: events.headspace.com/
How NHS staff can get access
- You will need to use your NHS email address to sign up
- Download the Headspace app from your app store
- Access their FAQs and support for more information
Unmind
Unmind is a mental health platform that empowers staff to proactively improve their mental wellbeing. Using scientifically backed assessments, tools and training you can measure and manage your personal mental health needs, including digital programmes designed to help with stress, sleep, coping, connection, fulfilment and nutrition.
They have now extended their free offer and are offering free access to NHS staff until the 31 December 2025.
Wellbeing Podcasts
Happy Place
Fearne talks personal, spiritual and the big picture with her amazing guests as she reveals what happiness means to them. We’ve engaged in chat with some of the funniest, wisest and forward-thinking minds out there, bringing you wit and wisdom, since 2018. We plan to keep the conversation going. Happy listening.
Happier
The #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before brings her practical, thought-provoking insights into happiness and good habits to this lively podcast. Her co-host and guinea pig is her younger sister, the Hollywood show-runner Elizabeth Craft, who (lovingly) refers to Gretchen as her “happiness bully.”
Each week, listen to episodes packed with helpful ideas, suggestions, interviews, and research-based strategies; enjoy laid-back “More Happier” episodes; and get a quick boost of happiness from the “Little Happiers.”
Food for Thought
Food for Thought delivers a wide range of invaluable information and expert advice from Rhiannon and other leading industry professionals about nutrition, fitness and health in an accessible, friendly way. Tune in for all you need to know about enhancing your wellbeing.
The Food Medic
The Food Medic podcast is hosted by author, nutritionist, medical doctor, and founder of The Food Medic, Dr. Hazel Wallace.
Throughout the seasons you will hear from leading experts in their field who share evidence based advice on how we can live healthier lives and cut through the confusing information that we find online.
How to Fail
How To Fail with Elizabeth Day is a podcast that celebrates the things in life that haven’t gone right and what we might learn from them along the way. Every week, Elizabeth’s guest explores three failures, and what these failures have taught them about how to grow and succeed, better.
Unlocking Us
Conversations that unlock the deeply human part of who we are, so that we can live, love, parent, and lead with a whole heart.
Spiraling
Spiraling is an “optimistic” anxiety podcast. Co-hosts Katie Dalebout and Serena Wolf have conversations about how anxiety affects their lives and share how they’re managing it. In each episode, they share what they’re spiraling about that week—from awkward interactions to business decisions —followed by a deep-dive into different facets of anxiety and anxiety management. Filled with insight, and an appropriate amount of profanity, this podcast is a love letter to anyone struggling with anxiety, reminding them that they are not alone, they are not weird or damaged, and they don’t owe anyone an explanation for their mental health.
Feel Better Live More
My Feel Better, Live More is the #1 health podcast in the UK & Europe. One and a half million people watch and listen each week. I want to empower you to become the architect of your own health. Because when you feel better, you live more. A new episode is released every Wednesday and a shorter bite-sized episode is released every Friday. I hope you enjoy listening.
Get Sleepy
Get Sleepy is a twice weekly story-telling podcast with the goal of helping you get a great night’s rest. In reviews, listeners have described the podcast as “Life changing”.
BBC 3 Slow Radio
An antidote to today’s frenzied world. Step back, let go, immerse yourself: it’s time to go slow.
Listen to the sounds of birds, mountain climbing, monks chatting as you go about your day. A lo-fi celebration of pure sound.
NHS Practitioner Health Wellbeing Podcasts
The NHS Practitioner Health Wellbeing Podcasts are a series of conversations about the mental health and wellbeing for healthcare professionals. The podcasts features expert speakers discussing topics such as:
- Understanding Emotions - Burnout
- The Journey of a Black Medic
- Understanding Emotions - Why do Complaints Hurt
You can listen to the NHS Practitioner Health Wellbeing Podcast on all major podcast platforms, including: Buzzsprout and Spotify.
Follow this link for the full podcast list
NHS Practitioner Health Service Webinars
The NHS Practitioner Health Wellbeing Podcasts are a series of conversations about the mental health and wellbeing for healthcare professionals. The podcasts features expert speakers discussing topics such as:
- A series of sessions from the Wounded Healer Book Club
- Stress and Burnout Workshop
- Discussions on Men's Mental Health and Discrimination
- Bullying and Harassment in Healthcare Organisations
You can watch the NHS Practitioner Health Service Webinars on Vimeo.
