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Interview with Jaycee La Bouche – Carer Activism series

Welcome back to the third in the series of carer activist interviews by Matthew McKenzie. These videos help not only bring awareness to what unpaid carers can do when helping others, but can also allow carers to learn about carer empowerment.

For this interview I spoke to Jaycee La Bouch fellow supporter of Carers UK and founder of Zen Laughter yoga therapy. Jaycee is not only a carer, but also finds ways to support other carers through the power of mental wellbeing. Every time I meet Jaycee, she always has a smile on her face.

Unpaid carers can go through many challenges that it can be so easy for them to neglect their own mental health and wellbeing. Watch the video of the challenges Jaycee went through and how she found the power to help others.

Mental Health Awareness Week 2015 – Mindfulness #mahw15

matIt is mental health awareness week as of the writing of this blog post. Mental Health Awareness week, which runs from 11th to the 17th May is run by the Mental Health Foundation. The Mental Health Foundation is a Charity that helps to improve the lives of those with mental health problems or learning disabilities. The Mental Health Foundation is involved in research, service development and providing information on mental health.

If you wish to see the video. Below is the video version of this blog post

I feel Mental Health Awareness week is important for quite a few reasons, the first reason is obviously raising the awareness of mental health and it does not have to be on mental ill health. I once had a discussion with mental health campaigner Fiona Art who specified that mental health does not have to centre itself around those who are unfortunately mentally unwell or those with live experience.

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