{"id":1006,"date":"2019-05-25T11:29:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T11:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/glasgow-city\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2019-05-25T11:29:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T11:29:35","slug":"si-glasgow-city-is-looking-at-mental-heath-and-the-stigma-surrounding-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/glasgow-city\/2019\/05\/25\/si-glasgow-city-is-looking-at-mental-heath-and-the-stigma-surrounding-it\/","title":{"rendered":"SI Glasgow City is looking at mental heath and the stigma surrounding it."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In early May, our club organised an evening of Friendship, Mindfulness and Meditation to help members begin their work to \u2018Think On It\u2019. We were joined by our friends from SI Paisley and SI Hamilton.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1008\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1008\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Members-considering-which-figure-they-link-with.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1008 size-medium\" src=\"\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Members-considering-which-figure-they-link-with-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"SI Members considering which figure best matched themselves.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Members-considering-which-figure-they-link-with-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Members-considering-which-figure-they-link-with-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Members-considering-which-figure-they-link-with-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Members-considering-which-figure-they-link-with.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SI Members considering which figure best matched themselves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ms Clare Bennet, a Transformational Life Coach helped us to learn how mindfulness can help us to cope with life&#8217;s stressors leading to us being better able to support others who need us.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1009\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1009\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Refreshments-and-buffet_friendship-night.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1009 size-medium\" src=\"\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Refreshments-and-buffet_friendship-night-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"SI members enjoying the refreshments and chatting.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Refreshments-and-buffet_friendship-night-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Refreshments-and-buffet_friendship-night-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Refreshments-and-buffet_friendship-night-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Refreshments-and-buffet_friendship-night.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SI members enjoying the refreshments and chatting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following a break for refreshments we began to experience some meditation which is a useful tool to keep us \u2018grounded\u2019 and promote good mental health.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1007\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1007\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Christine-Clare-and-Fiona.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1007\" src=\"\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Christine-Clare-and-Fiona-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Presidents Christine and Fiona with our guest speaker, Claire.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Christine-Clare-and-Fiona-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Christine-Clare-and-Fiona-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Christine-Clare-and-Fiona-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/glasgow-city\/files\/2019\/05\/Christine-Clare-and-Fiona.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presidents Christine and Fiona with our guest speaker, Claire.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Comments about the evening were very favourable and members felt that they would continue to use these strategies on their own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In early May, our club organised an evening of Friendship, Mindfulness and Meditation to help&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":460,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events-and-activities","category-news","category-programme-action"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SI Glasgow City is looking at mental heath and the stigma surrounding it. | News | Blog | Events | SI Glasgow City<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Glasgow City : Blog &amp; News : SI Glasgow City is looking at mental heath and the stigma surrounding it. : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Glasgow City . 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