Mike, This Was Exactly What I Needed Today’ — Your Final 2025 Edition Inside
Final 2025 reflections from Mike Lawrence: burnout, resilience, awards, recovery, and the moments that mattered most. One to bookmark and share.
International Men’s Day 2025: The Moment That Stopped Me in My Tracks
I was driving between client sessions this afternoon with LBC on in the background, half-listening, half-planning the rest of my day. Then something made me turn the volume up. Wes Streeting was on air with Tom Swarbrick discussing the newly unveiled Men’s Health Strategy. What should have been a breakthrough moment kept drifting toward political […]
The Budget, the Breakdown & the Breakthrough — Read This Before December Hits.
Resilience, reflection, and real-life leadership. Mike Lawrence’s November newsletter tackles stress, loss, and how to stay grounded when life shifts.
How to Reduce Stress — Even When Life Feels Out of Control
Free Live Webinar | Tuesday 19 November | 2:00 PM GMT Have you ever wished you could just get through a week — even a single day — without feeling stressed? You wake up tired.You go to bed wired.And somewhere between the constant pings, the bills, and the pressure to “keep it all together,” you […]
The November Budget and Your Mind: When the Numbers Start Messing With Your Head
“Budgets don’t just affect your wallet — they mess with your mind.” For months we’ve been told the same thing on repeat:“Come November, you’ll have to pay more.” The £20 billion black hole.The “we’ve inherited a mess.”The graphs, the panels, the pundits.One economist warning how much more your pint will cost, another dissecting mortgage rates. […]
“We Have Life, But We’ve Been Wiped Out”
A Personal Reflection from Westmoreland, Jamaica — and What the Diaspora Must Do Now Six years ago to the day, I stood in Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica, to bury my father. The land, the people, the stillness — it’s etched into my soul. I remember the warmth of neighbours, the weight of legacy, and the comfort […]
Save the Date: The Next MHFA Exchange Is 23 October
Join The Exchange on 23 Oct — a free live wellbeing reset for MHFAiders & managers ahead of MHFAider Day. Register now.
From Berlin to Breakthroughs: Lessons in Resilience and Rebuilding
From Berlin to AI, hormones and missed flights — lessons in leadership, mindset, and staying resilient under pressure
🧠 Surviving & Thriving: My Pituitary Comeback Story
“One day I was teaching mental health — the next, I was the patient.” Two years ago, I stood at the front of a training room in London, delivering a Mental Health First Aid course. By the next morning, I was lying in a hospital bed three hours from home, diagnosed with a pituitary tumour. […]
✈️ Berlin Notebook: Test the Trainer’s Patience
What do cancelled flights, double rainbows, and missed alarms have in common? Turns out, they all teach you how to lead. Four days. One cancelled flight (last year). Two alarms (this year). Countless lessons. September 2024 — Munich (The Wonka Ticket Week) Checked in. Sat down. Then the big neon boards flashed: CANCELLED. Cue the […]
⚠️ A Stark Warning: Are We Outsourcing Our Darkest Thoughts to AI?
When compassion meets code — and why the human connection still matters. Right now, millions of people are turning to AI — not for work, but for warmth. For comfort. For understanding. For a voice that never tires and a presence that never judges. It’s fast. It’s free. It’s always available. But here’s the question […]
What’s Going On With All These Migrants?
The UK’s migrant crisis is also a mental health emergency. A recent visit to my mum in Sheffield brought this question home—literally. She was settled on her favourite settee, the telly murmuring in the corner, and a stack of Sheffield Star newspapers balanced on the armrest. Then out of nowhere, she blurted it out: “What’s […]
Changing the Suicide Story in South Yorkshire
Every year, we raise awareness—but what if we changed the conversation for good? A few years ago, suicide felt like something that happened quietly, out there, to other people. Now? Most of us know someone. A friend. A family member. A colleague. A neighbour. Maybe not well—but well enough to feel the ripple. For me, […]
From Side Hustle to Sustainable Therapy Practice
The mindset, money, and moves to go all in—without burning outEver feel like you’re building your dream practice… in the cracks of your week? Clients often ask me how I got started—especially when they’re secretly wondering, “Could I do this too?” When I first wrote this blog two years ago, I was just starting to […]
Leave Your Problems at the Door: The Hidden Cost of Silence on Workplace Mental Health
Why ‘bring your whole self to work’ still feels risky—and what we need instead. The Unspoken Rule Still Haunting Workplaces By Mike Lawrence “Leave your problems at the door.” That’s what I was told starting out as a young lad in Sheffield. Turn up. Crack on. Don’t complain. Don’t share. And for a long time, […]