The Mind Manual: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: Mental Fitness Tools for Everyone (Dr Alex George)

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The last year has been unimaginably difficult for all of us, but particularly for young people who have sacrificed so much. The week before my brother passed away, my best friend’s dad was terminally unwell and I stayed in London. There is still lots more work to be done to make sure every young person gets the support they need and deserve for their mental health. It’s a topic he explores in his latest book, The Mind Manual, on the mental fitness foundations to give us all a boost – just in time for Mental Health Awareness Week (May 15-21) – including how to hold better boundaries and why mistakes are part of life. After studying law at Oxford University, he qualified as a solicitor and has worked as a lawyer in Paris and London.

The Mind Manual: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER by Dr Alex

Alex George as a Youth Mental Health Ambassador to advise government and raise the profile of mental health education and wellbeing in schools. I met Dr Alex recently and was struck by his commitment to the NHS and to the mental health of our nation. It includes written exercises to help readers audit their feelings as well as ‘universal truths’ to cling to in dark times, like "sleep is a saviour" and "connection is your superpower". We hope that today’s meeting will be an important step towards ensuring every child who is struggling with their mental health can get the support they need.Within 18 months he was on the frontline of the pandemic, communicating the truth of the situation calmly to his millions of young followers through his Dr Alex social media and YouTube channels. Everyone has an individual mental health scale—the key is to know yours and recognise how to keep it well-maintained and nourished but also to know when to seek help if you need it.

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The book discusses the ‘mental health toolkit’ George developed while he was grieving and growing – “Not just as a tribute to Llŷr but as a tribute to the mental anguish I have faced in life, both before and since his death”.

Which is why we are here, talking in granular and grim data-supported detail about suicide and this country’s youth mental health crisis. I am honoured to be appointed for this role where I’ll be working closely with government to make mental health an absolute priority and hope to have a positive impact on the lives of young people and their education for good. Children’s Mental Health Week couldn’t be a more important time to come together and help our youth improve their wellbeing. Dr Alex is looking to change the conversation about what mental fitness is and how we should approach it. If] you know that a decision would have a certain outcome and it was a negative outcome, you wouldn’t make that decision a lot of the time.