Media
For media enquiries e-mail Andy Gibson at andy[at]mindapples.org or call 07980 550315.
“We want the brand to be beautiful in a way that people want to come in and colour it”
- Mindapples is profiled in Design Week, April 2010 (subscribers only though, sorry)“Basically, to create something tangible for funders I call in favours. In return, I’ll take the team to the pub.”
- Andy describes the Mindapples volunteering experience in a Sunday Observer profile, Dec 2009“Very close attention to the minute things around make everything much much more interesting, if you can spot it.”
- Andy on Channel4.com, Aug 2009“Mindapples is a rather lovely thing – a small, social project with no other aim than to to promote individual self management of mental wellbeing.”
- Maureen Rice, Editor, Psychologies Magazine“Crunching through leaves in the park, the gentle touch of a loved one, or perhaps a quiet session with the newspaper: let them know what works for you.”
- British Psychological Society“I love it, instead of treating illness, lets work on staying well!! … The message is clear. Health is up to us and self management is the way forward. Drugs and therapists are all very well if a wheel comes off, but MindApples are there to keep the wheels in place.”
- prominent mental health campaigner Dr Liz Miller“Mind Apples is a site that aims to share and develop ways of maintaining mental health in innovative ways. A community-based knowledge sharing community focused on mental well-being. Yay!”
- Mindhacks“There is a strong societal awareness that to take care of our physical health we can go to the gym or eat well, but there is not an equivalent understanding of how to take care of our minds. “
- The RSA Journal“I try to listen to beautiful music at least once a day, I don’t check my portfolio even in the best of times, I hug a loved one at least one more time than was expected, and also I avoid television advertisements as much as possible. That’s four…”
- Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution“I stumbled across this site today! What a great project check it out! So what are your 5-a-day?”
- Kathy James, Shrink Rap
And here’s a brief sample of the kind of things people say to us after taking the Mindapples test:
“I am still amazed how simple and yet complex this approach is. It is something most people think but don’t dare to talk about, I guess.”
- Anne Wizorek, Berlin“Just wanted to say, Mindapples is a great idea – good luck with it. I’ve been going through a bit of a rough patch and completing your questionnaire made me think about what helps me – or what I need to be doing to get through this patch!”
- Louise, Scotland“Thanks for talking about this and giving us a voice. It’s not easy living in the wilderness between sanity and insanity – healthy and not!”
- Roberta, England“I found it helpful to step back and look at what I actually do to help myself. I realized that I do most of those 5 things without even thinking about why.”
- Tori, New Hampshire, USA“It’s great to see the stigma being lifted on mental ill-health, something that can affect of all of us … at any time in our lives.”
- Charlotte, England“It´s wonderful to know there are people like you all, who are involved in helping others be aware of the importance of keeping their minds okay. It should be natural and obvious that someone takes care of their mind, but for some reason, we forget the essential. Thanks for your site.”
- Rosana G“@mindapples Who can’t use 5 a day? I think it’s a fabulous concept”
- @leeannthill, New Jersey, USA (via Twitter)“So often these well meaning well researched lists of what folks “should” do end for mental health, physical health, spiritual health, etc. up leaving me feeling alternately inadequate like I’m doing something wrong, and angry at the idea that … there can be one set of answers that is true for everyone. …THANKS for putting this together and putting it out for folks.”
- Helen Kamadulski, NW USA“What is the point of scientific inquiry unless it is grounded in human experience? Mindapples is a unique endeavour that combines a grass-root approach to happiness with what we know about mental health and well-being from scientific research.”
- Dr Ilona Boniwell, Programme Leader – MSc Applied Positive Psychology, University of East London
And that’s what it’s all about, after all. 
