Your wellbeing and mental health is so important, it is vital that you keep on top things, particularly in this industry where rejection and quiet times are common.

If you need an instant boost - get outside, move your body, connect with a friend or listen to music you know will lift your mood. We are always here to have a chat as well :)

Below are some practical links to organisations that may be able to assist both practically and holistically.

Spotlight has a wealth of wellbeing articles, videos and podcasts, including podcasts to meditate to. Also, Spotlight partners with Wellbeing in the Arts to provide support to our members through the Member Assistance Programme to members who are over the age of 18 and live in the UK or Ireland.

The British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) is another great resource.

BAPAM is the largest provider of clinical services to the UK’s performing arts sector, working with performers and creative communities of all kinds, from musicians and singers to dancers, actors, circus performers and those who work behind the scenes.

The charity provides free, bespoke care for industry professionals and students from expert clinicians in a range of disciplines, responding to requests for help with mental health, musculoskeletal care, vocal health, hearing concerns and some eye care and other creative practice-related health issues.

Happy Place Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/1J6Ddy4dcXjFZDmWQs3Pu0

Mind.co.uk Support - https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/crisis-services/helplines-listening-services/

Book “Happy not perfect” - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/652047/happy-not-perfect-by-poppy-jamie/

“I’ve found that it’s of some help to think of one’s moods and feelings about the world as being similar to weather. 

Here are some obvious things about the weather:

It's real. 
You can't change it by wishing it away.
If it's dark and rainy, it really is dark and rainy, and you can't alter it.
It might be dark and rainy for two weeks in a row.

But,
it will be sunny one day.
It isn't under one's control when the sun comes out, but come out it will.
One day.

It really is the same with one's moods, I think. The wrong approach is to believe that they are illusions. Depression, anxiety, listlessness - these are all are real as the weather - AND EQUALLY NOT UNDER ONE'S CONTROL. 
Not one's fault.

But,
They will pass: really they will.

In the same way that one really has to accept the weather, one has to accept how one feels about life sometimes, "Today is a really crap day," is a perfectly realistic approach. It's all about finding a kind of mental umbrella. "Hey-ho, it's raining inside; it isn't my fault and there's nothing I can do about it, but sit it out. But the sun may well come out tomorrow, and when it does I shall take full advantage.”

―Stephen Fry