Mental health

Stories

22nd October 2023

The empowering adventure of social nudity

The best adventures bring us beyond our comfort zones, ask us to be vulnerable, and allow us to grow into a new, more expansive normality by rising to the challenge. Which, as Meleasha Carbado explores, makes social nudity one hell of an adventure.

22nd October 2023

Living for a year in fancy dress

In October 2022, Bear Intentions finished a year of total silence. He then jumped straight into a year of only wearing fancy dress in public. This is his story.

2nd March 2023

A weekend spent paying to unplug

When John Downes heard about the chance to pay for a weekend away with the option of having his phone taken from him, he was taken aback by how much excitement it brought. So he decided to try it.

20th March 2022

Breaking the silence around eating disorders in climbing

A conversation with Caroline Treadway, director of LIGHT: a climbing documentary which breaks the silence around eating disorders in the climbing community.

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Authors

Meleasha Carbado

Meleasha Carbado

Meleasha Carbado is from Birmingham. She currently travels around the UK working at festivals with her lovely boyfriend Chris as part of festival venue The Magic Teapot. A naturist for over five years, she now holds the voluntary post of Equality and Diversity Officer at British Naturism. As a woman of mixed English, Jamaican and Cuban heritage, and proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, fighting for equality and diversity in all spaces and having a sense of community is really important to her. Beyond naturism, she is an avid yoga fan, recently becoming a certified yoga teacher. She also loves travelling on a budget, volunteering, Lidl’s bakery section and anything arty or creative.

Bear Intentions

Bear Intentions

Bear Intentions is a personal trainer, yoga and meditation teacher, and massage therapist. He's fascinated by health and how to best manage tension. And so, in September 2020, to further his understanding, he created a four-year rite of passage: The 4 Years of Intention.

John Downes

John Downes

John Downes is a London-based journalist, with nearly 10 years in the news industry. He has travelled all over the world, from Guatemala, to Vietnam, Madagascar and beyond. John has a particular love for Latin America and his love for the culture began with a three-month post-university stay in Bolivia.

Events

Mind over Mountains

5th May 2018
Lake District, England