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‘Mental Ideas utilizes the arts and the media to engage and explain mental health in uniquely expressive ways.’
Crazy – Mental Ideas Podcast
This is the last episode of the current season so DON'T MISS IT!!! With new ...
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Transference Receives Special Jury Mention – New York Socially Relevant Film Festival
Transference: A Bipolar Love Story received a Special Jury Mention in the Narrative Feature category ...
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Money $ – Mental Ideas Podcast
On today's show, Sadie Kaye talks dirty. Great big wads of dirty cash! You can't ...
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First Chance To See Transference at SRFF Online!
First chance to see Transference: A Bipolar Love Story at the New York Socially Relevant ...
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Transference: A Bipolar Love Story Wins Zoroaster Award!
Another win for Transference: A Bipolar Love Story - this time the Zoroaster Award at ...
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The Unwellness Entrepreneur – Mental Ideas Podcast
In this week's episode, Sadie Kaye coins a new catchphrase courtesy of inspirational wellness entrepreneur Ifat ...
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Dear White People – This Is What We Want You To Do – Inside The Kandi Bowl #BlackLivesMatter
Of all the powerful and poignant posts we've read about the #BlackLivesMatter protests and movement ...
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Trolls Anonymous – Mental Ideas Podcast
Showman Mat Ricardo reminisces about the time he was starting out as a street performer and ...
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Transference A Bipolar Love Story Wins Best Drama Feature at International Anatolia Film Festival!
Transference: A Bipolar Love Story has just been announced the winner of Best Drama Feature ...
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The Depressed Banker – Mental Ideas Podcast
Brace yourselves for another “slightly strange” (yeah…) episode of our Mental Ideas Podcast strand of ...
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Virtually Eugenia – Mental Ideas Podcast
Virtual Reality dance-maker Eugenia Kim joins host Sadie Kaye and explains how her bipolar disorder has fueled her ...
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Writer Unblocked!
Mental Ideas is collaborating with the Hong Kong Writers Circle and Proverse Publishing on a ...
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Death & The Frozen Tundra – Mental Ideas Podcast
A deadly podcast about Death by Anxious Showman Mat Ricardo is poignantly paired with American actor Dan Davies ...
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Portraits by Rebecca Dandridge-Walker
Rebecca Dandridge-Walker has been beating the UK lockdown blues by experimenting with portraiture. Her lockdown ...
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Why Anxiety’s No Joke – Mat Ricardo
Here’s the joke. The joke is that the way you’re probably feeling now – washing ...
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The Criminal Sleepwalker – Mental Ideas Podcast
Mental Ideas Podcast host Sadie Kaye’s got a criminal record as long as your arm, ...
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The Psychopathic Actor – Mental Ideas Podcast
Psychopathic actor and entrepreneur Philippe Joly attempts to explain why psychopaths make such great neighbors, CEOs and ...
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The Agitated Air Stewardess – Mental Ideas Podcast
One type of podcast guest that’s proved easy to secure in the midst of the ...
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Lockdown Love Stories!
Mental Ideas wants to publish your Lockdown Love Stories in its first short story anthology! ...
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Distribution for Transference: A Bipolar Love Story with NYC’s 1091 Media
Transference: A Bipolar Love Story has been offered distribution by New York's 1091 Media. Mental ...
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A Bipolar Love Story – Mental Ideas Podcast
Episode 2 of our Mental Ideas Podcast broadcasted last Thursday (April 9, 2020) on RTHK ...
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The Depressed Comedian – Mental Ideas Podcast
Episode 1 of our Mental Ideas Podcast launched on RTHK Radio 3 last Thursday (April 2, ...
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Mental Ideas Podcast Lifts Off April 2nd @2.30 on RTHK Radio 3!
Episode 1 of our Mental Ideas Podcast lifts off THIS THURSDAY (April 2, 2020) as ...
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Transference: A Bipolar Love Story selected for Arizona and Buenos Aires International Film Festivals
Even though the chance of any festival happening this year seems pretty remote at present ...
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Transference: A Bipolar Love Story Selected for Socially Relevant Film Festival, NYC
AMAZING news just in from New York! Mental Ideas' first feature film Transference: A Bipolar ...
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Transference Translated Into Norwegian Ahead of Oslo Screening!
Brexit may be "done", but the Norway Option is still readily available - thanks to ...
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Mental Ideas @ NIFA 2020!
Mental Ideas is honored and humbled to have been invited to attend the 2020 NIFA ...
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Mental Ideas Collaborates with Contro Vento Films on ‘Intuition’
Mental Ideas is collaborating with Contro Vento Films on director Raffaello Degruttola's latest short film ...
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A Hat-Trick of Nominations for Contro Vento & Mental Ideas
The inaugural NIFA Awards (National Independent Film Association, USA) were hosted by Dan Davies at ...
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Jade Bryant’s Latest Ink Art Collection
In honor of #worldmentalhealthday, I wanted to share my completed illustrative series of paintings that ...
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Param Creates Vibe for Exploding Mental Health!
Meet our newest recruit and Resident Artist Param Vibe Mirpuri! Param Vibe is a dancer, ...
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Project Inktober
Mental Artists Charlotte Farhan, Jade Bryant and Shawn Coss have created their own Inktober prompts ...
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Limerence: A Twisted Adult Fairytale About Obsessive Love!
Filmmakers Ilze Millere and Carl Bradshaw of Elementi Media are producing their first feature film ...
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Lithium Hindsight 360: VR Dance Event Explodes Bipolar Disorder
Mental Ideas ambassador Eugenia Kim is holding an event in Hong Kong from Oct 3-6 ...
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Passion & Poison – Interview With Artist Shawn Coss
Mental Ideas sat down with artist Shawn Coss to discuss his often controversial artistic depiction ...
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Transference: A Film About Relationships & Mental Health – Nikolas Antoniades
An honor for Contro Vento Films, director Raffaello Degruttola and the cast & crew of ...
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Transference: A Bipolar Love Story – First Screening in London
Mental Ideas is proud to have co-produced Contro Vento Films' film Transference: A Bipolar Love ...
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Clowns and Banana Skins – Mat Ricardo
That Mat Ricardo is a dark horse! As one of our ambassadors, we're in touch ...
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As Bad As It Gets Promo Trailer
As Bad As It Gets airs on RTHK Radio 3 this coming Sat (July 13, ...
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As Bad As It Gets Broadcasts on RTHK July 13!
Our latest doc for RTHK broadcasts SAT JULY 13, 2019 at 8.30! For those of ...
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ExperiMENTAL Exhibition
ExperiMENTAL is our bold new art project and photography exhibition. We've commissioned 10 pro photographers ...
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Transference: A Bipolar Love Story
Mental Ideas is working with filmmaker and Mental Ideas ambassador Raffaello Degruttola on co-producing a ...
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A Bipolar Love Story
Mental Ideas is producing a series of short films depicting different mental health conditions through ...
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Mental Ideas Podcast
The Mental Ideas Podcast is a weekly podcast in which filmmaker and RTHK presenter Sadie ...
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Launching MENTAL IDEAS!
Mental Ideas uses the arts and the media to engage and explain mental health in ...
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Joshua Walters: Just Crazy Enough…
Joshua Walters was born in Berkeley, California. In 2001, while attending the San Francisco School ...
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Jade Bryant on Art as Self-Therapy
Mental Ideas Ambassador and artist-activist Jade Bryant uses art as self-therapy and inspires others to ...
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Art Saved My Life – Charlotte Farhan
Art saved my life. Not figuratively, but literally. I was at the end of the ...
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ExperiMENTAL Films
Mental Ideas discovers, nurtures and champions new talent from Hong Kong and around the world ...
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Chaos Gallery
Work by our phenomenal talent pool of artists, writers, filmmakers, ambassadors, poets, musicians, performers, social ...
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Mental Disorders Depicted With Minimalist Posters by Graphic Designer Patrick Smith
It's not always easy to capture the seriousness of conditions such as obsessive compulsive disorder ...
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No Way Home – Stop the Traffick by Filmmaker Raffaello Degruttola
Congratulations to filmmaker Raffaello DeGruttola for directing and delivering an understated acting masterclass in this ...
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Can Comedy Erase Stigma? Mat Ricardo’s Latest Column!
I'm a believer that anything can be funny. There's nothing that you can't make a ...
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Exhibitions & Events
Mental Ideas produces and delivers many different kinds of events, including exhibitions for our most ...
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Entries Open: The Proverse Prize
The Proverse Prize is an annual international literary competition for unpublished book-length works of fiction, ...
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First Cut of Short Film ‘Intuition’!
Check out this first cut of short film Intuition, directed by filmmaker, actor and Mental ...
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Hong Kong Marriage Stories
Following a relatively smooth (considering the backdrop!) launch of the Mental Ideas Podcast as a ...
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Opportunity: RTHK Poetry Competition
RTHK Radio 3 have launched their annual English Poetry Competition! Whether you're an experienced poet ...
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Lockdown TV
Mental Ideas Ambassador Mat Ricardo has started his own web TV channel, Lockdown TV, broadcasting ...
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Mental Ideas Launches HKIMHFF!
The Hong Kong International Mental Health Film Festival (@HKIMHFF) provides a platform for innovative and ...
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Mental Ideas PodFest!
After receiving a surge of intriguing podcast submissions, Mental Ideas intends to run an annual ...
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Dressing Rooms by Mat Ricardo
I’ve talked before about how comforting I find certain places. How when I’m on stage, ...
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New York Socially Relevant Film Festival Postponed
Transference: A Bipolar Love Story‘s world premiere at the New York Socially Relevant Film Festival ...
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Catch Ambassador Dan in A Trip To Jamaica on Netflix!
Our incredible ambassador Dan Davies is currently starring in Nollywood box office smash A Trip ...
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‘Flim’ Screens in London & Launches on Apple TV!
A special screening of our ambassador Raffaello Degruttola's BIFA-nominated comedy film FLIM The Movie plus ...
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Too Much – Laura Konowal
American poet, artist, musician and mental health campaigner Laura Konowal writes about her ongoing struggles ...
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Information Overload – Param Vibe Mirpuri
I created this piece to signify how technology creates information overload and thus placed the ...
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Sneak Peak at Jade Bryant’s Inktober Art Collection!
Jade Bryant is a prodigiously talented young artist from Devon, UK, and Mental Ideas ambassador ...
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Quadratura by Elementi Media
Quadratura is an experimental short film by Elementi Media about visiting your life's memories and ...
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Mental Ideas marks World Mental Health Day with HSBC & Mind
Mental Ideas took part in a panel discussion to mark 2019 World Mental Health Day ...
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Awards Success for A Bipolar Love Story and No Way Home!
Congratulations to our ambassador & film director Raffaello DeGruttola! His experiMENTAL short film has reached ...
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Ricky Sadiosa Travels World in Footsteps of Philippine National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal
Mental Ideas' globetrotting Resident Photographer Enrique ('Ricky') Sadiosa has spent 5 years traveling the world ...
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HK Protests in Pictures – Ricky Sadiosa
Ricky Sadiosa is a photographer and documentary filmmaker. Originally from the Philippines, he's been based ...
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WTF Is Wrong With My Kid??! Patricia Bush Explodes Dyspraxia
Do you ever stare at your kid in disbelief and ask questions like: Why does ...
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Art To End The Silence On Sexual Violence – Charlotte Farhan
Sexual violence is not prejudice. It can happen to anyone, inflicting immediate and lasting damage ...
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Mat Ricardo’s Favorite Places to Sit
I have a list in my head, constantly updated, of favourite places to sit. It's ...
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Suicide Awareness Month
Mental Ideas is blessed to have the beautiful, brave and multi-talented Simone Lahbib as one ...
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**Award-Winning** Short Film | Echoes of You | Omeleto
Thanks to Laurence Fuller (Road To The Well, Paint It Red) for sharing with us ...
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The Awakening – Sam Brennan
A time comes in your life when you finally get it... When in the midst ...
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Ambassador Philippe Joly in the SCMP
Mental Idealist Philippe Joly received coverage in the SCMP this week talking about Bruce Lee's ...
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Stigma Shatters (But Mental Health Matters) by Filmmaker Allison Combo
After eight months of working on the production of this film, I am proud to ...
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Award-Winning Cartoonist Larry Feign signs up to Mental Ideas Podcast!
American-born cartoonist and author Larry Feign is an award-winning cartoonist, artist and writer, best known ...
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Ambassador Raff Gets Hustled by Two Unknown Actresses
Mental Ideas Ambassador Raffaello DeGruttola gets hustled by Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson on a ...
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Can Robots Solve the Mental Health Crisis?
Digital healthcare is emerging as an attractive alternative to mental health treatment, with an increasing ...
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Eugenia Kim Creates Virtual Reality Dances To Express Her Bipolar Disorder
Eugenia Kim is a PhD student, originally from the USA, who's been living in Hong ...
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Bansky Inspires Art Dealer to Open Street Art Centre in Industrial Welsh Town
The Welsh industrial town of Port Talbot, famed for its steelworks, could become a destination ...
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The Aspect of Bipolar That Led to Being (Wrongfully) Arrested on a Plane… Twice!
The Aspect of Bipolar That Led to Being Wrongfully Arrested on a Plane…Twice! A turbulent ...
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Mat Ricardo: Embracing Madness
A chance to view Mental Ideas Ambassador Mat Ricardo's insightful and entertaining TEDX podcast, 'Embracing ...
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9 Shocking Times People Destroyed Art While Taking Selfies
A look back at some of the most catastrophic selfie fails in modern memory... As ...
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One of the Most Enduring—and Misunderstood—Images of France’s Yellow Vest Protests Orchestrated by a Performance Artist
Day-glo yellow vests are an indelible symbol of the “gilets jaunes” protests that have gripped ...
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Caffeine Buzz
Thanks to Hong Kong Buzz for publishing this interview about MENTAL IDEAS! Caffeine Buzz with ...
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James McIntosh Knits & Nibbles His Way Back From Depression
TV presenter and author James McIntosh combats his depression by knitting and nibbling his way ...
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Movement Is Medicine – William Pullen
Will Pullen was raised in Hong Kong, before moving to London. He's now a BACP ...
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Hey, David Mitchell, Only An Idiot Judges A Show By Its Venue – Mat Ricardo
Mat Ricardo hits back at the Peep Show star's attack on street performers. And he ...
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Mental Ideas Unplugged!
To celebrate International Day of Unplugging, a 24-hour global respite from technology, Mental Ideas will ...
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How Alexandra Pirici Telegraphs Big Ideas Through Small Gestures
The choreographer and artist Alexandra Pirici likens her work to a transmission whose precise message ...
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The Importance of Doing What We’re Bad At – World Suicide Prevention Day
Suicide is a decision so impetuous that I don’t think it even qualifies as a ...
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FLIM – From BIFA to MIFF!
One of the highlights of the 2020 Mental Ideas Film Festival is guaranteed to be ...
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Mental Health Depicted Through Art – Charlotte Farhan
Charlotte Farhan is an artist, illustrator, writer, activist and Mental Ideas Ambassador. She's co-founder and ...
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The Art of Self-Belief – Owen Fitzpatrick
Owen Fitzpatrick is Mental Ideas' globetrotting psychologist from Dublin. He has travelled to more than ...
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Mat Ricardo on How To Find An Audience @ the National Gallery
Ambassador and showman Mat Ricardo is guest speaking at an event at the National Gallery ...
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Mind Boosting Benefits of Dog Therapy – Will Tottle
95% of us view our dogs like family and it’s not hard to see why ...
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WANTED: Moody Foodies for Cookbook!
Mental Ideas wants your original recipes, provocative theories and entertaining stories of bold culinary experimentation ...
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Mental Ideas Loves… Hashtag Lunchbag
Entrepreneur and restaurateur Ajay Relan is the LA-based brains behind #HashtagLunchbag, the initiative that encourages ...
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Mental Ideas Library
SHUSH! We’ve compiled a library of noisy op-eds and controversial articles on mental health from ...
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Mental Ideas Awards
The annual Mental Ideas Awards reward and recognize individual social entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations offering ...
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Animals & Nature Collection by Artist Jade Bryant
Jade Bryant is a talented young artist and Mental Ideas Ambassador from Devon, UK. She ...
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From the Heart by Composer Nick Samuel
The Score... There are so many love songs. So many artists, so many writers and ...
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As Bad As It Gets – Coming Soon to RTHK!
The irreverent sequel to Sadie Kaye's 2015 documentary Bipolar Express will air on RTHK July ...
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Raffaello DeGruttola Writes About The Making of his UN Award-Winning Short Film No Way Home
The night we filmed No Way Home – Stop the Traffick on the streets of ...
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Featured Artist: Mat Ricardo
Meet Mat Ricardo: Mental Ideas Ambassador & Showman Extraordinaire! Fast Hands. Smart Mouth. Nice Suit ...
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My Life Asleep – Sadie Kaye
Ever since I was a teenager, for periods of months at a time, I have ...
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Steal Like An Artist – Austen Kleon
The trouble with creative work: Sometimes by the time people catch on to what's valuable ...
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Mental Ideas Egg Cup Challenge!
Mental Ideas is redesigning the humble egg cup! Winner wins a trophy, a carton of ...
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Mental Ideas Loves… Good Is The New Cool!
Good Is The New Cool is a movement formed to mobilize and inspire individuals who ...
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Mental Ideas Loves… Cook For Syria
Serena Guen is the founder and CEO of Suitcase Group. Clerkenwell Boy is a strategy ...
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‘Woof’ by Mat Ricardo
This week I've been mostly feeling empty. All my energy bars depleted. Desperately in need ...
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Support Groups: Bipolar Hong Kong
Bipolar Hong Kong is Hong Kong’s first peer-led bipolar support group. Established in 2015, it’s ...
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HK Girl Gets Fit 4 Mental Ideas!
Sometimes getting started is the hardest thing... Living in the suburb of Clearwater Bay, I ...
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Bipolar Express on RTHK
Bipolar Express is an irreverent 30-minute roller coaster through the euphoric highs and debilitating lows ...
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Submissions
MENTAL IDEAS is a noisy, irreverent, unashamedly provocative film & media platform promoting mental health ...
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Ambassador Mat Ricardo’s First Column!
Like many of us, I felt the bruises of my mental health issues before I ...
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