60 Full Moons
60 Full Moons 5 years ago, Mercè and me, Joan, decided that we would swim in the sea all year round, every day and without a wetsuit, regardless of whether it was too cold, too warm, raining or snowing; regardless of jellyfish (who despite their stings, could be...
Amber Fillary – Free Diver & Record Holder
Amber Fillary – Free Diver & Record Holder I’m Amber Fillary. I swim, I free-dive and I ice-dive. My life is messy. I struggle. I have severe depression and will battle my life long with addictions and eating disorders. I have good days, I have bad days,...Community Meet Up
Community Meet Up If you host one of our swim meet ups (past, present, on a break or in training), if you come to our meet ups (even if it’s only been one) YOU ARE OUR COMMUNITY 💙 If you have ideas or feedback that you’d like to share with us please send an email to...
My First Mental Health Swim – Katie
My First Mental Health Swim – Katie I did my first Mental Health Swim on a Sunday in Whitstable with Hayley. (@hayley_yoga). I was nervous 😬 but excited to meet new likeminded people. It was well organised: I spotted the pink pirate flag straight away and the...
My First Mental Health Swim – Sally
My First Mental Health Swim – Sally I am 53 and was always an absolute dud at exercise through school. Overweight for most of my life which brought with it a lack of body confidence or any desire to try physical activity apart from the odd burst of jogging. I...
My First Mental Health Swim – Liz
My First Mental Health Swim – Liz Wild swimming is something that I have wanted to try for a while now and quite literally didn’t know how to take the plunge. I came across MHS on instagram as one of the ladies that I follow is a MHS host. Tina was absolutely...
My First Mental Health Swim – Ellie Cain
My First Mental Health Swim – Ellie Cain This time last year, in the middle of the first lockdown, I was 5 days away from giving birth to my third baby. I’d had anxiety and depression throughout the pregnancy and was being closely monitored by the perinatal...
Lessons From A Pandemic
When COVID hit, none of us really envisaged how much grief we’d experience, how much we’d lose, or how our lives would change irreversibly. For many of us, dealing with anxiety is nothing new, but the changes we’re all experiencing and the ways in which we are responding to this crisis are unprecedented. So much so, that even those normally unscathed by mental illness find themselves shaken to the core.
