Mental Health Services Hub
Helping you connect to support, learn grounding tools, and find calm wherever you are.
About This Page
This hub gathers crisis helplines, reputable support organisations, and gentle self-help tools. Move at your own pace and choose what feels supportive. You’re not alone here.
Welcome
Here you’ll find approachable, science-informed ways to feel steadier: simple grounding, mindful breathwork, gentle journaling prompts, and safe community spaces. Go at your own pace; you’re doing enough by showing up.
“You’re never alone in healing; help is always closer than you think.”
Grounding & Calm Tools
Try These Now
- 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding: 5 things you see, 4 feel, 3 hear, 2 smell, 1 taste.
- Box Breathing (4-4-4-4): inhale 4, hold 4, exhale 4, hold 4 — repeat x4.
- Progressive Relaxation: tense then soften muscles from toes to forehead.
- Safe Place Visual: picture a place you feel safe; notice colour, texture, sound.
Helpful Apps & Links
- Calm – meditations & sleep
- Headspace – guided basics
- Smiling Mind – free mindfulness
- Mindfulness.com – daily practices
🕊️ Calm Corner
Light a candle or soft lamp
Notice a leaf or plant
Hold something soft
Listen to water sounds
Write 3 gentle thoughts
“Small pauses create big peace.”
Worldwide Helplines
- New Zealand: Lifeline 0800 543 354 · 1737 (text or call)
- Australia: Lifeline 13 11 14 · Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636
- UK / ROI: Samaritans 116 123 · Mind 0300 123 3393
- USA: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
- Canada: Talk Suicide 1-833-456-4566
- South Africa: SADAG 0800 567 567
- Asia Pacific: Befrienders Worldwide – findahelpline.com
Support Pages & Facebook Communities
Connect with reputable online communities and organisations offering peer support, education, and inspiration.
Facebook Pages & Groups
Other Trusted Communities
- 7 Cups – free chat with trained listeners
- Togetherall – moderated peer community
- The Mighty – lived-experience stories
- Supportiv – anonymous peer chats
- Mental Health Forum – safe discussions
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