Acknowledgements

This free course was compiled by Sarah Mander and Neill Boddington and the authors of this week’s content were Linzi Morris and Jitka Vseteckova, with editing and additional content by Jacqueline Young, Sarah Mander and Neill Boddington.

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Images

Figure 1: adapted from Kolb, D. (1984) Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development

Section 1 image: geralt/Pixabay

Section 1 image: Alexas_Fotos/Pixabay

Figure 2: Mental Health UK (2023) The Stress Bucket, originally developed by Brabban and Turkington (2002).

Section 1.2 image: johnhain/Pixabay

Section 1.3 image: geralt/Pixabay

Section 2 image: WOKANDAPIX/Pixabay

Section 2.1 image: GDJ/Pixabay

Section 3 image: Justin Paget/Getty Images

Section 3.1 image: RosZie/Pixabay

Section 3.2 image: johnhain/Pixabay

Section 3.3 image: johnhain/Pixabay

Section 4.1 image: PublicDomainArchive/Pixabay

Section 4.2 image: congerdesign/Pixabay

Section 4.3 image: cmolens/Pixabay

Section 4.3 image: fotorech/Pixabay

Section 4.4 image: adapted https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/sleep-problems/about-sleep-and-mental-health/

Section 4.4 image: Hans/Pixabay

Section 4.5 image: MoMo Productions/Getty Images

Section 4.5 image: Ben_Kerckx/Pixabay

Section 4.6 images: Mascot/Getty Images (left); Justin Paget/Getty Images (middle); d3sign/Getty Images (right)

Section 4.6 image: geralt/Pixabay

Section 4.6 image: Self care wheel: https://bestself.co/blogs/the-bestself-hub/6-areas-of-selfcare-wheel; https://bestself.co/blogs/articles/how-to-prioritize-selfcare-to-cultivate-mental-emotional-resilience-during-tough-times

Section 6 image: geralt/Pixabay

Audio/Video

Introduction video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46UkXjbAqG8 Courtesy: Alice and David Kolb Experience Based Learning Systems, LLC https://learningfromexperience.com/

Section 1.1 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrfYcNFKi3A courtesy: Mindwell https://www.mindwell-leeds.org.uk/

Section 2.1 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuw5_TBvEUA courtesy National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA Ireland) https://www.nala.ie/

Section 3.1 video: Kristin Neff at TEDxCentennialParkWomen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvtZBUSplr4; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en

Section 3.2 video: https://youtu.be/wfDTp2GogaQ; Every Mind Matters https://www.nhs.uk/every-mind-matters/

Section 4.2 video: Mia Nacamulli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iMGFqMmUFs

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