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Men & How to clear your head - With Alex Williams (Online)

  • MANUP? (Online) (2nd Floor) 10 Great Colman Street Ipswich, England, IP4 2AD United Kingdom (map)

MEN & HOW TO CLEAR YOUR HEAD

Feeling overwhelmed, distracted, or like your mind won’t switch off? This session is about creating space, finding clarity, and getting back to a calmer state.

Alex Williams will be covering simple ways to slow things down, manage mental clutter, and reset your thinking.

This isn’t about theory. It’s about understanding what’s actually going on and hearing real experiences.

What you’ll get:

Simple ways to clear your head and regain focus
Real-world guidance on managing mental overload
A chance to hear honest experiences and what actually works

What are Alex’s sessions like?

Alex keeps mental health simple, practical and to the point. Drawing on more than 20 years working in NHS mental health services, he focuses on helping men understand what might be going on in their own heads without overcomplicating it.

His sessions aren’t about jargon or sitting through a lecture. Alex takes the topic, breaks it down into plain English and gives men practical ideas they can take away and use in everyday life.

You don’t need to know anything about mental health or be struggling with a particular problem. Just turn up, listen and take whatever is useful to you.

About Alex Williams

Alex is a Registered Mental Health Nurse with over 20 years’ experience in the NHS and currently works as a Senior Mental Health Practitioner in Primary Care.

Alongside his NHS work, Alex provides private one-to-one support for people struggling with their mental and emotional health and delivers talks on building resilience following adversity.

Alex also draws on his own lived experience. After losing his mum to murder when he was eight and growing up in an abusive household, he brings both professional knowledge and personal understanding to conversations around mental health, resilience and coping with difficult experiences.

About our online sessions

MANUP? runs free online sessions for men throughout the month, covering different areas of mental health and everyday life. They're about understanding what's going on in your head and picking up practical information and tools that might actually be useful in the real world.

You don't need a diagnosis and you don't need to be at breaking point. You can simply turn up, listen and take away whatever is useful to you.

Details:

  • Thursday 18:15 to 19:15

  • Online (Zoom)

  • Free

  • Men only (18+) 

No pressure. Just turn up and see if it’s useful.

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