Stepping into my own power

My colleague Meg Lewis is one of our Ambassadors, who has blogged about her experiences, interviewed NHS chief, Simon Stevens, speaks to national audiences (for instance, we are doing a double act on safeguarding for the DBS on March 12th), and contributes to our planning and thinking about improving the model. Meg and Nick Gordon from our communications team worked on this film, in which Meg reflects on her journey from hospital ward to shared lives, and now into her own place, which she shares with her dog, Flower. Meg went back to the psychiatric hospital where she lived for four years and talked with the clinicians about her journey: “I knew that I needed to feel a part of something and move away from clinical, boundaried care. Because those people do care, but when they go home they have to switch you off.” It’s a powerful and moving story about hope and, as Meg puts it, how to “step into your own power and change the course of your life.” Enjoy!