Brain Smart®

Brain Smart® is the educational framework that underpins Jamma Wellbeing’s work. It is easy to understand, direct, and written in plain language. No clinical terminology. No jargon. Instead, it offers clear, accessible explanations of why the brain sometimes feels like it is working against you, and practical skills to help take back control.

The course introduces the different functions of the brain and how they shape our emotions, our behaviour and our responses to the world around us. It challenges the idea that experiencing mental ill-health means something is wrong with you. Because it does not. Every emotion is natural. Every response has a reason. Understanding that is often the first step to changing it.

Brain Smart® has been developed, tested and refined through years of delivery across hugely varying environments: prisons, schools, communities and workplaces. It works because redevelopment of the core training, for each individual environment, is steered by the relevant people, for the relevant people.

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“Brain Smart® training helped by giving me a map to follow and by following the process, I can have more helpful and positive outcomes to situations in the future, which will help me and others” Victor Tremmell

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NEWS

Updates from across Jamma Wellbeing including new work, partnerships,
training opportunities and organisational news.

Why peer support works: the power of being understood by someone who has been there

Professional mental health support is valuable. But there is something that peer support offers that clinical services often cannot.

Emotions are not the enemy: why trying to get rid of difficult feelings does not work

We spend a lot of energy trying to avoid, suppress or eliminate difficult emotions. Anger, fear, sadness, anxiety.

Why talking about mental health at work is still so hard, and what actually helps

Most organisations now have a mental health policy. Many have trained mental health first aiders. And yet most employees still would not tell their manager if they were struggling. What is going wrong?

Why self-compassion is not self-indulgence: what the research actually says

Most of us are far harder on ourselves than we would ever be on a friend. We think this makes us more disciplined. The evidence suggests it does the opposite.

What is neuroplasticity and why does it matter for your wellbeing?

Your brain is not fixed. It changes throughout your life, shaped by your experiences, thoughts and habits. Understanding this is one of the most hopeful things you can learn.