THE SOUL ASYLUMS
Creative founder, Sheridan Hough, began to write his memoir ‘The Soul Asylums’ about mental health recovery during the Lockdown of 2020. This spark of creativity started his own journey of discovery and discipline through writing as a means of self-expression and tool of recovery in challenging times. So began a story of searching for hope, renewal, and purpose in the power of the written word.
YEAR OF THE BLOG
The next chapter was a year of blogging about his ongoing journey by writing, as he sought reinvention through a rediscovered DIY and do-or-die ethos. ‘The Pill Diaries’ blog, which continues today, has reached a global audience from China to Canada, and even drawn attention from mainstream media in the UK.
"So began a story of searching for hope, renewal, and purpose in the power of the written word"
MENTAL HEALTH CAMPAIGNER
Over a four year period, The Soul Asylums project continued to evolve, from delivering writing for recovery workshops for Voice Collective through Mind in Camden, to a motivational talk to inmates facing mental health challenges in HMP Pentonville. The Soul Asylums continues to support the work of Voices Unlocked and detainees in the UK Criminal Justice System.
WRITERS FOR RECOVERY
The concept of Writers for Recovery came five years after writing began on ‘The Soul Asylums’ and seeks to build an online community of individuals with a shared vision and passion for mental health recovery through creative writing – from self-diagnosed bloggers seeking recognition, to bedbound novelists dreaming big.
