Naomi Elster and Lisa Burke, current editors of 'Headspace' magazine
Three young women got together to produce ‘HeadSpace’, an arts magazine that provides a creative outlet for people dealing with mental health issues, and an opportunity to broaden the discussion.
HeadSpace, a Dublin-based, not-for-profit magazine dedicated to creative work for and by those who live with mental illness.is distributed free to 30 psychiatric hospitals, clinics and mental health support centres here and in the UK.
Each issue features a mixture of prose, poetry, paintings, drawings and photographs. It’s the brainchild of the current editors, Naomi Elster and Lisa Burke, and another young woman, Orla Price, who co-edited the first issue but has since emigrated.
The magazine came about because members of the founding team had been in for a hospital stay, either for physical or mental illness, and found that the experience was a curious mixture of anxiety and boredom.
The group came together in February, 2013, finding each other through a mixture of friends and social media contacts. Burke had an interest in media and journalism and, like Price, had experienced mental illness and wanted to do something to help others in the same situation.
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