A schoolgirl has launched her own well-being boxes for teens to help with anxiety.
The number of young people suffering with mental health problems was already huge before lockdown and figures have predictably soared over the last year.
That's why Maia Taylor came up with the idea of The Little Box of Well-Being, tailored specifically for young people.
They feature goodies such as stationery, badges and mini bath bombs, alongside information on how to reduce overthinking - with individual quote cards they can display on their walls.
Maia, 13, is aware more than most about how anxiety works and just how much it can affect people as her mum Sarie is a psychotherapist.
Sarie appeared on our Manchester Family Facebook page when she did a number of live Facebook sessions to help ease parents' worries during lockdown.
"Maia decided she wanted to focus her excess spare time that she would usually spend with friends or doing sport on something other than school work," said Sarie, from Sale. "She also wanted to do something to help teens with their mental health as she is pretty aware of anxiety and how it works because of my job.
"She came up with the idea of a box every couple of months that would be a combination of goodies and information on mental health. The first box was themed reducing overthinking."
Maia, a student at St Bede's College, sold out her first batch of 30 boxes within 12 hours and quickly sourced more products to create more. She's also had support and shares from well-known figures like Cath Tyldsley, who has spoken of her own mental health struggles.
She said: "I set this up to help teens with their well-being and allow them to feel better in themselves, especially in these challenging times. I feel it’s important to help children understand how to keep themselves happy and well.
"I wanted to try these out as I knew they would help people, but I never imagined they would be so popular and sell out so quickly. Now we know they are definitely needed and so I will keep going and creating them."
To find out more about the boxes and how to order one, costing £19.50 including delivery, visit the website here.
