{"id":198284,"date":"2025-10-08T19:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/198284\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T19:44:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:44:07","slug":"lydia-abela-leads-inspiring-nitkellem-festival-for-world-mental-health-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/198284\/","title":{"rendered":"Lydia Abela Leads Inspiring \u2018Nitkellem\u2019 Festival For World Mental Health Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">On Friday, 10th October, Dr Lydia Abela will be leading \u2018Nitkellem\u2019 at Fort St Elmo, a festival dedicated to mental health and wellbeing, coinciding with World Mental Health Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The historic venue will be transformed into a hub of serenity, with a full-day programme that encourages reflection, open conversations, and practical tools to support better mental health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">From 9am, students will embark on an interactive journey, turning thoughts and emotions into words, sounds, and stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Informal discussions will follow, focusing on how relationships, art and culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">At 2pm, a talk in collaboration with Dar Kenn G\u0127al Sa\u0127\u0127tek will explore how good food can play a vital role in supporting mental health, highlighting the impact our diet has on overall wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">At 3pm, swimmer Neil Agius will lead a special breathwork session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">At 5pm, the National Conference on Mental Health and Wellbeing will bring together professionals, experts, and activists to share experiences and ideas for the way forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The day will conclude with an evening concert, Kelma Kelma Nota Nota\u2019s \u2018Tesa\u0121erax! Ri\u010betta g\u0127al \u0126ajja A\u0127jar\u2019, an original production delivering a powerful message for a more resilient society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">All proceeds will go to the Richmond Foundation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2018Nitkellem\u2019 is more than a festival, it\u2019s a collective effort to break stigma, encourage compassion, and make mental health a priority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Will you be joining this national conversation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Friday, 10th October, Dr Lydia Abela will be leading \u2018Nitkellem\u2019 at Fort St Elmo, a festival dedicated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-198284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}