Social distancing is hard. Here are 3 tips I learned along my journey to recovery from depression and anxiety and 3 things to avoid. Be kind!
How to Deal With Social Distancing – 3 Natural Mood Boosters for Anxiety and Depression
Beyond the Bottom of a Bottle to find a Bottom Line
Do you count the hours until ‘wine o’clock’? Do you secretly wonder about your drinking habits? I gave up alcohol for 30 days and gained so much.
It will be okay
Dreams are funny things. Don’t you find that your most vivid dreams occur when you’re going through big changes and upheavals in your life?
We’re all gonna die and it’s not your fault!
Death… a taboo subject yet the one certainty we are all born with. We’re all gonna die… When family members brush with death how do you deal with it?
An unlikely Warrior Woman – Stepping towards Homecoming
Lessons from Nicky Clinch’s Seven Day Warrior Woman Challenge and her Homecoming programme: strength in vulnerability, everything you need is already within and more.
A friend in need… probably needs a friend
A friend in need ‘A friend in need is a friend indeed’, but what does that even mean? I have always found it a little contradictory. Surely it should be the other way around. Something like, ‘A friend who is there when you are in need, is a friend indeed’. Not quite the same ring, […]
Body talk – Listen to your body and make friends with pain
What is your body trying to tell you? Do you ignore the messages or do you listen to your body talk? Could pain be your friend?
Yoga Therapy and its Benefits – Let’s Make it Personal
There are many reasons to practice yoga, but what is therapeutic yoga? Here I share what happened at a personal yoga therapy session. Would you benefit?
Therapy is (not only) for other people – Four lessons from the couch
I never thought I’d be sitting opposite a therapist, until one day, there I was. I will be eternally grateful to ‘my’ psychologist. Here are four lessons I learnt through psychotherapy.
‘Depression’ is not a dirty word
It’s taken me a long time to own the term ‘depression’ because so much guilt and shame is linked to it. To be able to heal, first, you need to own how you are feeling. I believe a series of life events led to my mental breakdown. Let’s talk about depression. It’s not a dirty word!