Emotional and mental health blog: Turn down the white noise and find your own song
A partner with chronic illness My partner is a member of a group which offers many forms of support to people living with chronic illness. This includes an annual shindig in a beautiful chateau near to where we live in Belgium. For the past three years, he has been the token male at the five-day […]
I have finally cleared enough clutter to leave a little space in my life… to start a blog. Here I share some decluttering tips with you. Keeping baggage from the past will leave no room for the happiness in the future Wayne L. Misner These are just 10 decluttering tips that I try to follow […]
Cooking was never my thing It didn’t interest me. I was never taught to cook at home (I didn’t know food can be love on a plate). Except for a few ‘Home Economics’ lessons from which I proudly returned with a ‘sausage stew’ that had somehow miraculously ‘worked’, I never managed to produce anything remotely […]
I am a Ladybug and morphing from clutter collector to official Decluttering Expert – although I don’t have my badge yet. Hope for uncluttered clarity But before I explain, a bit of background. Some years ago when I was in the drawn-out process of burning out completely, yet still functioning on a surface level and […]
There was a dark time when I had trouble finishing my sentences. Whether it was burnout, depression, anxiety… here are some diary extracts. This is how it felt for me.
In these cold, dark winter months, it’s easy to get the doldrums. If you’re feeling a bit down and need a little pick-me-up, here are just a few suggestions to banish the winter blues. (Do try at home!) If your space is a mess, you’ll feel like a mess. But if you have limited (no) […]
Are we all complicit in social pressure to be better versions of ourselves? If the sport shoes fit, and you fancy a run, do it. If not, kick ‘em off, put your feet up.
So here we are again. New year. A time for resolutions, fresh beginnings, re-inventions, new habits and, well, let’s face it, setting ourselves up for total failure. But does it have to be that way? Last year I made a resolution to myself – although I’d rather call it a promise. No booze for one […]