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How to Deal With Social Distancing – 3 Natural Mood Boosters for Anxiety and Depression

March 21, 2020 6 Comments
How to Deal With Social Distancing - 3 Natural Mood Boosters for Anxiety and Depression

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!

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Eilidh Horder and Suki the cat on shoulder B&W

Hi! I'm Eilidh, a recovering perfectionist and people pleaser currently based in the Belgian Ardennes with my musical partner, two children with super powers, six stray cats (at the last count) and Fido the Romanian rescue dog. He happens to have PTSD so he fits in well here.

The aim of this emotional and mental health blog is to share my experiences and reach out to others who might relate - a little reminder that we are not alone 🥰

Let’s talk about finding deeper meaning, peace, acceptance and self-knowledge. Love is all!

Turn down the white noise and find your own song!

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We are staying in, enjoying our time with the kids We are staying in, enjoying our time with the kids, and cooking meals from scratch. I’ve never been so conscious of using every scrap of food. Crusts were left over from using bread instead of buns for burgers. So this is how I used them up the next day. Here’s my attempt at bread and ‘butter’ (‘plant-based spread’ doesn’t have quite the same ring, does it?) pudding. I never thought it would ever be something I’d attempt to make. I have to say, it was pretty good. And if I could have bottled the aroma, I would have! Just a little dollop of ice cream. Delish! I have a newfound understanding of my parent’s generation – no waste – and their adulation of ‘pudding’. #cookingfromscratch #breadandplantbasedspreadpudding #lockdown #socialdistancing #socialisolating #athomewiththekids #enjoythesimplethings

We are staying in, enjoying our time with the kids, and cooking meals from scratch.
I’ve never been so conscious of using every scrap of food.
Crusts were left over from using bread instead of buns for burgers. So this is how I used them up the next day.
Here’s my attempt at bread and ‘butter’ (‘plant-based spread’ doesn’t have quite the same ring, does it?) pudding. I never thought it would ever be something I’d attempt to make. I have to say, it was pretty good. And if I could have bottled the aroma, I would have! Just a little dollop of ice cream. Delish!
I have a newfound understanding of my parent’s generation – no waste – and their adulation of ‘pudding’. #cookingfromscratch #breadandplantbasedspreadpudding #lockdown #socialdistancing #socialisolating #athomewiththekids #enjoythesimplethings ...

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Mar 22

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Happy Mother's Day to all those incredible women o Happy Mother's Day to all those incredible women out there! And particularly those who are not able to spend today with their children. #happymothersday #lastyear #threegenerations @flynnhorder I love you this much and more xxxxx

Happy Mother's Day to all those incredible women out there! And particularly those who are not able to spend today with their children.
#happymothersday #lastyear #threegenerations @flynnhorder I love you this much and more xxxxx ...

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Mar 21

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Yesterday was a difficult day for me. Things are b Yesterday was a difficult day for me. Things are becoming less and less ‘normal’. My reaction was to act in ways that are no longer my ‘normal’, but which used to be my unhealthy ways of (not) coping. Guess what, those behaviours still don’t serve me! I confided in a friend who said, You’re doing great. Glad you have given yourself a wake up call. It’s ok to be rubbish sometimes, so long as it’s the exception to being your exceptional self! And so I remembered some tips that helped me on my journey to recovery from anxiety and depression. Read about how to get through tough times in healthy ways, in my new blog post.

Yesterday was a difficult day for me. Things are becoming less and less ‘normal’. My reaction was to act in ways that are no longer my ‘normal’, but which used to be my unhealthy ways of (not) coping. Guess what, those behaviours still don’t serve me!
I confided in a friend who said,
You’re doing great. Glad you have given yourself a wake up call. It’s ok to be rubbish sometimes, so long as it’s the exception to being your exceptional self!
And so I remembered some tips that helped me on my journey to recovery from anxiety and depression.
Read about how to get through tough times in healthy ways, in my new blog post. ...

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Keep calm and bake 🍪 cookies 🥰 Keep calm and bake 🍪 cookies 🥰

Keep calm and bake 🍪 cookies 🥰 ...

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Mar 19

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In these strange times, you may have your kids at In these strange times, you may have your kids at home. How are you coping? Maybe you’re feeling overwhelmed and winging it… Like most of us. Those kids are going to drive you up the wall at times. But here’s a reminder that you’ve got this! You can do it! You don’t need to be perfect. We all make it up as we go along. There’s a rundown of five Parenting Superpowers you have – but you may have forgotten about in my blog! When you’re faced with a situation where your immediate reaction is to react — possibly not in a way you feel good about later — here’s how you can engage those Superpowers instead: • Pause • Assess • Engage your Parenting Superpowers! Enjoy engaging those superpowers. Enjoy the time with you kids. They’re precious – and so are you. Blog link in bio.

In these strange times, you may have your kids at home.
How are you coping? Maybe you’re feeling overwhelmed and winging it… Like most of us. Those kids are going to drive you up the wall at times.
But here’s a reminder that you’ve got this! You can do it! You don’t need to be perfect. We all make it up as we go along.
There’s a rundown of five Parenting Superpowers you have – but you may have forgotten about in my blog!
When you’re faced with a situation where your immediate reaction is to react — possibly not in a way you feel good about later — here’s how you can engage those Superpowers instead:
• Pause
• Assess
• Engage your Parenting Superpowers!
Enjoy engaging those superpowers. Enjoy the time with you kids.
They’re precious – and so are you.
Blog link in bio. ...

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Mar 18

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20 year medal as an EU civil servant. Received it 20 year medal as an EU civil servant. Received it in the post. No ceremony. Here's me... No make up, surrounded by weeds in the midst of a state of emergency. All seems kind of an appropriate way for it to arrive in my hands for so many reasons. A lot happens in 20 years... I still believe wholeheartedly in what the EU represents. Freedom. Peace. Friendship. Equality. Citizens' rights. Animal welfare. And so much more. Sending love and strength to you all out there ❤️

20 year medal as an EU civil servant. Received it in the post. No ceremony.
Here's me... No make up, surrounded by weeds in the midst of a state of emergency. All seems kind of an appropriate way for it to arrive in my hands for so many reasons.
A lot happens in 20 years... I still believe wholeheartedly in what the EU represents. Freedom. Peace. Friendship.
Equality. Citizens' rights. Animal welfare. And so much more.

Sending love and strength to you all out there ❤️ ...

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You know that feeling when you're waking up from a You know that feeling when you're waking up from a beautiful dream, a memory, to your reality… and you don’t want to? You don’t want to wake up and leave that warm feeling – perhaps the feeling you had the evening you fell in love. You can read ‘Marvel at those rays of light’ in my new post on Medium – friend link in bio. It’s a short extract from my first novel (in progress), Dogs Drowning in Marble. Lisa is resisting waking up the day after her partner was admitted to Intensive Care. She is half-asleep, half-awake. There is a sky light above her with sun rays shining through… I wish you wonderful dreams – and I hope you wake up to an amazing reality. If you don’t want to wake up today… please remember that change is the only constant. When things are bad, they always get better. Sending love 🥰 Photo © Eilidh Horder

You know that feeling when you're waking up from a beautiful dream, a memory, to your reality… and you don’t want to? You don’t want to wake up and leave that warm feeling – perhaps the feeling you had the evening you fell in love.
You can read ‘Marvel at those rays of light’ in my new post on Medium – friend link in bio. It’s a short extract from my first novel (in progress), Dogs Drowning in Marble.
Lisa is resisting waking up the day after her partner was admitted to Intensive Care. She is half-asleep, half-awake. There is a sky light above her with sun rays shining through…
I wish you wonderful dreams – and I hope you wake up to an amazing reality. If you don’t want to wake up today… please remember that change is the only constant. When things are bad, they always get better.
Sending love 🥰
Photo © Eilidh Horder ...

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Wet walk on Sunday. We saw not a soul but it was b Wet walk on Sunday. We saw not a soul but it was beautiful. #iloveweather #adogcalledfido #agirlandherdog #walkintherain #agirlcalledlily #naturedose

Wet walk on Sunday. We saw not a soul but it was beautiful.
#iloveweather #adogcalledfido #agirlandherdog #walkintherain #agirlcalledlily #naturedose ...

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Please remember: it's okay not to be okay 🤗💙 Please remember: it's okay not to be okay 🤗💙 #samaritans #itsokaynottobeokay #itsokaytofeelsad #feelthespectrum

Please remember: it's okay not to be okay 🤗💙 #samaritans #itsokaynottobeokay #itsokaytofeelsad #feelthespectrum ...

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