Before I steam in to this post, I need to acknowledge the serious reality of lonliness for some people and make it clear that I’m not trying to pull the ‘woe is me’ card. Although I feel lonliness and am basically isolated, I’m acutely aware there are others suffering and alone in a far moreContinue reading “Isolation – the lonliness pandemic”
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In memory…
For the first time, I’m going to use this blog in a very self-indulgent way, but it’s going to help me cope this year with the grief train that starts on this day annually and plagues me until December. In no way do I expect anyone to read on, but if you chose to doContinue reading “In memory…”
New Year, New Story, New Win
What are we all thinking about in the New Year? Weight loss? Going sober? Giving up cigarettes? Spending more time with family? Becoming vegan? Finding love? Travelling? Learning? Decorating? There’s a million ways we utilise January as a conduit to a ‘better’ life. Thats’s how I USED to operate at the start of every year.Continue reading “New Year, New Story, New Win”
Surprise! Stress approaching!
Sunday morning. Breakfast in bed with a steaming, sugary latte and the sound of white noise lingering as the tv news reports murmur and traffic starts to build outside. You munch a pain aux chocolat (because you’re classy…even if the pastry is landing all over your Egyptian cotton sheets) and sip at your coffee, savouringContinue reading “Surprise! Stress approaching!”
Supportive Support
What the f*ck am I going on about? Supportive Support?? The title is catchy and crap at the same time. A bit like me. But despite this there is an idea, or maybe just an opinion 😜, behind all this. This post is dedicated to our collective need for genuinely supportive support. Therapists, counsellors, helplineContinue reading “Supportive Support”
Tell it to the judge!
Happy Thursday friends! My goodness have I had a week. Have you had a busy week? Are things going well? Or are you having a difficult week? Maybe there’s too much going on. Allow me to distract you for 5 minutes with my news. This is self indulgent, I know. But if I can’t putContinue reading “Tell it to the judge!”
Where did my personality go?
Who am I? Why am I like this? Am I really still the one in charge? Questions I ask myself regularly in bed, normally in the dead of night or when I wake up and feel that dazed and confused strangeness. But the questions happen for a reason. Things have changed since my mental healthContinue reading “Where did my personality go?”
Rejection and the Fear of Rejection
I’ve managed to get a bit closer to my creative mojo over the last few weeks and it’s led me to think it might be an appropriate time to talk about my mental health…again. A recent conversation on a bad (actually terrible) day left me considering whether or not anyone loved or cared for me.Continue reading “Rejection and the Fear of Rejection”
Selected and topical – i’m not just about Mental Health you know!
It was the end of the year and all through the house, not a story was stirring, not even something shitty out of my covid-addled brain… Yes, it’s true that somehow, in a life imitating art kinda way, I managed to get Covid-19. So when I noticed I’d been selected in the final Secret AtticContinue reading “Selected and topical – i’m not just about Mental Health you know!”
The power of kindness, listening and love
Think about the last conversation you had. Whether it was with a relative, friend, colleague or just a passing stranger, did you think carefully about the conversation at the time? Did you ponder how the words you were saying might be more than just words? Did you consider that the words you say might beContinue reading “The power of kindness, listening and love”
Creative Steph 