Mental Health and relationships

When you think of being in a relationship, most of us would think of happiness, being in love, lovely , positive thoughts. We mostly think this even if this is not the case for us. Unfortunately it is not always so wonderful, and in particular, not always good for our mental health. The question is …

Goals or resolutions?

Happy New Year! We are almost forced into making changes in the New Year. People are constantly asking “what are your new year resolutions?” or by rubbing their “New year, New Me” in your face. If you want to make changes then great, good for you! But you shouldn’t feel pressured into changing just because …

Happy New Day/New Year /New Decade!

It’s so easy to get caught up decade photos and posts and panic and just think, I’ve achieved nothing. What on earth have I been doing while everyone has been doing all these wonderful and amazing things! I started 2010 alone and I’m starting 2020 alone... what’s wrong with me, what have I done wrong …

Summer Self-Care

When it’s so hot, often the last thing on our mind is self-care. We run round aimlessly trying to cool ourselves down and often make it worse for ourselves! Self-care isn’t always about bubble baths or planning holidays, it can be the little things that give you a little kindness boost day to day and …

Thriving not survivng…

Another of my resolutions is to start living. I don’t mean just keep breathing, still putting one foot in front of the other ( although some days that’s all that seems possible) but really living. So I had a psychology assessment the other day and spoke to the same woman that did my assessment exactly …

Old habits…

It’s been a while since I’ve written anything for my blog. I didn’t realise how long until I went to get my laptop out the case and was expecting a white laptop, but completely forgotten I had a new one a few months ago and this one is back… must start paying more attention. Anyway …

Valentines day…

Valentine’s day   So valentine’s day is just around the corner and ill be honest, as stupid as it may seem, I really struggle with it, and I know I’m not the only one. I know that to a lot of people its just another day and people say there’s nothing to worry about or …

The weight of expectation…

The weight of expectation is crushing. The trouble with expectation is that it takes away from your achievements. You could be do the best you can, met goals you never thought you would, but if it doesn’t meet yours or other peoples expectations of you, then its still not good enough. I’ve been told that …

#Careletters

For a start, if you haven’t seen @pigletish post on #careletters , go and look right now! That’s okay, I’ll wait!!... https://pigletish.com/blog/2018/11/14/leaving-letters-for-strangers-psitsok So this week, my sister and I went to London for the day and took the opportunity to write some care letters! The idea being that each hand written card, have a little …

Feeling low …

As the mornings stay darker and its steadily getting darker earlier in the evenings, so many people are affected by an increase in anxiety and depression. There are many reasons for this. You could say that it could be due to seasonal affective disorder ( SAD) which is where the lower sunlight levels can play …