They say that marriage is hard work. Before I got married I didn’t believe that. Twenty years in, I now know it’s true. Today, twenty years ago. We got married. We agreed to do life together. We actually did it twice… I guess I would say that we have grown up. Twenty years. Two qualifications, […]
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I am your friend – a book of hope.
*This is a review post* Mental health awareness is a passion of mine. The book “I am your friend, a book of hope” is a little book that fits into a bag or a pocket and is filled with simple but meaningful quotes and words to encourage and lift someone up. The author, artist, and […]
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It’s ok to make Christmas about you and not everyone else.
That sounds very new age and self-centred. It’s not meant to, and it was hard for me to come up with a title that made sense so I went with it. But it is ok to make Christmas about you and not everyone else. When I say that I don’t mean it’s just about the […]
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A moment of calm to de-stress
*I was kindly sent products to review for this post* My life is somewhat busy and mostly crazy, and as a full time working mum, who also home schools there are very definitely moments where I think that life can’t throw much more at me. I need to find moments for me. A moment every […]
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I have forgotten how to relax
As I work through the issues and triggers around my anxiety and spend time in therapy, areas of my life are being scrutinized and turned over. My therapist recently asked me “what do you do to relax, do you know how to relax?” I thought hard for a few minutes and the only reply I […]
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Anxiety and me – what you see/what you don’t see
I make it no secret that I struggle hard with anxiety. I used to try and hide it but now I don’t. Anxiety and me are, for now, bedfellows and I am working on not letting it win. Some days are a victory and some days are hard lessons learned. Someone (who gets me, and […]
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M.E.N.S – self care or else.
It’s no secret that I’m in therapy. I’ve been in and out of it but went back a few months ago. It’s hard work and not my favourite thing but it is helpful. My therapist is not all nice and pat on the head either. She is in fact incredibly tough and expects me to […]
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Keeping things on the low. Anxiety and me, and a radical Facebook cleanse.
I haven’t shared much about my anxiety and me, recently. Mainly because there isn’t much to say. I wrote about cutting out WhatsApp and how that has helped to reduce noise in my life. I also shared this post on Facebook. “It’s one of those eye-roll-inducing Facebook posts. In an attempt to look after ME and […]
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Anxiety & Me: What made you have anxiety?
What made you “have anxiety?” I have always been a “more anxious” person. As far back as I can remember I know I had feelings of anxiety that seemed to be not normal. I used to worry about my family dying, I worried about getting sick, things on the news would make me terribly anxious. […]
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I don’t play party games and I don’t do fancy dress
I don’t join with party games and I don’t do fancy dress In fact, I hate both… It’s common knowledge amongst my friends and family that I am a boring old fart, spoilsport, misery guts, party pooper. I will happily admit that and own the title. Ok, I don’t hate games. There are a few […]
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