Contributed Collaborative Post We often dismiss hobbies as mere pastimes – something to occupy time when there’s nothing else to do. Yet, in our busy lives, they can hold far more significance than we realise. …
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My Winter Self-Care Essentials
Features Press Samples As somebody who suffers from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), it’s so important for my mental health and overall wellbeing to focus on winter self-care essentials. When the clocks go back and the …
Mental Health Essentials That Can Improve Your Life
Contributed Collaborative Post When you are trying to keep your health in check, it is important to think about the best way to enhance your mental health and well-being. This is something that plays a …
Tips on Getting a Good Night’s Sleep
•Sponsored post• With three young children, it’s hardly surprising that I don’t get a perfect nights sleep most nights. However, it isn’t actually the children keeping me up, but myself. Once the children go to …
Why That Episode of Stranger Things Hit Hard for Me
As with most things, I was late to the party when it came to watching Series Four of Stranger Things. I am always juggling around three shows at a time, and I wasn’t hugely into …
How to Help a Loved One with Depression and Anxiety
Sponsored Post I’ve spoken a lot about my own mental health over the past few years. I make no secret of the fact that I have both depression and anxiety, and I do sometimes struggle …
A Tidy House for a Tidy Mind – Tips for Cleaning to Benefit Mental Health
Collaborative Post I must admit, I have never been into cleaning in the past, preferring to leave things to the last minute before visitors were due round, and fitting in a panic tidy instead. Over …
Reflecting on Two Decades of Mental Illness
As this week has been Mental Health Awareness week, I wanted to write a little something about my own struggles with mental illness. I have been fairly vocal on this blog and my previous one …
Ways To Keep Your Body And Mind Healthy During Lockdown
Contributed Collaborative Post Remember the first lockdown, the sun was shining, we were all getting healthy and unaware of what the next year would bring. Now we are a year on into this pandemic we …
Dealing with Stress During Lockdown
Living with an anxiety disorder, I have become accustomed to overwhelming feelings of stress, but nothing prepared me for how I would feel during the national lockdowns, which are becoming the new normal… I coped …