Normalising The Conversation
Financial worries… Business issues…. Strained relationships… Career stresses… Mental strains… Future anxieties… These are just a few things that I have experienced during the lockdown period. Entering the lockdown, I really thought I’d be resilient enough to handle the drastic change of living. No more commuting, no more packed lunch, no more unnecessary contact with…
It’s like we blink and it’s another Mental Health Awareness Week (“MHAW”), month or day! You can’t look around without someone talking about the benefits of working out for both your physical and mental health, being encouraged to download the latest app to enlighten your mind or seeing a TV or billboard advert encouraging you…
https://gph.is/g/EGqOn23 Who would’ve thought that at the start of a brand new decade we will have to either self-isolate, self-quarantine or social-distance to fight such a deadly virus that is circulating the world?! Taking lives, crashing economies, losing jobs and placing fear into peoples’ minds and hearts. Even though, in the UK, social distancing has…
HAPPY NEW YEAR! (Still January so it's allowed, right!?) 2020 is in full swing and January is already coming to an end! So I hope that you, like myself, have your new resolutions and goals pinned to your wall, in your phone notes and to hand to keep you focused and on track for…
Family. Friendships. Relationship. Depression. Death. Faith. Career. Future. This is the long list of issues/topics/themes I brought to my therapist on my first day. Just looking at it I can only pity him for what he was about to take on. As I mentioned in “Me, Myself and My Therapist” Pt1, I wanted and needed…
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*DISCLAIMER: I am not a mental health or medical professional. I reference professional sources and talk from lived experiences.*As October is Black History Month in the UK, we are focusing on mental health issues that affect the Black community and breaking the stigma around talking about Black mental health. Black men and women experience different…
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I've spent weeks, months even, thinking about how I was going to write this post and correctly phrase what I want to say to wrap up 2018. So many things happened this year that really shaped me and also gave me a new perspective on things. I firstly want to thank EVERYONE who has ever…
The month of October in the UK is Black History Month. A month to showcase and highlight our journey as Black people in Great Britain whilst looking at the amazing work we are currently doing in our communities, speaking on accomplishments we plan on achieving in the years to come. I want to say a…
“You know you can always call me” “Check in on your friends” “My DMs are open”These are tweets and statuses I’ve seen posted across social media with the increase in society “Normalising the Conversation” around mental health. But it is really interesting knowing just how many people you can count on. It’s a difficult one...…
Dear You, You!? Me? Yes You, Me... You did it. Against all odds, hardship, rejections, neglect, obstacles, barriers and sorrow, you're here standing today. Remember when you thought things wouldn't get better, well look around you... they did. Remember when you thought you could make it on your own, without anyone…well you actually didn’t. You…
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