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…
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Love Laid Bare x Through This Mind
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…
2019 Wrap Up, 28 & Faith
So much has happened this year I’ve had to revert to my diary to catch up! Where to begin.... Firstly, happy birthday to me. 28 years of hard work, perseverance and resilience is paying off slowly but surely! So, I’m thankful to God for the growth, progression and blessings along the way despite the hardship,…
Black History Month: Me, Myself & My Therapist (Pt.2)
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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I’m Transitioning
Inspired by the motivational YouTube video by the phenomenal Aleisha Lee and the encouraging conversations I’ve been having recently with a few close friends on and offline, I’ve realised that a large number of us are transitioning. Singer-songwriter Aleisha Lee has an inspirational and motivational element to her YouTube channel, where she provides advice and…
Me, Myself & My Therapist
Even with how self-aware I am and with the amount of work I’ve been putting in to improving my mental and physical health, energy and environment, I knew that going to therapy was the next best thing to get the answers I needed and confirmation I deserved. I've had therapy sessions in the past but…
What A 2018! Let’s Go 2019.
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…
Be Your Own Shoulder
“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...…
Encourage Yourself
As much as I advocate reaching out and asking for help, not living in isolation and building a strong support system, sadly for some that’s not always an option. Many people don’t have the privilege of having a loving family or supportive friends at hand. That’s why I believe it is also vital to find…