Feeling alive, living with purpose, having a clear vision and being fulfilled are super essential elements of life that every man should feel. That feeling that your life counts for something. With the range of (mis)information in the media today, it can be difficult to truly know yourself, your life purpose or just simply what…
Tag: Personal
Hello, 2023 TTM
*DISCLAIMER* “Please note that when reading my posts I speak in generalisations and sometimes hyperbole. When I say “men”, “people” or “Black” it obviously doesn’t mean all 7B people in the world but there will be someone out there that it applies to. If it doesn’t apply to you, don’t be triggered, just apply where…
Build Them With Kindness
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…
COVID-19 & Your Mental Health
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…
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…
Through This Mind’s 1st Birthday
Today marks one year since the launch of Through This Mind! Happy 1st Birthday Through This Mind! I always knew that I would be able to write and share my stories, providing consist posts and advice, continuously pushing TTM with all my might as I felt it was my purpose to encourage someone else through…