Three Self Care Ideas to Try in July
Happy July! I hope you looked after yourself in June. As we head into another month, here are some of the ways I will be practising self care in July. Break from the Norm “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.” Paulo Coelho It's much too easy...
Six Really Positive Things That Came out of Having Depression
Depression is a curious thing. On the one hand, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. On the other hand, it's been kind of a blessing.Depression has made me stronger, more self aware and more capable of empathy than I ever would have otherwise been.If I could turn...
How to Manage Your Mental Health Whilst Travelling
I don't know about you but I've got some pretty exciting plans for this summer. In fact, the last six months of the year are pretty jam packed for me. I love travel more than pretty much anything else. If you go back to the start of this blog you can see just how...
Three Self Care Ideas to Try in June
Can you believe it's June already!? It feels like just yesterday I was wrapping up and bracing for a freezing, depressing January. Aside from the fact that my life is speeding along at an alarming pace, I'm pretty pleased to see summer this year (and that's not...
Body Acceptance – How I Plan to Be Kind to My Body This Summer
I've tried to write this post a few times over the past few weeks. It was recently Mental Health Awareness Week here in the UK and the theme chosen by the Mental Health Foundation was body image. Given that we are just about to head into summer I thought it was the...
How to Stay Functioning on a Bad Depression Day
I've previously written about how much I value taking a day off from life when depression strikes badly. Sometimes you know from the moment you open your eyes that today just won't be happening for you. At those times, a mental health day to catch up on some rest and...
Three Self Care Ideas to Try in May
In my last post, I talked about why self care is so important for mental health and how a lack of self care contributed to my own depression. But when you are so used to letting your own self care slide, as I was when I first developed serious depression, it can be...
The Importance of Self Care for Depression
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation." Audre Lorde I don't know what it is in our culture that makes people put so little emphasis on taking care of themselves. More than that. It's almost celebrated. People who work crazy long hours and...
How My Idea of Happiness Has Changed over Time
What is happiness really? I've been thinking a lot about this recently as I get used to living a life that I never thought would make me happy. I've had to settle down for a bit whilst I focus on recovering from depression. I had to put my business aside and return to...