blogging, connections, gratitude, happiness, mentalhealth

Allow me to reintroduce myself

October 17, 2018

I’ve had a little rest from the blog because I felt like I’d run out of things to say, that what I was saying wasn’t important and that the blog wasn’t doing what I wanted it to do. Since...

blogging, confidence, experiences, happiness, lgbt, writing

How Ed Sheeran’s Mentors Helped Me Write Again

August 26, 2018

Holy shit balls, It’s Character Building is two years old! I write from a Quaker retreat. Nope, I’ve not dropped out of normal life and joined the movement, rather I’m at a songwriting retreat led by my favourite musicians...

authenticity, mentalhealth, writing

You do you boo

July 18, 2018

This week I’m honoured to have a very special guest blogger, my partner-in-happy, Paige Taylor. Paige and I work together on The Happy You Project and she is a yoga instructor and Ayurvedic practitioner. Paige has taught me many...

anxiety, blogging, confidence, writing

Maybe there is nothing else to say?

July 11, 2018

Writing something meaningful every week gets hard. It brings about a mini crisis of confidence every time I put hands to keyboard. After 62 published blog posts for It’s Character Building, as well as a fuck tonne for other...

equality, feminism, gender, society

Here she goes again: The Gender debate

July 4, 2018

Gender identity and equality have been raising their ugly heads again lately so I feel compelled to revisit the subject. I recently bought a necklace that displays the word “Feminist”. It’s one of those dainty gold appearance, handwritten-type necklaces....

birthday, gratitude, happiness, life

It’s My Birthday

June 20, 2018

It’s my birthday! Well, it’s not QUITE yet. It’s my birthday tomorrow. I’ll be 35 but if I’m honest, on many levels, I still feel 24. According to checkout workers and bar staff alike, I still LOOK 24 also....

achievement, confidence, connections, experiences, happiness, life

Anything and everything

June 13, 2018

When I was younger, I was told that I could do anything I wanted; that I could be anything I wanted to be, that I could achieve anything I wanted to achieve. Growing up as a white female in...

confidence, experiences, happiness, life, motivation

The key to happiness is wasting time

May 30, 2018

This week, and for the first time EVER, I’m featuring writing from someone who isn’t me. Gasp, shock horror! As I’m out on the road with The Big Walk I figured it would be the ideal time to turn the blog...

community, connections, experiences, happiness, playing

What happened to playing?

May 23, 2018

As you know, I quit my “proper” job in December 2017 in the hope of changing my lifestyle. I wanted to travel less and have more of an opportunity to be creative. The travel less part is perhaps not...

communication, experiences, mentalhealth, relationships

What’s their problem?!

May 9, 2018

What’s their problem?! Familiar words often spoken about the family member who snaps for no reason, the work colleague who is always ready with a passive aggressive dig or the friend who is always in a bad mood. What’s...