anxiety, blogging, confidence, happiness, Lifestyle, mentalhealth, positivity, survival

Well-Being Winner

May 18, 2017

I’ve been actively engaging in activities that are meant to improve your well-being because right now, it’s what I need. So I’m trying meditation (not going so well), exercise (does walking back and forth to the fridge count?), and...

anxiety, experiences, headstogether, heartbreak, love, mentalhealth, motivation, oktosay, relationships, survival

To Do: Don’t Cry

April 23, 2017

How to jinx your relationship in one easy step….write a blog about it. Sooooo, yeah, that’s done. *Laughs manically for a minute* Writing Get it Together probably wasn’t the smartest move. Relationship number 8 swirls down the toilet and disappears, without...

cancer, charity, community, death, experiences, grief, macmillan, motivation, positivity, volunteering

Life Outside It’s Character Building

April 13, 2017

I forget sometimes that not everyone who reads my blog follows me on twitter or instagram and that I really should use the blog to let you know what I’m doing outside of this platform! Sorry, my bad. So you’ll remember I wrote...

christmas, gratitude, grief, happiness, positivity

Friends Again

February 13, 2017

My very beautiful and lovely friend reminded me that I haven’t done a follow up to my blog post The “C” Word. Now, I think it’s because I spent Christmas with her and her family and she wants to see in...

blogging, experiences, happiness, Lifestyle, love, motivation, positivity, writing

The Anti-New Year’s Resolution

December 31, 2016

It’s New Years eve. Finally, 2016 is ending. (Thank fuck). With the closing of a year and the start of a new one, I’ve been seeing on instagram, New Year’s resolutions and the obligatory “New Year, New me” bullshit....

death, happiness, mentalhealth, mindfuness, positivity, relationships, survival

Thinking about thought

October 26, 2016

I’ve been thinking about the power of thought quite a lot lately. I feel like this past 12 months has been a watershed in what I’ve learnt about myself and other people. It’s like something has clicked. I read...

bipolar, depression, featured, mentalhealth, positivity, schizophrenia, suicideawareness

I think I met Jesus

September 8, 2016

Mental health. I fucking hate that term. What the fuck does it even mean? “Mental” has such a negative connotation as a word in isolation and then just stick “health” on it for good measure. Feels like a contradiction...

cancer, death, depression, grief, macmillan, mentalhealth, positivity, survival

I did my best

September 4, 2016

I remember the light coming in from the landing and Dad’s silhouette in the door frame. “You better come downstairs, I think she’s gone.” It was about 5am, I’m pretty sure it was still dark outside and as it...