confidence, impostor, mentalhealth, motivation, wellbeing

Stop Being an Impostor in Your Own Life

October 31, 2018

Why is it that when things start to go well, my brain kicks in with a bunch of sabotaging thoughts and self-doubts? Well, I learned recently that it happens to a lot of us and what I have been...

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...

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...

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...

communication, confidence, experiences, love, motivation, relationships, work, worth

What are you worth?

December 12, 2017

What are you really worth? Pause for a second and consider that question. Are you worth people’s time? Their attention? Their love? Their respect? Of course we’d all say yes but do we believe it and do we demonstrate...

blogging, confidence, experiences, love, mentalhealth, positivity, relationships, single

Day 735

November 7, 2017

I’m a few days late with this blog because basically I forgot. I’m taking it as a good sign given that day 365 was such an issue. To remind you, I wrote 365 a year after I broke up with my...

anxiety, blogging, confidence, experiences, happiness, heartbreak, mentalhealth, motivation, positivity, survival

To 16 year old me

October 25, 2017

First of all, you are so fucking beautiful, don’t listen to them! Any person who ever tries to make you feel shit about yourself is reflecting their own self loathing. Your ears and nose aren’t too big, your skin...

anxiety, blogging, communication, confidence, lonliness, mentalhealth, relationships, survival, writing

The L Word

September 6, 2017

Right, I’ve got a confession to make, I’ve been a bit naughty. So you know how I’m this self-proclaimed “positivity blogger” and life is fucking amazing and we should all be grateful for every second, even the shit times?...

Blog-iversary

August 25, 2017

A year ago I fucked up an entire wall in my spare room, brainstorming what I could do to make the world a slightly better place. The only thing I could think of (that I might be any good...