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...

blogging, motivation, work, writing

Do it anyway

January 8, 2018

When I started blogging a year and a half ago, I did so with the intention of doing something creative that might make people happy. I was inspired by Emily Coxhead who’s quite literally in the business of making people happy...

alcohol, blogging, cancer, charity, education, experiences, love, macmillan, motivation, sober, soberoctober, writing

Sober October

October 21, 2017

Sober October seemed like a really good idea at the time. I love a challenge and if I’m raising money for one of my faveourite charities, (Macmillan Cancer Support), along the way, then everyone’s a winner. I knew it’d be...

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...

blogging, cancer, charity, death, gratitude, motivation, the happy newspaper, volunteer, volunteering, writing

Watch “The Happy Newspaper” on YouTube

July 24, 2017

I’ve been lucky enough to write an article for the amazing Happy Newspaper which is out now! I recorded my response to seeing this article and read it out for you all too. If you’d like to take a look at...

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....