Apr 30, 2019 | boundaries, mental health
I like social media but have an awareness of how impactful it is on mental health. We have been provided with an easy way to communicate, to enjoy watching people’s lives develop, what they do. There are far too many opportunities to compare to the perfection...
Apr 26, 2019 | Depression, fear, mental health, support
I remember the summer of 2015 when I wasn’t coping very well with seemingly anything, I would find myself most mornings at 6am standing in front of the cupboard assessing if today was the day I needed to drink to get through the day. I would figure out how it...
Apr 20, 2019 | coaching, fear, mental health, Motivation
I’ve climbed Pen y fan a few times now and have had to push myself to do it every time. On the ascent while looking up at the progress I still had to make, I would feel demotivated and considered giving up every time. But when I would look down at the path I had...
Mar 15, 2019 | anxiety, choice, mental health
Sleep has a massive impact on our ability to cope with daily life. I often hear you can do anything when you have a good nights sleep and I totally agree. When I was unwell I would sleep between 2 and 4 hours and got through my days as well as I could with depression....
Mar 3, 2019 | anxiety, coaching, Depression, Emotions, mental health
People learn to hide their emotions and learn quickly to find ways to cry alone, only showing emotion only when alone and to stop sharing. The message to ‘hold ourselves together’ and ‘be strong’ teaches us to stop showing ‘weakness’ such as emotions. So we stop...
Feb 15, 2019 | choice, Depression, mental health
I have always worked with children. I started babysitting at twelve years old, so having children of my own was always on my radar. When I fell in love, I knew I wanted children with him, I’d always said two or four children and we had four. I was a good parent...
