Mental health isn’t straightforward. Sadly, it’s not something you work on, get better, and then never have to think about again. There’s no one cure, and it can be a constant battle between what your mind and body tell you and what you know to be true. At the age of 33, I’ve spent moreContinue reading “Living Under The Cloud”
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Feeling is Healing
I’ve written many blog posts that haven’t made it to the Internet. Infact, I have a folder bursting with them on my phone! I forget I’ve even written most of them as I’ve once deemed them not good enough, and I only rediscover them when I get bored and scroll through my notes app. OneContinue reading “Feeling is Healing”
Life Will Always Change
“Oh no!” I shouted as my lamp, and what seemed like a million other things, toppled from my dressing table to the floor. Pulling my phone from my pocket to shine the light behind my draws I saw my small, metal, jewellery box on the floor. It’s the tiniest jewellery box I’ve ever seen; whenContinue reading “Life Will Always Change”
If This Is Happiness…
Over the last week I’ve felt like a different person, like a switch has been flicked and I’ve been able to do things, go places and enjoy life. I’ve felt happy. Now, I know all of us here know I’m depressed. I near enough write about it every week! (And yet you keep coming backContinue reading “If This Is Happiness…”
Back To a Happy Place
There was a lot of things I missed during lockdown. I missed seeing my family and having the hugs I desperately needed. I missed meeting up with my friends for a coffee and a catch up. I even missed going to work, and wandering around a supermarket when I was in my twelve weeks ofContinue reading “Back To a Happy Place”
The Small Happies.
Many years ago, on one of my regular trips to Whitby, I bought a small wall plaque that read ‘Happiness is a way of life, not a destination.’ because I feel like that sentence reflects how I feel about life and happiness, and it’s always stuck with me. I think a lot of people putContinue reading “The Small Happies.”
Gwen Richards 