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”
The date I held on to
I awoke the morning of 24th January 2020 from a near sleepless night. Every dream I had was that I had slept in, and each dream more believable than the last. I had two plans that morning: head to a nearby town to meet my friends for a coffee, and the other was to buyContinue reading “The date I held on to”
The Blank Space
A friend once told me, “He was just a chapter, not your whole book.” after a relationship I was in had ended. It’s a sentence that has stuck in my mind for many years, and when things come and go, I often find myself thinking about it and just how true it is. Ironically, theContinue reading “The Blank Space”
Yours sincerly, my mind.
I know you’re waiting for me, you’re waiting for me to come to visit you. It’s been a while, I know. I’m sorry. You’re waiting for me to tell you your future and let you experience what you’ve begun. I’ll be honest with you, I’m waiting too. The truth is my mind hasn’t been feelingContinue reading “Yours sincerly, my mind.”
Life With No Plans
If there’s one thing I love in life, it’s a plan. Whether it’s what my day looks like, a coffee date with a friend on my calendar, or a life plan, like to have children or get married. Plans help me feel as if I have some kind of control in my life, but whatContinue reading “Life With No Plans”
My New Life
I’ve been safe in the castle in my mind for a while now. In May I wrote about how one day I knew I would find my wings and flutter out of it’s all walls, but for the time being I was happy laid on the floor, sheltered from the potential chaos of the outsideContinue reading “My New Life”
The Necessity of Negativity.
Recently I read an article on Happiful.com about giving up negativity for ten weeks, and it made for an interesting and thought provoking read. The writer, Katie Hoare, describes how a fast on negative thoughts could help in changing that internal monolog we all have chattering away in our minds, and help turn it intoContinue reading “The Necessity of Negativity.”
Is it courageous to simply be?
Ah, Carl Rogers, a man I am completely sick of hearing about over the last seven years of my life. As a former counselling student, I can’t imagine a life before I knew about Carl Rogers, and I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or bad thing. Carl Rogers is a man that pioneeredContinue reading “Is it courageous to simply be?”
Gwen Richards 