I suppose this week’s poem has a number of meanings. There is talk of a storm outside and inside, outside because the weather here in the UK has finally broken. … More Poem of the Week: The Breaking Storm
I’m not sure where this poem came from, but the words sort of dangled in front of me and I put the words on the screen like they were trembling things, waiting to be released. … More Poem of the Week: Live to Learn
This month is Mental Health Awareness month, and I chose this month’s word to live by based on that. So this month’s word is ‘Health’. There are many ways to be healthy, many ways to look after yourself. … More May 2021 Word of the Month: Health
This week marks ‘Mental Health Awareness Week’ here in the UK, and as I suffer myself with my mental health, this is a subject dear to my heart – and mind. … More Top Three: Books for Mental Health Awareness Week
Hope. Hope because it springs eternal. Hope because it never dies, only alights in our hearts despite the circumstances we all live through. Hope because, like the Spring that is appearing all around us, we know there’s a light at the end of this tunnel. … More March 2021 Word of the Month: Hope
Yesterday marked the last full moon (called the Frost Moon) of winter, and while the effects of the full moon are felt for a few days, I certainly feel like spring is on the way. I’ve seen the signs for a few months already, with snowdrops appearing in January, and crocuses and daffodils peering up in early February. Nature all around us is waking up, and so too are we. … More Spring is Coming: Seasonal Goals
This post will be part of a new series of monthly blog posts, all about how creativity, across many different creative activities, can help with your mental health. This month I want to focus on sketchbook art – mainly because October is The Big Draw, and also known as Inktober, both of which are very well known in the social media sphere. … More Be Creative Series: Sketchbook Art for Mental Health
Sometimes things get a bit mixed up in my head – all thanks to fear really. My brain is just trying to protect me, because I’m doing something new and I’m afraid of being hurt or rejected by stepping out of my comfort zone and sharing my words with the world. Everyday I write my words, fight back by sharing my thoughts in the hope that they will inspire others, and today this poem is for all of us today – which happens to also be World Mental Health Day. … More Poem of the Day: The Winding Road
It’s hard, isn’t it, sometimes to make it through the day. But one thing I’ve learnt in this time of upheaval that is COVID-19 is that we are not alone. … More Give Love and Be Kind
Oh, I’ve had a crazy emotional roller-coaster of a day today, I don’t know about you!
I truly need to stop watching or getting distracted by the news. It just doesn’t do anything for my anxieties. The more I see, the more I get swallowed up by it! And I only saw the news articles over lunchtime! … More Poem of the Week: Dreaming
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