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Oct 24, 2021
4 min

Connor Gates: Anxiety and Depression…

The following article is written by Connor Gates, another mental health advocate. I encourage you to read the article in full, and check...

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Sep 27, 2021
4 min

Burnout: Shining some Light on the Silent Obstacle we all Face

Only this week have I realised quite how much I have on my plate. I like to keep busy – you know I do. Nonetheless, sometimes, there are...

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Aug 31, 2021
2 min

The Role of Colour

Colour plays a very important role in almost every aspect of our lives. We come to associate different colours and styles with certain...

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Jul 31, 2021
2 min

Mental Health Miniseries: Part 3

As part of this mental heath interview series, I asked participants to take their pick of six questions out of twenty, and then answer...

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Jun 29, 2021
4 min

Interview miniseries: Jennie Verleg

As part of this mental heath interview series, I asked participants to take their pick of six questions out of twenty, and then answer...

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May 21, 2021
3 min

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – A Brief Exploration

A Little Foreword. I’m not going to lie, this post was one of the hardest to write so far. Whilst I like the challenge, and the thought...

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May 8, 2021
2 min

Alcohol and Coping

I did have another topic planned this week, but decided against it, because I was thinking, in between sips of my pink gin, how alcohol...

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Apr 10, 2021
3 min

A Person with a Disability?

As some of you may know from reading My Story, I have a physical disability alongside the other issues that I have described. Up for...

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Mar 27, 2021
4 min

My Experience: DNA Lightup

I would say I am a spiritual person – open minded about all the possibilities that the world has to offer. That said, I’m not into...

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Mar 11, 2021
4 min

My Story

Through speaking to Melanie Pledger and several other people, I have come to realise that I have never told you much about my mental...

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Jan 29, 2021
4 min

How to Maintain Friendships During the Pandemic

The pandemic is not going anywhere fast, and apart from all that we are not allowed to do, the thing that is really getting to me is the...

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Jan 9, 2021
2 min

Journaling – Your Unexpected Support

From my experience, journaling automatically gets dubbed stereotypically as a teenage girl whirling away the afternoon, writing away. The...

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Jan 2, 2021
3 min

New Year Update

Hello, everyone! I hope you all had a great Christmas, despite everything. Onwards and upwards into the New Year – hopefully it’s an...

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Nov 21, 2020
1 min

My Guest Post with Elizabeth Holland: Tackling Six Stigmas of Depression Head On

I hope you’re all doing well, or as best as you can in the current situation. Earlier this month, I wrote a guest post for the brilliant...

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Oct 30, 2020
4 min

How You Could Look after Yourself in the Time of Covid – 19

Times are different, as they have been for a while. By now, if you’re like me and most of the rest of the world, you just want things to...

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Oct 24, 2020
5 min

The Key to being Mindful

Let me ask you – what does mindfulness mean to you? A mind full of hot air? A mind full of sawdust, perhaps? Wait just a minute –...

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Oct 17, 2020
6 min

10 Mental Health related Books You Should Read!

It’s cold, your night off, and all you want to is spend the night snuggled in comfort. This might be your favourite blanket, fleece – or...

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Oct 10, 2020
6 min

Feeling SAD as the nights draw in?

We have arrived at that time of year. That time of year where it seems like everyone around you lets out a – sometimes obligatory – sigh...

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Oct 3, 2020
2 min

Welcome

Hey, you. Yes, you. What does mental health mean to you? Some people seem to stop when they realise that health is contradictory to what...

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