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Award-winning Author, Poet, Mental Health Advocate, and the Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of Stamford (2022-23).
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Dec 22, 20214 min read
Ways to Improve your Mental Wellbeing Every DayÂ
By Michael Baxendale Mental health is one of the key topics of the 21st century – and rightly so. Mental health relates to your overall...
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Oct 24, 20214 min read
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, 20214 min read
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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Sep 11, 20211 min read
Midday Poetry Preview!
Do you remember the Dark Poetry Preview I shared with you a few months ago? Well, in that preview I mentioned that I would also share...
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Aug 14, 20213 min read
Mental Health Discussion: The Joker (2019)
Today I wanted to write something slightly different, like a film review, but also a discussion on the mental health aspects of the Joker...
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Jul 31, 20212 min read
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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Jul 16, 20211 min read
I am an Author!
It’s now official. At the age of 19, I am an author. I don’t really know what to say… You can start by reading my poetry preview, if...
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Jul 6, 20211 min read
Dark Poetry Preview!
Sooo… As you’ll have seen (and if you haven’t you will now!), I am self-publishing a book called Prevailed Hope which will be available...
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Jun 29, 20214 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20214 min read
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 16, 20213 min read
The Outstanding Blogger Award!
As it turns out, letstakeamoment.com has nominated me for the ‘Outstanding Blogger Award’. Thank you so much! What can I say? Just to...
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Jan 9, 20212 min read
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, 20213 min read
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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Dec 12, 20204 min read
These Five apps can help you Manage your Mental Health
In the busy time that is the 21st century (seems a little ironic saying that this year, doesn’t It?), sometimes it is nice to know that...
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Dec 5, 20203 min read
OCD – A few of my Thoughts and Observations
From my point of view, there are a few misconceptions about OCD that seem to stem from OCD being the butt of the joke (again). So I just...
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Nov 28, 20204 min read
Body Image
Trigger warning: contains sensitive content regarding body image, weight and eating. I thought I’d do post on it this week, as it is a...
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