By Michael Baxendale Mental health is one of the key topics of the 21st century – and rightly so. Mental health relates to your overall...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

Well, it is a strange feeling writing this. I am going to be the author later this year! Like most of what’s happened to me career-wise...

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...

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...

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...

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

As it turns out, letstakeamoment.com has nominated me for the ‘Outstanding Blogger Award’. Thank you so much! What can I say? Just to...

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

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

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...

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...

While this might not be directly mental health related, it’s a strategy that can help you maintain the right mindset to achieve your...

Mental illness (more appropriately, health) is such a broad term that incorporates so many aspects of a person’s life and experiences....