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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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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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Oct 12, 20211 min read
Prevailed Hope is Out Now!
The day has finally arrived! You can now read my words. I have one thing to say to you – okay, maybe two – before you buy yourself a...
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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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Jun 19, 20212 min read
I am Going to be an Author: Cover Reveal!
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...
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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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Feb 26, 20213 min read
How has Freelance Writing and Blogging Affected my Mental Health?
As you know I have started blogging (obviously), and then extending that to freelance writing, over the last few months. It’s crazy the...
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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 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 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 21, 20201 min read
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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Nov 14, 20203 min read
Positive Affirmations
While this might not be directly mental health related, it’s a strategy that can help you maintain the right mindset to achieve your...
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Nov 7, 20203 min read
How to talk to Somebody About a Mental Illness
Mental illness (more appropriately, health) is such a broad term that incorporates so many aspects of a person’s life and experiences....
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Oct 30, 20204 min read
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, 20205 min read
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, 20206 min read
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, 20206 min read
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, 20202 min read
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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