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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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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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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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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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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 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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