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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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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...
Dec 22, 20214 min read
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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...
Oct 12, 20211 min read
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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...
Jun 29, 20214 min read
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Coming out of Lockdown…
Coming out of lockdown is great for the mental health of us all because we are such social creatures. But on the same note, I think there...
Apr 23, 20213 min read
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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...
Feb 26, 20213 min read
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Why do we Fear Confidence?
One the one hand, confidence is great – an internal belief that you can achieve what you want to achieve. That you’re worthy of what you...
Feb 13, 20213 min read
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This is the Other side of Christmas
Blogmass is a thing I didn’t know existed until literally a few weeks ago (perhaps someting to put in the pipeline for next year), but I...
Dec 19, 20203 min read
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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...
Dec 12, 20204 min read
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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...
Nov 28, 20204 min read
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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...
Nov 21, 20201 min read
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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...
Oct 30, 20204 min read
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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...
Oct 17, 20206 min read
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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...
Oct 10, 20206 min read
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