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I know I’m not alone in wondering where these last 8 months have gone. That’s practically a whole year (well two thirds if we’re getting precise about it), and I’m certainly not where I thought I’d be. 2020 has quite literally thrown every single plan out the window. If you thought you had it allContinue reading “8 months in.”

“But he had so many friends, they said, on hearing the news” – these words by Brian Bilston got me thinking recently about something I have felt often: loneliness. Loneliness is portrayed as a bad thing, and it’s something I have often felt embarrassed about feeling. So much so that I’ve never really spoken thatContinue reading “All alone.”

I originally planned to write a blog about my journey with exercise this week, but I promised myself that I was going to be 100% authentic on this blog and use it to share my real experiences around mental health, so instead I’m going to give an honest account of how the past couple ofContinue reading “2 Days of Darkness”

Today I had my first session with a new therapist. I’m writing this after our first meeting (over Zoom, of course) and my overarching feeling? Relief. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my chest. As someone who has dabbled in counselling and therapy before, I know just how beneficial it can be.Continue reading “Normalising Therapy”

It’s been a good few months since I posted anything on here. Since moving back to the UK from Bali in March, I’ve felt uninspired to share anything. I actually completely lost my confidence in sharing my thoughts for a while. Moving back hasn’t been an easy ride and my mental health has been allContinue reading “Finding the gift in every situation”

We’re all sick of hearing about it, I know. But the current situation is kind of unavoidable, as hard as I try. I’ve stopped watching the news completely, maybe that makes me naive. I don’t know, but I’m quite happy not to be completely up-to-date with it all. You hear enough from other people toContinue reading “How I’m dealing with the current situation”

I have always loved food, for as long as I can remember. To this day it is still one of the things that brings me most joy. But the relationship is a very complicated one. The complications began when I became aware that women who looked a certain way were praised and women who didn’tContinue reading “My relationship with food”