Mindset & Mental Health
You Are Not Alone: How to Pull Yourself Out of That Dark Place
There are times in our life where we can really hit ‘rock bottom’. It can feel dark, desperate, and as though life will never get any better. This post aims to reach out to those who have suffered, or are currently in, the depths of despair, and depression. Do not give up hope! Mental health…
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The Empathy Effect
Empathy… something you wouldn’t think I possess if you read my recent post ‘The Christmas Bitch’, but I do, I promise! So, this post discusses what empathy is, and how to support others with an empathetic approach. But are you truly empathetic? What’s the different between sympathy and empathy? How much empathy is too much? …
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Growing Around Grief
Part of the struggle when we experience loss, or the death of a loved one, is not being able to imagine finding our way through the grief that follows. We can switch between feelings of despair and hopelessness and not picturing a way forwards, to taking action to spring clean, start a new project and…
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Healing from a Dysfunctional Childhood
Following on from last week’s posts on narcissist parents and dysfunctional families, here are the tips I promised to help with healing 1. Educate yourself Study narcissism, read articles/books on the mental health disorders you know, or suspect are in your family. It can bring a lightbulb moment, and clarity is the first step to…
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Dysfunctional Childhood
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post on narcissism. This week, I thought I would expand a little more on this topic, with particular reference to toxic and abusive childhood experience. I will follow this up with some useful tips for healing next week. I am not a qualified therapist or medically…
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The Covert Narcissist
Why do some mothers dislike their daughters? The reason some mothers hate their daughters is quite simply because of their own lack of self-esteem. It is the dissatisfaction with their own lives and lack of self-worth that slowly destroys the sense of worth in their daughters. Her fragile ego is only nourished by seeing her…
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10 tips to improve your mental health
1. Coffee in your favourite mug Start your day with a cup of coffee. Coffee consumption lowers rates of depression, but if you cannot consume caffeine, try something like green tea, or (my favourite) white tea. Have a special mug that is yours and hold it in both your hands and take in the moment.…
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Mad is Sad…not Bad!
As my episode of psychosis is fading to the distant past (over three years now), part of me wants to keep the memory alive. I am very blessed to be in a privileged position of talking about the mental health illness which led to breaking my back, from a place of wellness and positivity which…
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Can We Recover from Mental Illness?
There is much debate over the causes of mental illness, but equally so when looking at whether it is something that is curable. Science says that it is not curable. However, we can, supposedly, recover from mental health illness, something which cannot be denied since it is the individuals experience that defines this. (Cure =…
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Why You Need More Friends
I was walking my dogs early this morning when my phone battery died. I took this as a sign to think about this week’s blog post, since I couldn’t listen to my usual audible book app. My mind drifted to the people in my life, acquaintances, and friends. I’ve always been a little hung…
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