While COVID-19 rampages across the world, many nations have a social distancing policy in place. Humans are required to say at least two metres apart in public. Members of different households cannot socialise in person, along with other safety measures. For those of...
When I first moved to London, I lived in a flat share. I remember one of my roomies despairing about being alone. She said ‘I don’t like my own company.’ Her remark truly surprised me. How was that possible? Then again, perhaps I enjoyed my own company too much....
There has been much talk in the news about mental health. #Bekind is everywhere. Question: How do we make the mental shift to look after of our wellbeing and show empathy when needs be? I’m child of the 70’s raised in the 80’s. During those decades, the practice was...
I’m a snacker. If I’m feeling blue, I’ll hoover up anything edible to fill the bottomless hole inside. Other times, I snack out of boredom. What I didn’t know is that my eating habits could playing a part in my mental health. Recently, I read an article Holland...
We all experience feeling on anxiety at some point in our lives. It could be jitters before a big life event; exam, marriage, back to school, new job. It soon fades. While for some of us, it’s a reoccurring feeling and the trigger is unknown. The feeling may start in...
When we returned from our family staycation in Wales, I felt blue. The sinking feeling when I awoke and anxiety to face the day had returned. My family and I had had an awesome break. Naturally, there’s the come down on returning home but this was more. My menopause...
