Let’s talk about something that’s been on my mind lately… How often do we find ourselves reacting in ways we later regret, especially when we’re overworked, tired, or stressed...
“My love, my child. When you are sick, rest. When you are tired, lie down. When you are sad, weep. When you need nourishment, eat. When you are lonely, reach for people. And when there are no people...
This weekend, Father’s Day falls on my dad’s birthday. Seven years ago, it was his birthday on the Saturday before Father’s Day, but I couldn’t come home to Wales that weekend because I was on...
What a road trip!! Last weekend, I treated my fiancé to a birthday weekend at a forest retreat, just forty minutes from where we live in Mid-Wales. I liked the fact that it had no mobile signal or...
I have a thing about words. If I hear one I’m familiar with but I’m not exactly sure how to use it, I have to Google its meaning and read all the examples until I’m clear. The last two I heard were...
General anxiety is not a mental illness. You are not weak, abnormal or going out of your mind. Anxiety is a lack of confidence in our own ability to handle our bodily sensations. Our symptoms are real...
I just lost seven pounds in three weeks! I’ve been trying to lose weight between the ages of fifteen and fifty. Mainly to look slimmer and feel more confident about my body. Firstly, as a teen, I went...
I’m becoming increasingly aware of the ageing process and my own mortality. Possibly because my mum has now started to ‘try out’ care homes and my best female friend has just bought a mobility...
I don’t remember the first time I felt anxious. I experienced it from such a young age but only realised decades later that it was social anxiety. At the time, I just felt terrified. Often. To family...