Although many of us refer to October, November and December as the “best three months of the year” (including myself), it’s no real surprise that many of us can ALSO feel a bit low or …
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Coping With the Loss of a Pet: 7 Tips For When You’re Grieving
In case you hadn’t seen on social media or read my tribute to Rory post from last week, in July we lost our precious dog and furry best friend. This was my first foray into …
5 Healthy Ways To Cope With Stress
ad collaborative post // Stress seems to be everywhere these days. The unique pressures of the pandemic added even more weight to already overburdened shoulders. However, too much tension can take a devastating toll on …
How To Avoid Burnout: 5 Tips To Benefit Your Health + Well-Being
Burnout is a phrase that everyone in the 21st century is familiar with: the exposure to excessive stress which can lead to impaired cognitive function, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, a decreased sense of accomplishment and many …
Journal Prompts For Mental Health: 30 Prompts To Help You
Journaling can have a hugely beneficial impact on our own mental health and state of mind and there are so many benefits of writing down our feelings. I’ve dabbled on and off with journaling for …
National PTSD Day: Pregnancy & Birth of My Second Child
When it was Fibromyalgia Awareness Day last year, I invited another blogger onto my blog to guest post and talk about her experience of Fibromyalgia and share some tips for when you receive a diagnosis. …
What’s In My Emotional Toolbag?
I don’t mean a physical bag that I carry around with everything I need in it in case I get a bit teary. For me, an emotional toolbag are all the tools, resources and lessons …
Nervous About Therapy? Here Are 8 Important Things To Remember
I know, first hand, how terrifying a prospect it can be going to therapy or counselling. Not knowing who your therapist is going to be, whether you’re going to like them, what the environment is …
8 Things To Avoid When You’re Feeling Low or Depressed
It’s no secret that when you’re feeling low or are in a state of depression, there are a multitude of things that can make it better or worse. Of course I’m not saying that a …
Mentally Fragile Right Now? Here Are 6 Coping Techniques To Help
We will all go through periods of feeling mentally fragile. In July of 2019, I went through a period of seriously intense health anxiety. Which ended up with my nurse making an urgent doctors appointment …
How To Cope With Frustrations In Life
collaborative post // A quick Google search showed me that everyone feels frustrated. I have been feeling frustrated in the past, and I thought I was the only person feeling that way. I thought frustrations …
Charlie – Your Personal Journalist: Consuming the News in a Healthy Way
ad // Throughout 2022 so far, I’ve been pretty depressed. One evening in March, I had a wee little breakdown to my boyfriend about how I was feeling and one suggestion he had for me …
The Connection Between Low Testosterone and Depression
ad collaborative post // Testosterone is a hormone that is produced in the testicles. It is usually associated with male development and the onset of masculine characteristics. That said, women too have some testosterone levels, …
Practical Tips To Deal With the Mental Impact of an Accident
ad collaborative post // The American roads are not as safe as drivers want them to be. Millions of mishaps occur every year, and thousands of drivers, passengers, and pedestrians lose their lives on the …
Spring Activities For Mental Health: 7 Ideas to Boost Your Mood
I don’t know about anyone else but this last Winter seems to have lasted forever. I’m not one to wish time away. Heck, I usually really enjoy Winter and at the tail end of 2021, …
5 Mental Health Tips While Navigating a Job Search
ad collaborative post // The only thing more interesting than the housing market these days may be current career transitions. The great resignation shows no sign of slowing down as people seek better working conditions, …