When I was 14 years old, I attended a musical theatre summer school. I was also strongly in the grips of anorexia. The teachers cottoned on quite quickly that something was wrong. When you’re anorexic, you become quite deceptive. But when everyone eats, or in my case, DOESN’T eat in the same room together, it’s…
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Sobriety in Your Twenties
On Monday, I am going to Barcelona for a week with a few friends. Never been on holiday with friends before. Muy emocionante! (That’s very excited. FYI. Adios) Sun, beach, good food, exploring, culture, good wine and cocktails? Not for me. I have been sober for 4 and a half months. I quit drinking in…
Let’s break the STIGMA of medication – Super Boost Mood Boost Millionare’s Slices
I take medication. Yep, I do. I am not ashamed of this. And if I wasn’t so open about breaking the stigma of mental health…. If you met me in the street….. Or met the women in this photograph above…. You wouldn’t know. Because medication doesn’t alter your personality. It doesn’t alter you as a…
YOU have the power to CHANGE
You don’t have to do things that make you unhappy anymore. You don’t have to associate with people who make you unhappy. You don’t have to stay in a job that makes you unhappy. You don’t have to live in a city, town or village that makes you unhappy. You don’t have to date somebody…
You are not your PAST – How to move FORWARDS
Yesterday, I found myself in tears over a childhood diary. I’ve been doing a mass clear out of my childhood bedroom, before my mum and stepdad sell my childhood home and move to Yorkshire. Imagine in your head a room you might find in Tidying up with Marie Kondo. That’s my childhood bedroom. I told…
Go BRAVELY – Mexican Chilli Chocolate Zoats
I have a frame that sits on my windowsill. It greets me when I wake each morning. In this frame is a postcard my Mum gave me. She gave me this postcard when I moved to London when I was 19 years old. I’d got a place on a part time foundation acting course at…
You are not an IMPOSTOR – Blackberry and Thyme Oatmeal
Imposter Syndrome A psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their accomplishments and has a persistant internalized fear of being exposed as a ‘fraud’. A feeling of being out of place. For any of my readers feeling like this… You are not alone. You deserve to take up space. You belong. I have persistently had…
You set the BAR that you LIVE by – Overnight Turmeric Buckwheat
One step forward, two steps back. Often it can feel like this. That you are striving towards a goal, whatever that goal may be, and each step you take forwards, it feels like you are falling backwards. Or that no matter how hard you try, you can’t reach your goal. Or even in the TRYING…
Joyfull Joy 