So if you listened to my latest podcast episode I mentioned how I wanted to show different perspectives on how people have navigated lockdown. I think that one thing that keeps as strong as humanity through any difficult time is COMMUNITY. How as a whole we can come together to help each. And I think…
Tag: mental health awareness
NEW JOYFULL EPISODE – Corona’s effect on Mental Health
We have all felt it. The invisible virus’s effect on us. It might not be physically. But mentally….. bloody hell we can feel it! As I was having my morning coffee and scrolling through the news this morning, I saw a news article talking about lockdown’s detrimental effect on mental health. New research has shown…
EXCITING NEWS – New Podcast – JOYFULL
Dear beautiful human beings, Right- hands up! I admit it! I’ve been putting this off for ages with ABSOLUTELY ZERO EXCUSE. When I first started the blog last year, I spoke about doing it. Then I spoke to my best friend about doing one. I SPOKE TO HER SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT DOING IT! Then I…
GUEST POST: How to support a loved one through an eating disorder
Hello, lovely viewers of Joy’s blog! I’m Lucy, and I’m so very happy to be guest-posting on JoyfullJoyFood. Joy is one of my closest friends, and I feel so lucky to know such an inspiring, wacky, wonderful woman. Big love to you, Miss JoyfullJoy! We thought it would be nice to do a post about…
How to help your body image during QUARANTINE….
Warning: If you’ve come to this blog post today looking for dieting tips, exercise tips, flat stomach tips etc…. You have really come to the wrong place. You might as well leave now. Or Stay and have a read if you’re curious. As you may have noticed in yourselves during quarentine, it is impossible to…
Dear Anyone Suffering in Silence with an Eating Disorder…
Dear Anyone Suffering in Silence with an Eating Disorder, You are not alone. This is what I want to remind you to begin with. You. Are. Not. Alone. This must be a really scary time for you. And you must feel like you are crazy and this is all really stupid. You’re not crazy and…
How to navigate your sex life
Arrrrrgh there she blows. Follow the northern star eastbound to the tropical island of Orgasm. I am Captain Sex Pirate and I’ll be taking you on a magical journey today. CRINGE. Sorry but that is not how I’m going to be writing this post. Let’s start from the beginning. Of my own personal experience. When…
How to deal with being single…
If you’re expecting a blog post in which I give you tips on how to bag yourself a new partner. Then sorry sweethearts, you’ve come to the wrong place. When I say ‘deal’ with being single… I mean learn to live with it, love it and not have existential crisis’s about whether you’re going to…
How to cope with CHANGE…. – Missfit’s Caramel Pecan and Dark Choc Protein Balls.
CHANGE! Bleurgh! Even the word makes me want to vomit feelings up. Change is BLOODY HARD. I have always found change very difficult When my parents separated when I was 12, my dad bought me the book, ‘Who moved my cheese?’ It’s a very famous self help book about dealing with change. Did it help-…
How to manage SOCIAL ANXIETY….
As the old musical addage goes…. IT’S HIP TO BE SQUARE! BOY, I wish someone had told me that as a kid. I spent so long trying to fit in. I wish I could find photographic evidence of this spectacularly awful hair choice because…… when I was 12 years old, I got thick BLONDE highlights….
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