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…
Tag: mental health blogger
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 talk PERIOD(S) – Vegan Stroganoff Spaghetti
Yesterday I started my period. EWWWWWWWWW! For God’s sake Joy, why would you think it’s appropriate to share that with us? And then share a food recipe. Seriously, what’s your problem? (Sub note: If you’re one of my male readers and you want to skip down to the recipe, I completely understand.) Periods are normal….
Dear anybody who hates their body…
Dear anybody who hates their body, Whether you be a teenage girl or boy, Someone in their twenties, Or someone in your sixties. Hating your body is an easy choice. It’s what we are taught to do. With advertisements. With the media. With the celebrities we see on screen. With diet culture. With exercise classes….
What is BODY NEUTRALITY?
I have always hated having BOOBS I’m 12 years old And I have just grown breasts One of my friends mum’s Threw her a womanhood party She started her period the week before and then her mum threw her a ‘Well done you’re a woman’ party Like it’s anything to bloody celebrate I hate them!…
7 lessons my mother taught me
I appreciate it’s Mother’s Day and your social media will be in-fluxed with backstories and essays of how amazing people’s mothers are. And it’s important that we express the LOVE and APPRECIATION we feel for fantastic people in our lives. For some people this is an incredibly difficult day, due to various different reasons. I’m…
Winter will pass and SPRING will come AGAIN… – Gingerbread Oatmeal
Today is the first day of SPRING! Huzzah! Never one to conform with the norm, my body has decided to go into HIBERNATION! I woke up on Tuesday morning with a high fever, swollen and painful throat and a migraine. Cut to yesterday and I was diagnosed with Tonsillitis, given antibiotics and signed off work…
Apologies to ANYONE I’ve ever GHOSTED on Tinder – Red Velvet Oatmeal
Dating is SCARY. One of my favourite books which involves a romance is ….Jane Eyre. So well balanced. Rochester locks his mentally ill wife in the attic. He tries to marry Jane, lying to her the whole time. She leaves. Eventually she comes back to him and they marry, after he is blind and severely…
BINGE watch, BINGE eat, BINGE drink, REPEAT – Super Sexy Salted Caramel Sauce.
I had a food binge. A mindless food binge. I wasn’t even tasting the food. I just wanted all of the chocolate and sugar in my mouth. Nothing would fill the deep hunger within me. The empty hole that would never be full. Barely chewing. Just cramming it in my mouth and swallowing it down….
Why it’s OKAY to HAVE NO IDEA what you are DOING – Raspberry and Lime Cacao Zoats.
I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what I’m doing. I have NO IDEA what I’m doing with my life. And when it comes to a lot of things I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I’M DOING. With dating. With work. With friends. With writing. With this blog. And do you know what? That is completely OKAY. I…
Joyfull Joy 