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…
Tag: mental health
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….
Push the boundaries of your COMFORT ZONE
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…
How to deal with Emotional Eating – Pumpkin Chickpea Curry
My grandmother died. Well you’re a bloody laugh a minute, Joy! And I have been emotionally eating. I’ve popped on a few pounds. Such is life. What is emotional eating? Is it crying when you eat? Is it finding your food really funny? Is it getting angry with your breakfast? Emotionally eating is responding to…
How to silence your inner critic… Beat the Blues Cacao Chestnut Boost Balls
Bleep. Bloop. Blorp. My brain is not working. Genuinely. It’s not. I have writer’s block. Over the past few weeks, I have not been able to write. It has taken me a lot longer than I’d like to admit to write this post. And to be fair, life has dealt me a few tricky cards…
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…
What DIET CULTURE actually does to your body… – Plum and Hazelnut Overnight Oats
Today I have a hospital appointment. It’s not for my mental health. It’s for my stomach. I was diagnosed with IBS as a young teenager. But anorexia and the destructive habits I engaged in (diet pills and laxatives to name a few) have only made it worse. Recently I shared on my Instagram stories, the…
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