Yesterday when swinging on the swings in a children’s playground, (YES YOU READ RIGHT ) a song came into my head… ‘And you say, just be here now Forget about the past, your mask is wearing thin Just let me throw one more dice I know that I can win I’m waiting for my real…
Tag: mental health
My No Counting Calories Experiment – PBJ Oats
Science Experiment Day 7: Objective: To stop counting calories, eat when I’m hungry and need energy. To live life to it’s fullest, eat food to it’s fullest and love to my fullest. Also burgers. And salted caramel. Is that an objective? I don’t care. IT IS NOW! The problem with being ‘recovered’ is that your…
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…
How to make FRIENDS as an ADULT – Cherry Bakewell Oats
Making friends can be SCARY. In childhood days, it was SO MUCH easier. When we happily toddled over to other children, No introductions needed, And started to squelch and play in the mud. Then for whatever MULTITUDE of reasons, fear and doubt enters our lives. And making friends as an adult can be TERRIFYING. After…
No Food is EVIL – Not So Secret Salted Caramel
What would you FEED your ‘child self’? If you were to walk around daily with the little, vulnerable child version of you… What WORDS would you feed yourself? What IMAGES would you feed yourself? What FOOD would you feed yourself? Would you tell the child version of you that they were FAT and didn’t deserve…
Let them eat CAKE – Coffee and Walnut Cake Oatmeal
Here is a funny story about cake. And as a lot of funny stories begin, I’m going to start it with the sentence…. ‘When I was severely anorexic….’ (Hilarious right? No but seriously stay with me) I was about to collapse and be taken into hospital for the second time but before that it was…
My Mantra Jewellery – Morrocan Jewelled Oats
I am going to be honest….. I’m NOT a jewellery person. I have never liked the FAFF. I am always just really AWARE that jewellery is on my body. Like a CONSTANT ITCH. However, my mind may have been changed (slightly) And yesterday after a series of difficult appointments… I was glad to have…
How to be ALONE – Coconut Lamington Oats
And so I found myself in a bar. I had finished my promo shift in Camden. Willing the hours to roll by, tired of pinning a smile to my face. Tired of drawing on my last energy to convince people I was okay. I grabbed my backpack and my suitcase and rolled it out of…
How to get a GREAT BODY…..
I have an amazing BUM. jhfdjsfjkzsbfkbksdfjhbGYTFGDDYU&!&&WQ^UQ*EY*Y^*!&!!!BLEURRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH! Even as I type that my hackles are raising… My brain is starting to attack… Hating me and the rest of my body… ‘You cocky bitch, you’re nothing but a piece of SHIT!’ But you know what, it can seriously SHUT UP! I am acknowledging a part of my…
My SOUL SISTER and her COLOURFUL SOCKS
Today I want to talk to you about a CAUSE and a GIRL very dear to my heart ❤️ (Warning: This is about to get SOPPY. Prepare your tissues/sick buckets if needed ❤️ ) Three years ago, I had my fourth and so far FINAL relapse with anorexia. I exercised obsessively. I ate as little…
Joyfull Joy 