Greetings from this POST APOCALYPTIC WORLD that none of us ever quite imagined we would ever be living. Maybe I did make a few WW3 jokes in the past HOWEVER … this is no world war 3. This is CORONA VIRUS times. Or Miss Rony as it is sometimes fun to call her because let’s…
Tag: self care
How to avoid toxic relationships…
Whether we like to admit it or not, We all have a type. Tall, dark and handsome…. Guys with broad shoulders and big arms… Hairy men…. Curvy women…. Blondes with blue eyes…. My type for a while was very specific… Men who would never and could never love me back. Let me start by trying…
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….
Why diet’s DON’T WORK -Banana Boost Blondies
Yesterday I was at an event where people were talking about calories. I overheard a woman say, ‘Oh no, I can’t eat carbohydrates today, I need to drop a dress size.’ I spoke to another women who told me she was on a juicing diet. A man had a conversation with me about being on…
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…
Small Seemingly Meaningless Acts of Self Care
I always assumed that there was a ‘recovered’. That once you got better from a mental health illness, that that was IT. You were a normal person. You didn’t have to worry about it again. You could just do WHATEVER THE BLOODY HELL YOU WANTED. Work 40 plus hours a week. Drink as much as…
Are you exercising for JOY or for PUNISHMENT? – Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Chickpea Cookie Dough
I love running. I hate running. Make your mind up, Joy. I started running when I was recovering from my worst relapse of anorexia. I had started to gain weight and was getting more ‘well’. I downloaded the NHS Couch to 5k app (which I highly recommend). I started off running with walking intervals and…
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…
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