Wedding planning with depression and anxiety
I started planning my wedding in 2014, just two years after my initial diagnoses of depression and anxiety. On the outside, I appeared to be quite happy and excited but truthfully I found the whole experience rather stressful. To be honest I could get...
7 reasons why you need to make an emergency self-care box
it’s like having a box of bandages ready for when you cut yourself. It helps you heal faster.
Going freelance and feeling like an imposter
Why I jacked it in to go freelance, only to feel like I don’t belong.
Improve your mental health with ‘5 Minutes in the Morning’
You don’t have to be a wordsmith to benefit from the positive benefits of journal writing. Give it a try!
Gift ideas for friends with depression
Buying gifts for friends with depression can be tricky. You want them to feel loved and appreciated, but often they have no interest in things that usually make them happy. I find it hard to ask for presents because I often feel like I don't deserve any, but when...
The perfect gift idea for loved ones with mental illness
Thoughtful, appropriate and genuinely helpful gifts from I Can Cards.
Why I’m ditching self-care and searching for ‘restorative space’
The idea of spending 60 minutes sweating it out in a public gym with strangers is most people's idea of hell on earth. The smell, the obnoxiously placed mirrors, the overly friendly personal trainers and then there's the real stinger - having to actually...
Depression, recovery and why relapse feels painfully good
Recovery from depression is an uphill struggle. I was diagnosed in 2012 and I still to this day class myself as depressed, because relapse is always just around the corner. I know I'm a total downer, right? Well believe it or not, I don't go around...
Why your ‘New Year’ self-care routine needs to start today
Look let’s not beat around the bush. Christmas is coming. Depending on when your reading this, it may be nearer than you’d like to admit. As I’m writing this in October, I’m aware that many of you are December Deniers. You’re refusing to accept that the...
How to get stuff done with depression
You might have read my long rambling posts about depression and hopeless it can make me feel. I’m sure you’re reading this because you too have been fighting the back dog for some time now, so don’t worry, you’re safe here. I get you. I was diagnosed with...
Boost your mood with these powerful feel good fragrances
Gardens make me emotional The smell of freshly cut grass instantly transports me to the seaside caravan park where I spent the sunshine of my youth. My family spent every summer there soaking up the Scottish sun (there seemed to be more sunshine back then)...
Fighting ‘the big sad’ one scribble at a time
I spend a lot of time scrolling. Instagram is where I mentally tune out, and instead mindlessly absorb visual data with varying rates of success. I drool over vegan milkshakes which overflow sensually from bubbling mason jars, and peer curiously into the...
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