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Mental Health

How To Cope With Nightmares

A six-step plan on how to cope with nightmares and reduce distress.

Mental Health

Self-Help for SAD

Autumn is beautiful, but for some, it ushers in the most difficult time of the year.

Mental Health

How To Reduce Anxiety About Video Calls

The increased use of video calls seems to be here to stay - but what can we do if they make us anxious?

Mental Health

Suicide Prevention Awareness

We're about to head into September, which is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, with World Suicide Prevention Day also on 10th September each year.

Blogging

Reducing Screen-Time As A Blogger

A blogger cutting back on screen-time? Surely that's a disaster waiting to happen?

Mental Health

Decluttering, Minimalism, and Happiness

I've been on something of a decluttering mission recently.

Mental Health

When It’s Hard To Say No

A people-pleaser's guide reclaiming your right to say "no".

Mental Health

How Recovering From Mental Illness Can Make You Sicker

When starting out on your recovery journey, you may actually become more unwell than you were before. In some cases, things can get worse before they get better.

Blogging

5 Ways To Find Inspiration For Your Mental Health Blog

Writer's block be damned.

Mental Health

How To Destroy Your Self-Esteem

So, you want some tips on how to destroy your self-esteem? Feel free to follow my handy guide.

Mental Health

On Sobriety

One year sober.

Mental Health

BPD and Problem-Solving

Unfortunately, problems crop up for all of us every now and then.

Mental Health

Multipotentiality: An Epiphany

I'm surrounded by people who have a "thing". That "thing" that really sums up who they are, what they're passionate about, what gets them out of bed in the morning. And I don't have one.

Mental Health

Toxic Positivity

I love an inspirational positive quote as much as the next person, but I have some concerns about an insistence on 100% positivity all day, every day.

Mental Health

On The Importance Of Communication (Guest Post)

"The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determined the quality of our lives" - Anthony Robbins

Mental Health

COVID-19 and Anxiety (Guest Post)

The COVID-19 pandemic has had (and continues to have) widespread effects on us all, inducing worry, fear and even panic.

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