For the longest time, I forgot my own voice. I forgot what I wanted and what I cared about most. I spent way too much time caring what others thought of me rather that what I thought of myself. I spent too much time just…
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The Tree
When our anxious hearts are wrecked with pain and fear and dispair, it’s only natural for the anxiety to engulf us. We become our thoughts. We become our fears; the smallest and the biggest. Life becomes so small. Were entrapped…
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Becoming the person you truly want to be.
Hello my anxious hearts, I hope the week is going well for you. Here’s a little something that got me thinking this week. Have you ever thought what would happen to your life, if you stepped into becoming the person…
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The Beginning, Not The End.
When you’re at the bottom it’s so dark, lonely and scary, that it’s no wonder you ask yourself ‘why is this happening to me?!
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Compassion For Yourself
Hello anxious hearts. How are you? I hope you’ve had a good week and restful weekend. I thought I would share something with you that’s really been helping me daily for a long time now. And I felt it important…
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Trusting Your Thoughts.
A Mindfulness approach to our thinking. In my experience there are two states of being: One of fear; One of no fear. It’s usually possible to tell which state you’re in just by the way you feel in any given…
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Rise Above – A Visualisation.
Without us realizing, we often live in a space in our heads that is busy, anxious and stressed. If you suffer with anxiety or depression you will recognise this space all too well as it becomes your only space. There…
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THOUGHTFUL SPOT // The good stuff stays.
I read an incredible article this week that filled my heart with hope and peace. Paulo Coelho is a world renowned author, philosopher and spiritual leader. I’ve read many of his books and they always strike a chord and leave me…
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Dealing with bad days
With all this good advice and all the techniques and medications out there to help you feel good, how come we still have bad days? The truth is everyone has bad days. Some worse than others. Some have bad weeks,…
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Fibro/M.E./C.F.S – Finding Relief
Living with constant pain and fatigue is literally exhausting. There is little or no let up. I have learnt over time that my stamina is almost zero if I am pushed to a full day of activity. My ability to…
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You Are Enough
You are good enough. Just as you are! Let that sink in a moment. Does that make you feel better? Me just saying this? I remember reading it for the first time and thinking this was the most amazing thing…
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FIBROMYALGIA & Me
I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia (fibro) in 2012. Prior to this life was full. Full to the brim. Even though I had suffered depression and anxiety since 1995, it had never held me back. Not to any great extent. Family,…
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Accepting What Is
Hey loves, Hope you have had a good week. Lovely that it’s Easter weekend. It’s my favourite Christian holiday. I have so many wonderful memories as a child and growing up. Holy Week was such an important week to us…
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Working on Yourself
Hey loves. Hope you’re all ok and had a good weekend. It was a bit of a big one for me. I had one of my articles from here on the blog, published in the New York Times’ Elephant Journal.…
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Ticker Tape of Thoughts
The human mind naturally generates thousands of thoughts a day. When we’re anxious or depressed then we are generally engulfed by these thoughts. -🌿 But thoughts come and go like waves. It’s a constant ticker tape of thinking. It is…
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Negative Predictions
Hey my loves, How you all doing? I hope you’re doing ok. Before I sleep tonight I thought I’d share with you one of the many notes I keep in a folder on my phone. These notes are to remind…
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Letting Go – A Quick Reaction to Covid-19
Hello my anxious hearts. Given the current situation it is likely that your anxiety levels are at an all time high. This is so normal. Feelings of lack of control and the unknown. Feeling the isolation. Everyone is at a…
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