Emily's Backpacking & Mental Health Adventures
Emily’s Eyes Explore is an honest, sometimes funny, backpacking, travel and mental health lifestyle blog. I’m on a mission to show you the extreme highs and mental health lows that come from backpacking the world solo. Follow my adventures for backpacking advice, mental health tips, sarcastic jokes and the best travel destinations to visit!
Recently, I was looking through some of the writings I’d made throughout my world travels. Today I went for lunch with my Grandma, I haven’t seen her in SO long … Continue reading A message to my Grandad from Gili T, Indonesia
I held myself tightly under the shower desperately trying to stop myself from shaking as the water soaked my hair and mixed with my tears. I couldn’t feel my arms. … Continue reading It’s just you
I’ve thought long and hard about the best way to write this for MS Awareness Week. Do I write facts? An account on how you’ve affected my life? Do I … Continue reading MS AWARENESS WEEK: The 5 Things MS Has Taught Me
Looking at me, I don’t think you would assume I ever suffered from an eating disorder. In fact, looking at me and judging me at face value, I would assume … Continue reading The Post Lockdown ‘Lose the pounds’ Phase – Why I’m Refusing To Listen
Welcome travellers, to my TOP Travel Essentials List. I wrote my TOP Travel Essentials List at 00.02am in a bunk bed in Peru, 7 hours before I had to get … Continue reading THE TOP TRAVEL ESSENTIALS LIST
2020 New Year Realisations
As we start the countdown to New Year’s Eve 2020 (oh the joy), I’ve realised how anxious I’ve become since we heard the announcement that London was being thrown into … Continue reading My Mental Health Journey in Tier 4 Restrictions
What’s it like to return from backpacking the world to a pandemic? How does life resume? How is dating possible?
HELLO LOCKDOWN MY OLD FRIEND. What an entire sh*tshow 2020 has been. There’s no beating around the bush here – it’s been dire. As if a world ravaged by a … Continue reading 5 Things Which May Make Lockdown Less Intense
I didn’t think I’d be celebrating World Mental Health Day in lockdown. Here’s how I went from travelling the world to starting therapy in the UK during a pandemic
Hey you! How are you doing? It’s been a rough ride hasn’t it? I for one, can’t believe we’re in October and this shitshow is still happening. I mean, as … Continue reading My TOP 8 Netflix Shows For An Endorphin Hit
Returning home from backpacking the world has been the hardest thing I’ve had to do, here’s why.
Emily's Backpacking & Mental Health Adventures 