Category: Blog
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Life, Romance and Job Reality: Three Reasons Returning Home Has Been The Hardest Thing I’ve Had To Do
Returning home from backpacking the world has been the hardest thing I’ve had to do, here’s why.
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6 Things That Helped Me Manage My Eating Disorder Whilst Backpacking
Trigger Warning – Eating Disorders. This post in no way has been sponsored or endorsed by any of the apps or websites mentioned below. They’re all just useful tools that helped me a lot. I think as we veer between possible lockdown and the overwhelming realisation that this ‘new’ normal, is actually going to be…
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Dear Grandad
Grief took me backpacking around the world and I’ve written a letter to my Grandad expressing how hard it’s been without him
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The “Turning 27” Blues
It’s funny to think birthdays can have such a profound impact on your mental health
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MOTIVATIONAL LIFE UPDATE QUICKIE
Here’s a quick motivational life update about where I am, what my thoughts are and the next steps for me
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What Instagram doesn’t show you about travelling solo
Hey gang, What’s happening? I hope you’ve all been trying to spend time during lockdown in the most positive way possible. Lockdown for me has given me time to reminisce about the places I’ve travelled to and the experiences I’ve had. A lot of travel businesses, airlines, hotels and hostels are slowly thinking of opening…
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Mental Health May – Why I’ve Not Been Writing
As you may or may not know, it’s Mental Health May (oh clever, see what I did there). It’s a month dedicated to bringing awareness to mental illness and so I thought I’d write about how I’ve actually been feeling. I could give a “10 top tips to make you feel GREAT” but I don’t…
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From London with Love <3 What’s Happened Since COVID19
This is the story that begins from before the word COVID-19 existed to writing in what seems to be a particularly sick episode of Black Mirror that someone seems to has forgotten to switch off. You may question why I’ve titled this post “From London with Love”. That is a) because for now, my travels,…
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London to Thailand -Depression in Paradise
This is an incredibly hard post to write, seeing as I feel like I’m in the midst of a storm right now. I’m in Koh Tao and the weather is unpredictable, hot and warm one minute, yet thundering showers shaking the island the next. I took the picture above as I found it crudely relevant…
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Why I’m Loving NOT Loving India
And a big friendly, slightly smelly and dusty hello from India friends! First of all, I would like to extend my apologies to my readers – Chris and my Mum – for taking so long to get around to writing. As you may know, I’ve been wandering around India, trying to find my way and…
Emily's Backpacking & Mental Health Adventures 