Category: Wellness
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It’s just you
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. I couldn’t stop my legs trembling. I was half tempted to sit on the bath floor and yet desperately wanted to hold myself tightly; rock…
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MS AWARENESS WEEK: The 5 Things MS Has Taught Me
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 talk about how it’s only now, 22 years after my Dad first got diagnosed that I can barely even speak about a few of the…
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The Post Lockdown ‘Lose the pounds’ Phase – Why I’m Refusing To Listen
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 you’d think I had it all together – mentally that is. But nobody – absolutely NOBODY – has it all together, in any sense of…
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Be Your Own Valentine This Valentine’s Day
Oh Valentine’s Day, that ol’ day. The day of flowers, grand declarations of love, chocolates and feeling appreciated. Or if you’re me a few years ago, a day of tense conversations and a lack of chocolate. That’s right readers, I’ve never really had the best Valentine’s day, even when I was in a relationship, which…
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My Mental Health Journey in Tier 4 Restrictions
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 Tier 4 restrictions. It’s becoming steadfastly more and more mentally exhausting to remain upbeat, when you’re being told the virus is spreading like wildfire and…
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Life, Dating, Therapy & Travel Update In Lockdown 2020
What’s it like to return from backpacking the world to a pandemic? How does life resume? How is dating possible?
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5 Things Which May Make Lockdown Less Intense
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 virus hasn’t been enough of a challenge, we’re all on tenterhooks waiting for election results, James Bond has died and terror attacks are being thrown…
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WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY – From Travelling The World To Therapy In Lockdown
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
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My TOP 8 Netflix Shows For An Endorphin Hit
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 sh*tshow is still happening. I mean, as much as I’ve got used to this world pandemic, I also have not got used to it at all and I am beyond fed up.…
Emily's Backpacking & Mental Health Adventures 