The people here in the UK are known to have a stiff upper lip;
they hold back on showing their feelings as emotional public displays are discouraged. But why is that dangerous? Continue reading How to stop repressing your emotions!
The thing about quitting one addiction is how obvious all others become.
Now I know how much better life is without the one thing that made it worth living, I’m out of excuses. Continue reading That’s it, I’m doing it!
Today, I celebrated by cancelling all my plans and sleeping for hours.
Sometimes, this is what depression looks like. Sometimes, it’s self-care. Continue reading Happy World Mental Health Day!
Roles and responsibilities are piling up, and so does the guilt associated with them. When it is impossible to do everything, what do we do first?
Continue reading The art of prioritising
Our world doesn’t lend itself to patience. With social media, Amazon Prime and Google, it’s not surprising I expect immediate results for everything else, most of all healing. Continue reading I can’t wait to be patient
For months now I had been watching my screen time steadily creeping up, from scrolling on social media to binge watching series on Netflix.
Enough was enough! Continue reading From 8 hours screen time to 0! What I learned from a full day without screens
With school and work, we get used to hanging out with who we mesh with best. But when we change, is it fair to expect others to change too? Continue reading How I’ve lost all of my friends in a year and couldn’t be happier
This week, while dealing with loss and guilt, self-care took on a different form for me. A tattoo that was waiting to be finished had to make way for me to get some sleep. Continue reading And then I said no
Sonya Renee Taylor speaks of the system of oppression that profit from self-hatred, and offers an alternative: radical self-love to heal body shame, in ourselves and the world. Continue reading Your Body is not an Apology
I did not expect to cry watching Paris Hilton’s new documentary “This Is Paris”.
It did not just touch nostalgia, but also trauma. Continue reading Why you have more in common with Paris than you thought
