Hello I hope everyone is well. Or should I say Hello – how are you? That is a greeting and an attached question that we often use in everyday life. I think many of us feel the only appropriate answer to this question is yes, I am fine thank you, or similar words to that….
Category: coping
Always Too Hard on Yourself?
Self deprecation achieves nothing but making yourself feel rubbish, yet it is something many people do on a regularly in life. Some people are hard on themselves even when receiving praise and feedback. If this sounds familiar you might find the following article to be useful. Here is an extract from the course “If your…
Blog: recovery part two
Hello everyone I hope everyone is well. In my last lock I wrote about my recent injury and how I am recovering from this. This blog is pretty much an update on how this is going. Mental health is really important, and just as important as our physical health. Our mental health is less visible…
Time to talk day 2022
3 February 2022 is Time to Talk day. So this blog is simply to highlight that day and talk about talking. I want to include a quote from the home page “A small conversation about mental health has the power to make a big difference. We know that the more conversations we have, the more myths…
Blog: the clock will stop ticking
The clock keeps ticking and time goes on. But at some point life will end. You never quite know how or when that will be. Life is short. Our journey on this planet is not limitless. What would you do if you knew this was your last day to be alive? That’s quite scary to…
Blog: The Final Day
*** Warning: this blog talks openly about death and grief *** Time heals everything is what they tell you, for me I can tell you that is simply not true. Time changes how grief feels sure, but a change in feeling does not make up for the loss that we feel. Grief comes in many…
Blog: New Year, New Me? How about not!
So here we are in a new year. I just want to say don’t feel forced to join in with New Year’s resolutions if you do not want to. If than you year has inspired, you to set goals and make positive changes to your life then that is excellent. I hope you achieve everything…
Blog: Working from home survival
So here in the UK, I think we are on the fourth wave of covid cases. As per usual more restrictions have been introduced and in England we’re back to a work from home if you can directive. Some people love working from home (including myself), some people hate it. Others have just reached fatigue…
Blog: Ready for a break
We are once again facing uncertain times, I for one am ready for a break in more ways than one. My mental health isn’t the best at the moment, I find the the run up to Christmas difficult, I lost my dad back in 2014 and I’ve found that I take a “dip” just before…
Blog: Keep on running
Back in October 2020 I took up running again and got out for my first run in over 2.5 years. Now it is mid December 2021 and I’ve been at it for well over a year. I started running again just as the second lock down was announced in England. At the time I was…
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