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There's more book recommendations in this article than you can shake a bookmark at!

A few little self-care activities that I've been using to help organise my thoughts and manage mild symptoms as best as I can.

Avoid reading in the bath - when you start reading this book, you will understand! I would get a cosy blanket, sit somewhere quiet without

We are at our most powerful when we feel like ourselves, so picking songs that fit our personality and who we are can really ground us.

So, we find ourselves at the fourth week of our exploration into Performance Anxiety. So far, we know what Performance Anxiety is, how it...

Question: What do the following have in common? Breaking up with somebody. Theresa May’s Brexit Negotiations with the EU. Having to...

So, here are some of the things I’ve loved to do or use this month, to practise self-care. If you feel like you’re in a self-care rut,...

Humans. We all like to think we know everything about everything and EVERYONE has an opinion…even when they have no experience of what...

Copyright BBC Panorama Last night, the BBC broadcast a Panorama episode entitled ‘Kids In Crisis’, a documentary following the mental...

Credit- iTunes I was part of one of the last generations allowed to grow up without being glued to an iPad. I wasn’t allowed social...

Check out It’s Not a Trumpet’s first ever Youtube video! Follow me as I prepare to play Principal Cornet with the wonderful Golborne band...

If you’ve bought a newspaper, turned on the radio/tv or flicked through social media, one word has dominated the headlines. A word that I...

When I first realised I was suffering with depression, the first self-care thing I did was to try to do things that were away from social...

Dear Young(er) Liv, However behind the red and blue hair dye and the black eyeliner, we both know you’re actually a bit of a worrier. You...

The Wasted Time Project: POST 2 As a musician, I think we pretty much train ourselves to think critically about everything we do, at...

here to read]. Basically I realised that I’m very good at dropping things because I thought I’d never actually finish the task or I’d be...

The Meaning of Life: Does EVERYTHING Have to Mean Something? I hate wasting time. I’ve always been a person that looks for ‘meaning’ in...