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Oct 20, 20183 min read

Self-Care Favourites- October

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,...

Sep 25, 20186 min read

Mental Health Crisis- Break it Before it Breaks Us

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

Jul 9, 20185 min read

Role Models: Choose Real over Fake- The Wasted Time Project

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...

Jun 14, 20185 min read

Protect the Blob- The Wasted Time Project

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...

May 30, 20183 min read

Have a Nap, It’s Called Self-Care- [The Wasted Time Project]

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...

May 15, 20183 min read

Listen To Your Mother- The Wasted Time Project

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...

Apr 11, 20183 min read

Be Positive, Grab the Freddo![The Wasted Time Project]

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