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Jul 12, 20197 min read

Performance Anxiety- How Can We Deal With It?

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

Jul 5, 20194 min read

Performance Anxiety- Where does it come from?

So far in our little exploration of Performance Anxiety, we’ve discovered exactly what it means and how it can feel. This week we’re...

Jun 21, 20194 min read

Performance Anxiety- What does it mean?

Performance Anxiety, Stage Fright, Nerves (whatever you want to call it) can be quite an unpleasant side-effect of performing. It’s...

Nov 28, 20185 min read

#AskTwice- Starting Conversations About Mental Illness

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

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,...

Oct 10, 20183 min read

10 Things People with Mental Illnesses are SICK of hearing

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

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...