As you may have gathered if you have read previous posts, I have spent much of my life tangled in my own head, thoughts, worries, overthinking, second-guessing. I have also spent much of my life struggling with anxiety and sometimes depression, mainly without knowing it in my 20s and early 30s. I have now reached …
Right now, many of us British parents are waiting for our kids´ exam results. Whether it is for A Levels (at 18 to go to uni/college) or GCSE´s (16 to continue onto A Levels or other higher education) it feels like quite a lot is riding on it (granted more on the A Levels than …
January again. Start to a fresh year. A blank page. I don´t know about you, but I ditched resolutions many years ago. They never seemed to work that long and ended up being another way to beat myself up about myself, my willpower, anything really. Now people talk more about a word for the year …
Having read up about Making Peace with Food, I have embarked this week on the workbook reading and exercises, which I found easier to follow than the main book. Particularly the explanation around habituation where dieting stops us from having the effect of being comfortable around some foods which can result in bingeing. It was …
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Please don’t let the title put you off! I know everyone has had their fill of articles on weight loss, diets, fads, exercise routines, I don’t think I need to go on. And I know I have certainly had enough of the whole ‘perfect body’ culture, that anyone is less than if they don’t conform …
One of the great things about having lived in a few different countries is that you have friends all over the world. One of the not so great things about having lived in a few different countries is that you have friends all over the world. It is obviously wonderful in so many ways to …
Ok, so we have felt our feelings and talked about them (and if you haven’t yet, then read this post here!) The next step is how can we still have a meaningful Christmas, New Year, Easter or Birthday (any special occasion really!) with whoever we spend it with and also develop connection with those other …
I don’t know about you, but I feel like I am turning into a bit of a hermit. Yes, I might live with my husband and two kids and speak to a few people online, meet a friend for an occasional walk maybe; Apart from that not a lot else. The rest of my social …