Mental Health

I’ve been completely out of the loop with all things author-related lately. I’ve been battling through some serious burn-out and mental health stuff, so I decided to take a break from: Posting and scrolling on Instagram (which I never thought…

February was a rollercoaster month of emotions.  For starters, I missed out on a self-publishing course by a few minutes and I had an actual meltdown. I received feedback from my beta readers. It was a daunting experience. I couldn’t…

As I write this, I am in the later stages of dealing with a cold/virus. The blinds are drawn on every window in my apartment and I am onto my third day of binge-watching Elementary (how good). My face hurts…

It’s been fifty-leven days, umpteen hours now. I work from home. I do Click ‘n’ Collect. I complete mat Pilates sessions on my living room floor. Some days I never leave the apartment. What about you? I spend hours thinking…

Bear with me while I am overly self-indulgent for a minute. Or a couple of minutes. I haven’t written a blog post in over two months. I’ve completely stalled on progressing my novel. I’m overeating. I find myself indulging in…

H As someone who often thinks about their mental health (and who also adores both Osher Gunsberg and Rosie Waterland) I found a recent podcast of them together, comforting. Heroic Self Care with Rosie Waterland is a conversation about all…

I have been battling internally this past week. It has probably been one of the more challenging weeks I have had for some time, in terms of my mental health. I am working through it, but it’s a slow process…

Recently I woke up with a feeling of despair and hopelessness engulfing my entire body. Perhaps my realistic dreams had taken a hold of me or my body was warning me of something untoward. Whatever it was, when my alarm…

I’m addicted to social media and I know it. *clap clap* Those of you who don’t use social media may not care so much about this topic. My dad might read this and wonder what’s happened to my generation and…

I went stand-up paddle boarding for the first time today. IKR. The activity that people have been doing since the 1940s; the one that people do with their dogs onboard; the one that apparently even the most balanced-challenged have been…