mental health

What up? Yeah, same. I haven’t written a blog in FOREVER and I was thinking about why that was recently. Turns out there are a number of reasons, some of which are listed below: Attempting to get a first draft…

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…

I couldn’t tell you how many blog posts, Instagram posts and stories I’ve shared about my struggles with body image. And not just body image. I mean, the entire journey that is dealing with the body: fitness, my relationship with…

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 posted a beautiful shot onto my Instagram story this morning. The sky looked particularly beautiful from my balcony and I thought nothing of it when I posted it. It wasn’t until my partner commented that a video he’d taken…

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…

There is no day of the week called “Someday” Dr Phil told me that, by way of the chat he had on the Joe Rogan Experience this week. It was like someone – no wait – it felt like Dr…

It’s been an anxiety-riddled kinda day today. I woke up grumpy with sore muscles and crusty eyes. I was cross at everything. I wanted to train legs at the gym, but not enough to get my ass out of bed.…

I nearly vomited in the gym this week and it was on a God damn weights day. I had it coming. I was still getting over a virus/head cold-flu-thing/sinusitis that knocked me for six. I also took a lot of…