What is Depression & How Do I Know if I Have It?

Depression, Mental Health

What is Depression & How Do I Know if I Have It?     Last week I felt stunned to see a tweet announcing the death of someone I follow. Not a friend or anyone I have ever communicated with but someone who I rooted for. Whose blog I read with the deepest...

4 Books That Help with Depression and Anxiety

Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health

4 Books That Help with Depression and Anxiety   I love reading, so much so that I dream of days gone by when I had less to prioritise in my life and I found it easy to make the time to read. One such day during Easter 2020 when we all found ourselves confined to...

When You Don’t Feel Enough

Confidence, Depression, Meditation and Mindfulness, Mental Health

When you don’t Feel Enough   There’s nothing I love more than a rom-com and the classic Mark Darcy quote                   “No, I like you very much. Just as you are.”   is often in my mind. You see – something has caught my attention in recent...

How You Can Help People with Anxiety

Anxiety, Depression

How You Can Help People with Anxiety   Anxiety is something that comes and goes for all of us, for some people though it sticks around unnecessarily. Sometimes it feels harder to work out whether your friend is struggling than to know how you can help people with...

Feeling Uncomfortable? People Don’t – You Do!

Anxiety, Confidence, Depression

Feeling Uncomfortable? People Don’t – You Do!   Every Friday I go swimming, half an hour of cool water early in the morning. Often with a pool to myself, sometimes fighting for space. With little pattern to the amount of people I never know where I am...

Change Requires Change

Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Therapy

Change Requires Change   I recently received a message from an acquaintance volunteering in an anxiety support community. She asked me whether my clients find it easy or difficult to find the support they require to recover. This person felt concerned about the...