If you are suffering, please reach out. You are not alone, and you will find help. These are only feelings and they will pass. Hang in there…
Attachment to the Perpetrator
What makes us attach to people who harm us? Why do we find it almost impossible to leave abusive relationships? How do we change this pattern?
You’re Back
You’re back | What do you want? | You can’t have my soul | It’s not mine to grant | You want my sanity? | My peace of mind?
Missing Out
It’s hard to accept, but having chronic mental ill-health and taking medication every day has a significant impact on what I’m physically able to do.
Fight Depression with Exercise
You’d love to get up and get going, but you can’t find the motivation. You hate the gym and you hate walking outside… exercise just isn’t your thing!
A Letter to my Brain
Dear Brain, Although you and I are constantly talking, it seems as though it’s been a while since either of us really listened
Developing Resilience
Clashing with an oversized tiger that has been starved for a week, while you have one arm tied behind your back and are wearing a blindfold!
Moving house when you have mental health issues
I’m blessed to have a beautiful new house with my beautiful family, but this is a classic example of how mental illness does not discriminate!
Corporate attitudes towards mental illness? ‘Cut it out’
As a senior executive, I see the reality of corporate attitudes towards mental illness. Bias, ignorance, fear and brutality.
CBT #2 & thoughts on myself – Failure is a Stepping Stone
I am my own person. I live my own life and make my own future. I don’t need to hold back my future by being scared of what other people may think.
Why we have to speak out to change perceptions around mental health
I believe that it is important to share our stories of mental health illnesses. This is how we will change perceptions around mental health.
This is simply WRONG. We can do better
We CAN do better if we put our minds to it. It is NOT rocket science, but it does require commitment and resources to be used in different ways.