Yesterday I was so stressed and anxious, boiling with frustration and panic. Then I helped a homeless guy, and a friend helped me. I’m feeling good again.
2017 in Review: it wasn’t all that bad…look!
It hasn’t been our best year. It’s been hard, yes, but we survived. We are here stronger than ever and ready for the next challenge: we are ready for 2018
A Letter to My Younger Self
By Amysboarderlineworld Amy, this is a letter to you from a place of experience. A letter to my younger self. I am writing to tell you all the things I wish you knew. Also, how all the things I wish you didn’t have to go through will make you a Continue Reading
10 important life lessons learned in 24 years
By Ellyse Rafferty 10 important life lessons learned in 24 years 1. Who you are right now is not who you’ll be in a year’s time. Reinvent yourself whenever you feel like it. We are always growing and changing, so go ahead and shed your skin. 2. Give what you Continue Reading
Is the Grass Greener on the Other Side of the Fence?
By Shirley Davis Humans search for happiness in the oddest ways. We look to other people, we try to change locations, we seek out fame and fortune, yet all these things are as useful as blowing soap bubbles. Happiness is somewhere else? While cruising the web last evening, I fell Continue Reading
Nurturing our Intimacy
By Virginia We were in love, he and I. Deeply. Desperately. The more I loved him, though, the sadder I got. The sadder I got, the less I began to feel that love inside me. At one point, I even thought I’d fallen out of love because my chest rang Continue Reading
Safety Dance
By Eddie Kedge It’s so easy to feel like the world and everyone in it’s gone batty. We have a morally vacant and cowardly government. We have a mass shooting once a week. And we can’t even binge on Netflix to escape because (surprise!) our favorite actors, directors and producers Continue Reading
On the daily battle to silence the shoulds, oughts and musts.
By Elli When the alarm went off this morning I was already weary. I am at the worst point of my period and I feel distracted and exhausted. My body is suffering, I have not slept well, and my belly aches. My mind is unable to settle, jumping from one Continue Reading
A key to living in the present
By Elli We have been in Anglesey for about eight weeks now. It has been fantastic. I’m living in the present here. Stopping time…for a while As I write this I am outside, sitting at the table under the parasol. If I look up I can see the mountains of Snowdonia Continue Reading
The To-Don’t List
A To-Don’t List: A list for anyone overwhelmed and stressed, for those who worry too much about what we cannot control. A list for the over-thinkers.
A long road to recovery
By Poppy Alice Road To Recovery Hi, I’m Poppy, I’m 18 years old and have been struggling with mental health problems for several years. Looking back I was about 12 when I first started to notice something wasn’t quite right. It wasn’t everyday but I started to have a lack of Continue Reading
Relapsed
By StayingAlive123 I relapsed this week and it has been hell. A combination of different things triggered it for me. There has been a lot going on that has been out of my control. Instead of working on the things I can control, I have been allowing this out of Continue Reading