I have anxiety, depression and pure OCD. On my bad days, they have me. TMI?! As a Time to Change Champion and a media volunteer for the charity Rethink Menta...

I am so pleased that this poem I wrote after volunteering at my local football club for Time to Change last year is going to be shared with followers of the ...

Well, good morning campers. I hope the Christmas season is treating you well. Just a quick update from me. I am in fact still standing. Research-less and the...

Somehow, I find myself without a therapist, without my studies and at a loss as to what happens next. Without someone professional whom I trust, to help me u...

This blog was first featured on www.thepositivepsychologypeople.com When I first heard about Positive Psychology and character strengths it was from the most...

A few days ago I was doubting that I had the words to express what reaching 365 days alcohol free (AF) meant to me. It has been such a personal journey but o...

I need some motivation so I’m just going to try writing and see where it takes me this morning. I am about 70% through my latest assignment for the MAPP and ...

Lets get one thing straight. I am more of an indoors girl, than an outdoors girl. I am not a hiker, a biker neither do I camp. My idea of a perfect day is on...

I just want to write to capture what I am feeling today...in case it changes. Read on... I've just got back from a half term holiday, in the company of famil...

Remember a while back I told you about my wellness strategies involving social media? There are a proliferation of memes today, videos, slogans and hashtags w...

Yesterday I put together a kind of psychological first aid kit (pictured below) on the advice of my therapist. Partly because I can now see that I won't be i...

I spotted a good article today which also made me angry. Can you guess what I didn't like about it? mad. Check it out here: I do wonder sometimes, who decid...

Have a reshuffle and place all social media app away from your devices home page. This one really works quickly. When I first did this in January and Februa...

It seems a no brainer to me now, when I sign up to follow a friend, a company, a group or a page….I often turn off notifications straightaway. This may seem ...

Checking in with yourself every now and then about  - does your online self feel like your real self? By definition online networks grow moment to moment and...

I was pleased and proud to be invited to attend an event hosted by the charity Rethink Mental Illness at their head office last night and I wasn’t disappoint...

When we take responsibility for who we interact with and what we are drawn into online we automatically become more discerning about how we use social media....

One idea for making your social media space less stressful is to ask yourself what does it add to your (offline) life. When you reach for your phone or brows...

We all tend to share our best bits and indulge in a bit of image crafting online (often unwittingly) as we share our moments, opinions and victories big and ...

Overall, practicing optimism was a good positive activity for me to increase my well-being (rising from feeling neutral to ‘slightly satisfied’) and my mood ...