I want to write about something very difficult today. It’s difficult because we are all anxious about the future and worried about how to manage in the prese...

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...

I am struggling at the moment. Really not doing that well. I've turned off all notifications on my phone for the first time ever and even given my landline o...

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

They wear me and I am see-through, Exposed, uncovered Yet modestly hiding. The absolute worst Is in my mind. Stereo Vision. Doubt, Guilt. Guilt and Doubt Evi...

The day begins And I just know It's going to be One of those days. I dress myself With extra care. Trying hard Not to look down. A touch of red Slick like bl...

Who am I today? I think so therefore I am. Feeling everything. By Lena Britnell Poetry #SelfExpression #EverythingElse

Never giving up Just following flamingos Through rose tinted skies. By Lena Britnell Poetry #SelfExpression #MentalIllness

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...

Prompted by a recent post from the charity Rethink which highlighted some misconceptions of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), I have compiled my own list ...

Focus on the now, lighten up, cheer up, Just think about others that are much worse off. Worrying doesn’t change things, try harder and you’ll see The worst w...

It’s shaped me; all this stuff before, Though sometimes I don’t want to remember no more. The sense of being different, being set apart, Still hovers around,...

I am feeling ok at the moment. There, I have said it. It’s been almost 6 weeks since I last posted and although today I don’t feel much about writing, here I...

I write this today off the back of leading a walk for our local Mental Health Mates group, which I am so glad to have set up as being involved in this stuff ...

Perhaps because I have been either self employed or a home-based worker for nearly a decade, I have a habit of planning my weekdays by the hour. It may sound...