Firstly, I hope you and yours are doing ok at this difficult time. Secondly, as this is my mental health blog I feel drawn to it today to share something small but significant I have learned about anxiety which may be useful to you as we navigate 2021. When I feel anxious and it is prompted by stress - external events rather than internally driven, I can clearly see that I am a worrier and it’s not helpful. I think a lot about what could happen in the future, and I don’t tole

This blog was first featured on www.thepositivepsychologypeople.com When I first heard about Positive Psychology and character strengths it was from the most unlikely of sources. A positive psychologist (I forget who) was quoted in a glossy magazine spread about body image as saying something (I forget what) about overcoming anxiety by choosing to find happiness instead. Full disclosure, my first reaction was to roll my eyes and laugh out loud and have the following rapid-fir

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 which will hopefully trend and increase awareness of mental health. Unfortunately, this does not always lead to a greater understanding or action to help elevate mental health to an equal position as physical health as seen by continuing stigma of the severely affected and the decreasing quality and quantity of mental hea