Here’s something I’m working on in therapy – I want to know if anyone can relate. I feel uncomfortable in front of a camera. More specifically, I feel obligated to feel uncomfortable in front of a camera, as if liking my own image or the attention would be some moral failing. I began pushing back… View more
It should go without saying, but: My experiences with my mental health are unique to me and I’m not a medical professional. Take whatever is useful here, and discard the rest. About a month ago, I went back into therapy. It’s awful timing, because there are a lot of external pressures on me and my… View more
Earlier this year I wrote about how I have an ongoing problem with my kids being entitled. How nothing is ever good enough. One of them in particular has a negative, anxious-leaning mindset and I fear she will miss out on a lot in life chasing the perfect moment, not realising that perfection is already… View more
Seems counter-intuitive, doesn’t it? Adding a spell to your already over-flowing to-do list at the end of the year. But here’s the thing: self-care is important. Crucial. And you need to make time for it. We serve others better when our cups are full. You’ll need: If you want to go bigger: The ritual: Have… View more
The other day I was walking to pick-up with another local parent and he was asking about my work and I mentioned how my anxiety has been unbearable throughout Elton’s Song’s launch period. Then he shares a story about his mate, (who he’d just been to lunch with and also has mental health challenges,) and… View more
I need to get something off my chest. Something other than these damned annoying boobs – they’re staying unfortunately. We’re going to Canada. We haven’t been home since 2018. It should be joyful, right? Sadly, I’m more scared than excited. I love these people. I want to feel consumed by exhilaration and envision all the… View more
Living with mental illness isn’t fun. Nothing is going to make it fun. But you get to a point where you know you have this illness, whether depression as in my example, or anxiety or some other ailment that flares from time to time. It is part of you and chances are it always will… View more
As always, when life gets busy the first thing that falls off the back-burner and onto the floor is my blog. Not that I enjoy writing it any less, but formatting, finding an image, editing it so it says what I’m actually trying to say… that shit takes time. So I’ve got half a dozen… View more
This isn’t the blog I had planned for today; it’s the blog I needed to write. I have thoughts that need sorting, and no therapist. Truth be told, I’m terrified. I’m to the point in my current novel where I need to let people read it. I need to write the description for the back… View more
I don’t hide the fact I have mental health issues. My kids know it. My mates know it. My readers know it, too. Hiding my depression and social anxiety doesn’t help anyone, it just perpetuates the stigma. So, when people ask me how I am I tell the truth. I’ve had a lot of different reactions… View more
