Aside from looking for work, here is what you can do while you're unemployed to keep your spirits up and not waste your days. Work out This is a great time to develop your physical health. You have the time and space to exercise and progress with a goal to lose weight or tone up… Continue reading How to Cope With Unemployment
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Honest Life Update: Anxiety, Low Mood & Confusion (Podcast)
I want to always be honest with you guys and so, to be honest, I've not been too great lately. With anxiety, regular low moods, and confusion about my circumstances, I haven't been myself. And so, I wanted to explain why and also share my thoughts about the decline in mental health, empathy, and honesty… Continue reading Honest Life Update: Anxiety, Low Mood & Confusion (Podcast)
Back to Basics: What to Do When Feeling Low
I find that when I'm feeling low within myself (either sad or anxious or just off), I tend to catastrophise. To think that I'm doomed, I can't possibly get past it, and I'll feel this way forever. I don't think I'm alone in this. Firstly, let me say this: there's a difference between depression and… Continue reading Back to Basics: What to Do When Feeling Low
My Decision to Study Again
Many of you may know that in 2015 I dropped out of university for the second time in my life. If you don't know the story, you can read it here (my university story) and I'll be referring to it in this post, too. For those of you who may be interested, here is how… Continue reading My Decision to Study Again
Recognising Your Life’s Patterns
Learned behaviours, habits, defaults, emotional reactions, schemas, they are all patterns. A string of connected things that come together to form what you do and who you are. Day to day, we are choosing things for ourselves, consciously or subconsciously. Today I've briefly covered the topic of the patterns in our lives and what we… Continue reading Recognising Your Life’s Patterns
Self-Care Sunday: 5 Routine Ways to Take Care of Your Mental Health
I've felt my mental health slipping lately. As someone who has suffered high anxiety (clinically diagnosed social anxiety) and depression several times, I fear the low moods that crop up too often are a warning sign of the inevitable: my depression returning. However, this isn't necessarily the case. Negative emotions are just as valid and… Continue reading Self-Care Sunday: 5 Routine Ways to Take Care of Your Mental Health
Think About It: The Pain of Waiting
As I'm writing this, I'm in a waiting stage in my life. Where I'm waiting to start a new chapter that hasn't yet begun. This new chapter is uncertain, though hopefully exciting. And it is the waiting that is the hard part, really. It is the waiting that is giving me anxiety. Now for me,… Continue reading Think About It: The Pain of Waiting
How to Change The Past
It is a common saying that "you can't change the past" and I agree. I'm sure we all do. But I do believe there is a way to change how you feel about the past, which, in a way, does change it. So, here are my thoughts on how to change the past... Get… Continue reading How to Change The Past
Overall Health Checklist
Here are 50 things to check to ensure optimum healthiness in all areas of yourself and your life! Have you had your 5-a-Day? Walked for at least 30 minutes today? Have you exercised in some form? Stretched and moved your body aptly? In any pain? Does it need checking out? Maintained a healthy standing-to-sitting… Continue reading Overall Health Checklist
What is the Meaning of Life? (Podcast)
what is the meaning of life? Here are my thoughts on the subject
S. R. Crawford 