Posted on October 10, 2019
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Trigger warning: suicide. It’s World Mental Health Day 2019. The focus this year is preventing suicide, and the scary fact is that someone loses their life to suicide approximately every 40 seconds. The campaign encourages everyone to take 40 seconds of their time, to…
Posted on August 16, 2019
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Things that made me happy this week so far (my attempt at telling depression to bugger right off). CHaOS science day at Oakwell Hall. Lots of experiments for the kids to try out. Baby ran amok across the grounds and we saw newts, rats,…
Category: childhood, education, health, mental health, Nature, parenting, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: animals, babies, Breeze, chaos, children, Depression, family, Farsley, Friday, Friday Feeling, Friday motivation, health, holistic health, holistic therapy, kids, massage, mental health, nature, Oakwell Hall, outdoors, science, science for kids, toddlers, weather, wind, writing, yorkshire
Posted on May 24, 2019
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Self doubt can be a crippling thing and believe me when I say I understand that not everything is achievable, whether that’s due to energy levels, mental health, or other obstacles. But don’t ever let anyone tell you what your story has to be….
Category: followers, health, mental health, Uncategorized, writingTags: books, energy, freelance, freelance writer, Friday Feeling, gratitude, health, inspiration, mental health, pagan, positivity, work from home, writer, writing
Posted on April 12, 2019
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I don’t really smoke An occasional toke A nicotine sigh That’s all.
Category: poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2019, health, napowrimo, napowrimo 2019, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, smoking, writing
Posted on April 8, 2019
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Do I let the cats heal me? Press their tiny beans Into my sore muscles Again and again A much needed kneading. Do I let their meowing Cacaphony Chase away the Twittering birds of brain. Do I let the earthquake rumble Of purring Ground…
Category: health, mental health, Nature, poetry, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: animal healing, animals, cats, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2019, health, mental health, monday, monday blogs, mondayblogs, napowrimo, napowrimo 2019, pets, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, writing
Posted on May 14, 2018
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What a lovely weekend. I was honoured to be a part of the Online Beltane Music Festival, run by the Pagan Federation Disabilities Team, and really enjoyed seeing the other speakers and performers and interacting with the guests. For those who can’t get out…
Category: health, mental health, Music, Nature, pagan, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: disabilities, flowers, health, hiking, Leeds, mental health, monday blogs, nature, nature walk, Online Beltane Music Festival, outdoors, pagan, pagan federation, photography, post hill, pudsey, Robert Frost, spring, stream, summer, trees, walking, woods, writing, yorkshire
Posted on October 9, 2017
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Warning: some mention of sex. SPD may be referred to as PGP. The first acronym means symphysis pubis dysfunction. The latter means pelvic girdle pain. Both cover the often excruciating pain caused by excessive movement of the pelvic and pubic bones during pregnancy. I…
Category: health, mental health, parenting, UncategorizedTags: health, mental health, pain, parenting, pelvic girdle pain, PGP, physiotherapy, pregnancy, SPD, symphysis pubis dysfunction, writing