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Award-winning Author, Poet, Mental Health Advocate, and the Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of Stamford (2022-23).
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Ways to Improve your Mental Wellbeing Every Day
By Michael Baxendale Mental health is one of the key topics of the 21st century – and rightly so. Mental health relates to your overall...
Dec 22, 20214 min read
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Connor Gates: Anxiety and Depression…
The following article is written by Connor Gates, another mental health advocate. I encourage you to read the article in full, and check...
Oct 24, 20214 min read
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Burnout: Shining some Light on the Silent Obstacle we all Face
Only this week have I realised quite how much I have on my plate. I like to keep busy – you know I do. Nonetheless, sometimes, there are...
Sep 27, 20214 min read
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Alcohol and Coping
I did have another topic planned this week, but decided against it, because I was thinking, in between sips of my pink gin, how alcohol...
May 8, 20212 min read
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My Experience: DNA Lightup
I would say I am a spiritual person – open minded about all the possibilities that the world has to offer. That said, I’m not into...
Mar 27, 20214 min read
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Journaling – Your Unexpected Support
From my experience, journaling automatically gets dubbed stereotypically as a teenage girl whirling away the afternoon, writing away. The...
Jan 9, 20212 min read
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These Five apps can help you Manage your Mental Health
In the busy time that is the 21st century (seems a little ironic saying that this year, doesn’t It?), sometimes it is nice to know that...
Dec 12, 20204 min read
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OCD – A few of my Thoughts and Observations
From my point of view, there are a few misconceptions about OCD that seem to stem from OCD being the butt of the joke (again). So I just...
Dec 5, 20203 min read
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Body Image
Trigger warning: contains sensitive content regarding body image, weight and eating. I thought I’d do post on it this week, as it is a...
Nov 28, 20204 min read
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My Guest Post with Elizabeth Holland: Tackling Six Stigmas of Depression Head On
I hope you’re all doing well, or as best as you can in the current situation. Earlier this month, I wrote a guest post for the brilliant...
Nov 21, 20201 min read
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Positive Affirmations
While this might not be directly mental health related, it’s a strategy that can help you maintain the right mindset to achieve your...
Nov 14, 20203 min read
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How to talk to Somebody About a Mental Illness
Mental illness (more appropriately, health) is such a broad term that incorporates so many aspects of a person’s life and experiences....
Nov 7, 20203 min read
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10 Mental Health related Books You Should Read!
It’s cold, your night off, and all you want to is spend the night snuggled in comfort. This might be your favourite blanket, fleece – or...
Oct 17, 20206 min read
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Feeling SAD as the nights draw in?
We have arrived at that time of year. That time of year where it seems like everyone around you lets out a – sometimes obligatory – sigh...
Oct 10, 20206 min read
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Welcome
Hey, you. Yes, you. What does mental health mean to you? Some people seem to stop when they realise that health is contradictory to what...
Oct 3, 20202 min read
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