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Opening Up About My OCD
Hi all Today is a more serious post. I am going to be opening up about my Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I was diagnosed by my therapist last month. I wanted to share this because a.) I’m not ashamed, b.) I think it’s important to open the lines of communication where mental health is concerned and…
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My Experience With EMDR Therapy
Hi all! Today I am going to share my experience with EMDR (Eye Movement Desentisiation and Reprocessing) Therapy. I am not going to go into great detail about my past, but I will explain how I found EMDR, what it is and how it worked for me personally. My biggest motivation for detailing this journey,…
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Blogmas – Tips For Christmas Shopping!
Hi all! Today I am going to be sharing some tips to make your Christmas shopping simpler and more efficient. I know it’s coming a bit late, but a lot of people do their buying last minute. Hopefully it comes in handy. Without further ado, let’s get into it! 1. ASK FAMILY & FRIENDS FOR…
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Blogmas – How To Stay Calm During The Holidays!
Hi all! Today I want to discuss how to stay calm during the holiday season. Christmas is a magical time of year, but it can also be very stressful. There is a lot to do and organise, which can leave you feeling burned out. It’s important to look after yourself (both physically and mentally) so…
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My Experience With Bullying…
‘Blowing out someone else’s candle, doesn’t make yours shine any brighter…’ Hi all! Today I am going to share my history of being bullied, not only as a child but as an adult, later on in life. I recently saw the film It, which follows a group of kids that call themselves ‘The Losers Club.’…
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How To Overcome Anxiety…
“Becoming fearless isn’t the point. That’s impossible. It’s learning how to control your fear and how to be free from it…” Veronica Roth Hi all, Today I would like to discuss how I overcame anxiety after battling it since childhood. I don’t want to use the word ‘cure’ in this post because I don’t believe…
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Buy Experiences, Not Stuff!
First of all, I just want to thank everybody who has supported me since I launched my website four months ago! Yesterday, I took a moment to actually check my overall stats since March and it’s nice to see how many people have taken an interest and the good friends I’ve made (special mention Mabel…
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Why We Should Be Pressing Pause Instead of Hitting Fast Forward or Rewind
‘Thinking has become a disease. Disease happens when things get out of balance’ – Eckhart Tolle Time is an illusion. There I said it! It is manmade and would not even exist as a concept weren’t it for the human race. Not only did we perpetuate the myth of time, we sectioned it into years,…
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Mindfulness & Meditation
“Quiet the mind and the soul will speak…’ – Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati For a lot of my life, meditation and I have had an on-again, off-again relationship. I would sit in silence for long periods of time to quiet my anxiety and the second I felt better, I wouldn’t meditate for months on end.…
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Looking Beyond Social Conditioning
‘I see success as leaving high school with as much of yourself as when you started…’ I believe it all starts with high school. The pressure begins to set in the minute young adults are aware of how they look, what they have and what they don’t have. High school is incredibly difficult and teens…