Category: HEALTH

  • “Tidy House Tidy Mind”

    If you’ve followed along for the first handful of blog posts you are likely getting the gist of the path my life has taken and the person I am. my mental health since being a young child has been teetering on the border of I’m coping and I’m not coping, peaking and dropping at various…

  • A Hangover Without the Alcohol

    The title might be a touch confusing but bear with me here. At the age of 40 having actually never been drunk this is likely the closest I’ve ever gotten to an actual hangover. I’m talking about the EMDR hangover, something I didn’t realize was a thing until I experienced it. 11 sessions in and…

  • EMDR – A Life Changing Therapy

    If you would prefer to listen to this blog post, scroll to the bottom of the page and you will find a link to the audio version on Spotify. Eight weeks ago I knew I had to change something. I had been in traditional talk therapy for almost five years, which had been absolutely helpful…

  • Distraction, The Double Edged Sword

    Distraction, The Double Edged Sword in Trauma recovery. If you would prefer to listen to this blog post, scroll to the bottom of the page and you will find a link to the audio version on Spotify. Throughout my entire life I have been on the go, always looking for a project, whether that be…

  • Learning to Love Food Again

    I haven’t yet explained the full back story of my current life situation, but I am working on a post to do that, nearing 7,000 words it is lengthy and raw and honest and as soon as I’m finished and happy with the words on the page I will share it. In short for the…

  • Why Don’t You Take Your Shoes Off?

    If you’d rather listen to this blog post, scroll to the end of this page and you’ll find the link to Spotify to listen instead. I’ve always been a person that dismissed eastern and alternative medicine, If I had a headache I wouldn’t ever stop and consider why I had a headache I would just…

  • Green Fingers

    If you’d prefer to listen to this blog post, scroll to the bottom of the page and you will find the link to Spotify to listen to this episode. Having spent my whole life with a huge passion around horses, when I got sick and lost a subsequent amount of weight I was faced with…

  • Why Did Nobody Tell Me?

    So I can think back to that fateful day now, it wasn’t actually even that long ago. I was wearing an over sized jumper and some joggers (an absolute #fashionista over here) and she turned to me and said, you do realize you’re neurodivergent and most likely ADHD. It was like a tidal wave of…