Book Review – The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Blurb – “Following a trivial scuffle with a white boy, twelve-year-old Robert Stephens Jr. is sent to The Gracetown School for Boys. But the segregated Reformatory is a chamber of…
Hello, it’s been a while…
Hi, I have a few people on here that love reading my posts and I may not get a lot of interaction but knowing that people read them and I…
Dear grief, I have something to say.
Dear grief, You keep popping up don’t you? I’m smiling one minute and having a fantastic time and in a split second you come along and wipe me out like…
Small Daily Habits That Help Me Feel More at Peace with Myself
Peace isn’t always rewarded through big life-changing moments, a lot of the time peace can be found in the smallest of things. For a very long time I was under…
The Role of Communication in Emotional Wellbeing
Communication isn’t just simply talking and putting words together, real communication goes deeper than that. It’s about a connection, building trust and expressing emotions. When communication breaks down, our emotional…
Busting Body Confidence Myths
Conversations about body confidence can come with a lot of misconceptions. Social media is a big factor in providing a false narrative of body confidence, with some magical mindset of…
My Mental Health Emergency Kit
Mental health is both an uphill struggle and a downhill tumble at the same time. The days where your chest feels tight and constricted, getting up and going out seems…
Anxiety in the Age of Instagram
Instagram can be a blessing and a curse. On one hand, it’s a place of inspiration, creativity, and connection. On the other, it can be a breeding ground for comparison,…
Constant Changes in Clothing Sizes
Have you ever taken three different sizes of jeans to the changing room only to find that none of them fit? That is more common than you think. Being midsize…
What Anxiety Actually Feels Like
Anxiety isn’t just about worrying too much, it’s not just surface-level stress, and don’t even get me started on the people that think anxiety is something that you can “just…
Why Midsize Representation in Media Matters
It seems like there’s no voice for midsize women in the media. The midsize community makes up a large proportion of the population, yet it is hard to find consistent…
Body Acceptance: A Middle Ground for Mental Health
In a world where we’re constantly told to either love or hate our bodies, us midsize women can find ourselves feeling lost. We feel that we aren’t “plus-size” enough for…
How to Support a Loved One Struggling with Mental Health
Mental health is unfortunately extremely common, and it’s hard when a loved one is going through a hard time, you often feel useless and are left wondering if there is…
How to Manage Anxiety When You’re a Busy Mum
Being a mum is the most rewarding yet overwhelming role in life between managing household chores, work and taking care of your child, it’s so easy to feel anxiety and…
How to Dress Confidently as a Midsize Mummy – Budget Friendly!
Being able to even get yourself dressed in the morning can be a task when you have a toddler running around the place, but if by chance a miracle happens…
Small Steps to Alleviate Depression
There is no cure for depression, however there are some small steps that you can take to help relieve the heavy weight on your shoulders when in one of those…
Understanding Anxiety and Depression: A Personal Journey
Mental health isn’t fun, I mean, who even said it was? I hate how glamourised it is on social media. Why does it almost seem like a brag to have…
Try Being A Woman
Walking home with your keys between your fingers. Not being able to shut the world out with your headphones because you need to be aware of your surroundings. Second guessing…
Prioritising You.
Life can get so busy that we often forget how to prioritse ourselves amongst all the craziness. It’s so important, and you don’t realise that until your body almost gives…
Epilepsy. Let’s Have A Chat.
So, something you may not know about me is that since I was very very little I have had epilepsy, and I feel it’s not spoke about enough. I thought…
Let Me Talk About Myself For A Second.
It’s easy to sit and talk about all your flaws and bad haits and how you can improve on them and make yourself a better person but how about we…
Recognise Your Own Red Flag
The start of your own self loving journey begins at being able to recognise your own flaws and bad habits. Your own red flags if you will. We all have…
Nostalgia & Self Care
I’ve always been advocating that self care is the biggest and best form of anxiety relief that is out there. I have suffered with anxiety for YEARS, and I mean…
We’re Over Halfway…
How is it that we are in July already? It’s crazy how this year has flown by, My little boy will be 2 at the end of the year and…
What Makes A Bikini Body?
With summer approaching, so do the pressures of getting a ‘bikini body’, whatever that is… So what really is a bikini body? Let’s be brutally honest, we’ve been taught to…
My Son & CPAM
Grab a cuppa this is a long one. CPAM. Congenital pulmonary airway malformation. I was having my 20 week scan extremely excited to find out the gender of my baby…
Dear Anxiety, I’ve Got Something To Say
Dear anxiety, You may have won when I was younger, I was still vulnerable, I went through a lot but you couldn’t wait to make it worse so you had…
How I Budget For A Month
Nowadays it can be very difficult financially, with everything going up in price constantly and wages not matching that it can be so tough. I currently live paycheck to paycheck…
Things I’ve Learnt As A First Time Mum
Becoming a parent is a massive life changing moment. The hardest thing when it’s your first time; you have absolutely no idea what you are doing. So along the way…
How I Complete A No Spend Month
I found out about no spend months on social media and I loved the idea of finding a new way to try and save money and cut habits on excessive…
