How one woman found her purpose during lockdown Last year, Karima approached me and I thought what better time than now to share her inspiring story and how a creative pursuit...
Finding purpose during lockdown
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Moments Of Madness
Mental illness is not a single breaking point, a sudden meltdown that pounces out of the blue. In reality, there are months or years of accumulated stresses and fractures, grinding you...
Bad news isn’t always bad news
Around three years ago now my life took a sudden and scary turn. I suffer from migraines and every now and then I have to get an MRI (to check I still have a brain, I assume). This time...
Life Lessons My Bed Taught Me
The core concepts we need throughout our journey is consistency, dedication, patience, self-compassion and self-love. My first challenging life experience was 18 years ago when I was in...
Finding Courage Through Music
Towards the end of 2015 and in my second year of studying an undergraduate degree in Art Theory and Music, I felt my life was improving dramatically compared to my first year where I...
Dare To Be Different
Living abroad in a different culture and putting your skills and your talents to test, is an adventure that I experienced not once but twice. It was the year 2001, and fresh from nursing...
Breaking the Cycle
In life there are cycles. Repetitive and entrenched, sometimes bringing good things and other times not. Cycles can be broken. The first time I remember feeling like I was worthless was...
One Mans Story of Bullying & Harassment In The Workplace
Around 15 years ago I was working for a software company, in a role that involved regular monthly overseas travel. It was a creative role in design, for a unique research project and my...
Finding The StrengthTo Leave a Toxic Workplace With The Help Of My Psychologist
Last September I left my secure, full time, well-paying job. I had been with the same employer for nearly 15 years. But I was fed up of being treated with contempt and condescension, by...
