The Good and The Human

I put up a pole this week asking which blog post I should write next (which I found really fun btw). The two options were: 5 ways to manage anxiety or 5 positives to having anxiety and as you can see by the title of this post - positivity wins! Before I get stuck in I wanted to announce that as I have hit my July target within a week I have decided that going forward I'm going to start uploading 2 blogs a week. One on a Wednesday and one on a Sunday. I’m so excited for this whole journey and being able to share my mind/thoughts with you all. I hope you'll come along this journey with me <3 So back to this post! This feels a little bit morbid because Anxiety is so not positive but roll with me, sometimes you've got to find a positive or it will consume you.  Little background info for you - I’ve had anxiety since I was a child. It’s been debilitating at times, prevented me from going for opportunities and really affected my studies (presentations are too much). I...

Are you familiar with self-care? Is this an alien topic to you? Or are you well invested in it? I first heard about it during my training where we were being taught the importance for Therapists to take time to re-cooperate their minds. Self-Care is something that we can do, on purpose, in order to take care of our emotional, physical and mental health. For some people that may be activities such as going for a walk, reading a book, meditating or dancing about their living room (a personal fav of mine). As a trainee Counsellor my self-care routine is essential for not only my own mental health but also my relationships, my effectiveness as a Counsellor, my normal day job and so on. Basically poor self-care infiltrates into all aspects of my life so it’s fairly high on my priority list. If I’ve taken a couple of weeks off I’m noticeably grumpier, snappy, tired and usually it makes my anxiety worse. My self-care routine usually revolves around anything beauty related. That may ...