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The importance of rest
Friday 27 January Nobody talks about the value of allowing yourself rest and recovery days. Whether you’re an athlete or not, rest days are vital for mental health recovery as well as physical recovery. For so long I didn’t “allow myself” days where I barely move from my bed. I feared being ill for this […]
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Getting out of a funk
Monday 23 January January is a hard month for us all, and a time when we often feel low and need a pick-me-up. Over the last few weeks I haven’t felt like myself – I’ve been unmotivated, feeling low, and distracting myself from my feelings. Self-care has been low on the priorities list. So, it’s […]
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Feeling stuck: not knowing what to do
Saturday 7 January I’m stuck. I feel lost. Does anyone else feel like this at the beginning of the new year? The last month has been an oasis of joy: spending time with old friends and family, truly enjoying a well-deserved break. And now we’re back in reality. The past few days have not been […]
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What I’m Taking With Me into 2023
Tuesday 3rd Jan 2022 has gone and left us, and let me tell you, it was a year full of highs, complemented of course by some lows. All in all, it was a year to remember for sure. As I said in my last post, New Year’s Resolutions (NYRs) are not for me. However, in […]
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Why New Year’s Resolutions Never Work
Friday 30 December Let’s talk New Year’s Resolutions, or NYRs. What is a new year’s resolution (NYR)? An NYR is a practice where a person resolves to continue good practices, change an undesired trait or behaviour, accomplish a personal goal, or otherwise improve their behaviour at the beginning of a calendar year. To me, NYRs […]
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Making Memories
Thursday 15 December. Making memories means doing, creating, living and experiencing – so that you can look back on those moments. In a way, memories is like writing a book: a personal book for you to revise in the future. Writing down memories allows you to visualise them and do remember them in detail. For […]
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The Last Month of 2022
Wednesday 30 November There are only 31 days left of this year. Some year it’s been. I am sure for everyone there has been a fair share of ups and downs, but I hope there has been more enjoyment than sadness. As December starts tomorrow, I want to give you one piece of advice, inspired […]
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Christmas Time and Eating Disorders
Sunday 20 November TRIGGER WARNING: EATING DISORDERS. The things I will cover in this blog post: We all know that Christmas can be a struggling time for people who have eating disorders or a bad relationship with food. To an extent, a good proportion of us struggles with food guilt after Christmas has gone by. […]
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The Winter Blues
Thursday 27 Oct Don’t you just hate the winter blues? The lack of vitamin C, the cold and dark days, the lack of motivation… We all experience the concept of SAD on some spectrum during the winter months. It’s scientific: To put in simply, we feel unmotivated during the winter months and a lot of […]
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Weight Gain: Benefits
Thursday 20 October Why choose weight gain in recovery? Why choose recovery? What Weight Gain Means To Me Here’s a rather long list I made, which is now a Word Cloud as my laptop screensaver, for motivation for those days where I feel the urge to restrict/go backwards again. We don’t want that!
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