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That Time Again: Eating Disorder Awareness Week
Monday 27 February Last year, I shared my story with the world. Throughout the duration of EDAW 2022 and in various blog posts since, I covered many different topics in connection to eating disorders. This was the first time I opened up online about my experience, and it was one of the hardest things I…
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Dealing With Anxiety
Monday 27 February Anxiety is something that a lot of us deal with. Let me tell you, it’s not a fun thing. Like a shadow, it creeps up on us when we least want it. It prevents us from doing so many things, even simple things like leaving the house just to go to the…
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Being Present, Again
Monday 13 February The beginning of 2023 has suddenly flown by. In my head, we’re still living in the first week of January. Thankfully, though, we are heading towards brighter, longer and warmer days as Spring is right around the corner. With this idea in mind, it has recently become apparent to me that I’ve…
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What people don’t talk about: eating disorders
Thursday 9 February Eating disorders are almost glamourised by people on social media. “It’s a quick fix to get skinny!” “Just starve yourself and you’ll get there!”. The truth is an eating disorder is one of the worst things anyone could have to deal with. The thought patterns are drilled into your mind; all you…
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Stay Healthy With These Travel Tips
Tuesday 7th February Guest Post: Jesse Clark from Soulful Travel (link at end of post) Travelling for work can be chaotic, and more than one employee has caught something during a trip. However, you can fight the travel bug by implementing a few healthy habits. Here are some tips and resources to help you get…
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Healing Is Not Linear
Monday 6 February Something I have discovered recently is that any path of self-improvement is not going to be easy. As I have said time and time again, life is full of ups and downs. We are like a wave. We rise and fall in a cycle. There are bad parts and good parts. Sometimes…
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Feeling Stuck in Recovery
Friday 3 February Pepetoe has rapidly become a site that advocates heavily for eating disorder awareness and recovery. On top of that, it has become my personal journal to vent out my feelings on this topic as well as many others. Through this, I hope that my own experiences and struggles with things such as…
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Band Promotion: The Lost Dogs
Thursday 2 February Introducing The Lost Dogs, rock cover band in Worcester, UK. A band based in Worcestershire, England producing covers of the incredible rock bands themselves, from the Foos to Stereophonics, Biffy Clyro and more. A new yet old band, the name has changed from “Ace Trucking Co.” to the current “Lost Dogs” and…
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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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