Thoughts from the anxious mind of a wife, mother and one-time career girl
I've mentioned before how long it took me to pluck up the courage to do this. To do anything, actually. Because I didn't know that blogging about the life and times of me, and becoming some kind of un-masked mental health crusader, would be what I ended up doing. I have notepads full of pros... Continue Reading →
Let's make it clear. People with health issues of any kind are not defined by them. I am smart, funny and feisty. I am kind, loving and loyal. I am thoughtful, inquisitive and creative. What I am not, is crazy. I have chosen to talk openly about this particular part of who I am because... Continue Reading →
After I posted the advice to my younger self, I had a really interesting comment from a follower on Instagram. He told me that recently he’d been looking at this idea from the other way around, and had started letting his younger self give his current self advice. I absolutely love this approach - all... Continue Reading →
I often see articles and interview questions around giving advice to your younger self. It’s an interesting topic (and as an over-thinker, something else I can agonise over at 1am, as if my brain wasn’t full enough...) You often see responses like “be more confident”, “accept yourself”, “don’t let others take your power/bring you down”... Continue Reading →
Obsessive-compulsive disorder - it’s a topic that’s fairly well known, possibly because of people’s bizarre fascination with OCDs most extreme examples. But talked about doesn’t equal understood. For a lot of people, it’s not a case of ‘I need to turn the light switch on and off 50 times or my family will die’. There... Continue Reading →
I’m Jo. Wife, mother of two and previous career girl now doing her best domestic goddess impression. Like so many, I’ve just been stumbling through life - happy in my personal life, dissatisfied in my career (you can’t really have both, can you?!), letting the waves of life gently move my little rowing boat along,... Continue Reading →
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