by karen | Feb 23, 2024 | Mental Health
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of mood disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of depression that occur at specific times of the year, typically during the fall and winter months when daylight hours are shorter. While less common, some individuals...
by karen | Jul 31, 2023 | Mental Health
Self care for mums can come in in many different forms, and as a busy working mum, with some mum experience under my belt, I can tell you three things: All mums, be they full time at work out of the home, part time working, working from home or full time at home, need...
by karen | May 1, 2023 | Mental Health
I have shared about my own struggles a little bit around Imposter Syndrome. This article by By Ian Child, author of ‘Your Own Personal Time Machine’ is really helpful and useful, and I hope it’s helpful if you are struggling or know someone who is. Imposter...
by karen | Nov 13, 2022 | Mental Health
Resilience is futile. Welcome yo part one of my series on resilience and why its a misused concept that does more damage than good. This post is NOT a cry for help or a cue for people to crawl out of the woodwork in pretend concern. We are fine, we always are, because...
by karen | Feb 25, 2022 | Mental Health
When you have lived with imposter syndrome all of your life, but didn’t realise it is an actual “thing” the relief that you feel when it turns out it’s not just you, and that there are ways to combat it, is life changing. Impostor syndrome (IS)...
by karen | Jan 20, 2022 | Mental Health
What is toxic positivity and why you need to keep it to yourself, or better still drop it as an entirely bad habit? Toxic positivity is the belief that no matter how dire or difficult a situation is, people should maintain a positive mindset. It’s a “good...
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