Depression, Mental Health, Self Care
No big surprises that I am a fan of taking a mental health day. Whether that means taking a day off from work or just a day off from everyday life; when things feel like they are starting to get a bit much and you can feel your mental health start to suffer, a day of...
Depression, Mental Health, Self Care
Happy July! I hope you looked after yourself in June. As we head into another month, here are some of the ways I will be practising self care in July. Break from the Norm “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.” Paulo Coelho It’s much...
Depression, Mental Health, Self Care
Can you believe it’s June already!? It feels like just yesterday I was wrapping up and bracing for a freezing, depressing January. Aside from the fact that my life is speeding along at an alarming pace, I’m pretty pleased to see summer this year (and...
Depression, Mental Health, Self Care
In my last post, I talked about why self care is so important for mental health and how a lack of self care contributed to my own depression. But when you are so used to letting your own self care slide, as I was when I first developed serious depression, it can be...
Depression, Mental Health, Self Care
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation.” Audre Lorde I don’t know what it is in our culture that makes people put so little emphasis on taking care of themselves. More than that. It’s almost celebrated. People who work...
