I Am Enough
How does Social Media & mental health go, well for me there are times when I have to shut it down and escape from the noise. I will often have breaks from it particularly FaceBook, in the current world climate there is far too…
The good and the bad times, the last week has been up there in terms of good and bad times, from the darkest low points to life-affirming euphoria. After a pretty shit end to last week and yeah it rated up there with some…
There has been a lot written recently about coldwater therapy and wild swimming. As children, we just called it swimming, from an early age we swam in the River Usk at Newbridge on Usk or as we called it Gypos tump. We would ride…
What is Journaling There is nothing new about journaling, there records of the stoic philosophers keeping journals from Epictetus to Marcus Aurelius. Through history people such as 1. Leonardo da Vinci · 2. Frida Kahlo · 3. Marie Curie · 4. Anne Frank ·…
It has been a while since I wrote on here and as are coming out of covid all be it to a very new “normal”. I thought I would write a bit about how I have been the last few months since last writing…
Covid and My Mental Health. This is by no means an exhaustive post of how I have gotten through this year so far, just a quick post listing a few of the tools I have used to manage my mental health. During this year…
I have done contrast showers for years and there are proven benefits to the hot and cold contrast. Contrast showering is basically ‘therapeutic contrasting’ – the act of quickly changing body temperature from hot to cold and back again. This is usually done by…
Your life today is essentially the sum of your habits. How in shape or out of shape you are? A result of your habits. How happy or unhappy you are? A result of your habits. How successful or unsuccessful you are? A result of…
I have written about this subject in the past the power of Nature the outdoors and mental health. We are living in very strange times. Nature the outdoors and mental health, my medicine, my antidepressants, my therapy room and all free of cost to…
Yesterday had a purpose and meaning, I set an intention and did it. I woke well before the alarm and knew exactly what I was going to do everything planned and set in place. Camera-ready, memory card sorted, batteries charged, flask ready. I had…