Tag: living with mental health
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Destructive cycles and how to break free.
Because life is short, follow the Happy Path for more tips and inspiration to live your happiest live. 1. Recognise you are in a destructive cycle. Sometimes this is the hardest step. At times we don’t even notice what we are doing is hurting ourselves. We might convince ourselves our vices are helping, that they…
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Why parents should protect their dreams and invest time and energy in themselves.
Because life is short, follow the Happy Path for more tips and inspiration to live your happiest live. I believe parenting in the modern world is a hard task. It is an almost constant point of worry or stress. Here are just a few reason why… We don’t have the village to help. Less and…
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Four ways to accept yourself and be good with who you are…
I have struggled for so long to accept myself fully, flaws and all. I have realised just how much time we spend beating ourselves up over perceived mistakes. So here are four ways to accept yourself and be good with who you are…
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Poetry to Ignite the Mind and Stir the Soul: My Dance
Don’t forget follow The Happy Path for more tips and inspiration to live your happiest live. https://youtube.com/shorts/qf34n0tIJPI?feature=share I am not broken, I am whole.A single person yet to unfold.Courageous in fear, hopeful in the dark.Beautiful and ugly, gentle, and stark. A tapestry of life, never complete.A poem or story, that’s messy, not neat. For every…
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Four reasons why i hate the term panic attack.
Four reasons why i hate the term panic attack. I really dislike the terms panic attack and anxiety attack, but I have no idea what we should call them. Here’s why I dislike them… They don’t do the experience justice, they feel like you are weaker for having them, I rarely felt panicked and let’s…
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Three ways to win the war not the battle.
Three ways to win the war not the battle. So many of us see overcoming mental illness or achieve if any goal as a battle to be won. We see it as a fight. We muster the troops and go to war. But that work or should we be more gentle in our approach to…
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Three ways to use focus to improve your wellbeing.
“Don’t think of polar bears.” What do you think most people think of? And if you say to yourself I don’t want to be anxious… what do you think you are? Here are three ways to use focus to improve your wellbeing.
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Five ways to leave your past behind you and be happy
Five ways to leave your past behind you and be happy We recently enjoyed a lovely little family holiday. The first in a long time. And with the seaside, picnics and adventures came a lot of country driving, more than we have done in years. At one point the inevitable happened and my husband found…
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Three reasons to be patient, persistent and proud when battling mental illness
Mental illness can be one of the hardest illnesses to overcome.
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Don’t be scared of saying the wrong thing. Saying something is better than nothing.
Don’t be scared of saying the wrong thing. Saying something is better than nothing. I see so many posts on social media about what we should and should not say to someone when they are struggling with their mental health. So many things saying, you must not try to fix the problem, you should not…
Rowan Aderyn 