Tag: wellness
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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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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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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…
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Hospital Anxiety. Five ways to overcome it so the panic attack never arrives.
Hospital Anxiety. Five ways to overcome it so the panic attack never arrives. Hospitals have always made me anxious, when I recently had to go for an operation I was sure I would suffer from anxiety attacks but with some careful well-being care and great support I managed to avoid them.
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Owning your mental health can transform you. Three simple ways to do it.
When we think of physical health if we were asked how do we measure it most people could real off a list of things, weight, blood pressure, blood sugar, mobility, eye sight, BMI, hydration, iron levels the list goes on. But when we asked how do you measure your mental health the answer is much…
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Six things I have learnt about mental health. Awaken your Awareness.
In honour of mental health awareness week, if the pursuit of breaking down the stigma, for education and understanding here is a brief journey of my mental health and what I have learnt about mental health.
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Nice things happen to nice people. Why we should stop using this awful saying.
Nice things happen to nice people. Why we should stop using this awful saying. I was struggling a little for inspiration this week and then I came across the comment on a friends post “Nice things happen to nice people.” and dam I was not about to miss correcting one of life’s most awful sayings.…
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Three ways to free yourself from the never ending rut.
Three ways to free yourself from the never ending rut. This has been me for the last few days going around in circles, bouncing all over the shop. Failing to make progress. Procrastinating to the max. (I have watched more tv this week they I did last month). There is a lot going on, lockdown…
Rowan Aderyn 