Category featuring articles about health and wellbeing. This includes mental health, emotional wellbeing and physical health.
Growing Up With Autism: Win a Copy of Why is He Still Here? By Max Toper
Read moreAutism is a complex spectrum that affects so many families, so it’s refreshing to find a new book from a child’s perspective. Why Is He Still Here? is a powerful memoir by young writer Max Toper. He uses the book to talk about what it was like to grow up with Autism and the coping…
New Year, But Not a New Me: Why Gratitude is the Way Forward, and Resolutions are No More
Read moreHappy New Year to you! Are you already sick of seeing everyone’s ‘new year, new me’ posts? How about the body transformation ones?
ADHD: The Different Symptoms for Adults and Children
Read moreIn recent months I’ve started the process of being assessed for ADHD as an adult. This is something I NEVER thought I would write, but that’s because I had no clue what it really looks like. The media and society have stereotyped it as something young boys have who can’t sit still.
World Mental Health Day 2021: Mental Health in an Unequal World
Read moreToday is World Mental Health Day, and this year’s theme is ‘Mental Health in an Unequal World’. This theme was chosen, because access to mental health services remains unequal across the world.
Tips for Living with Chronic Pain
Read moreCurrently 28 million adults are living with chronic pain in the UK, according to research by The British Pain Society, which is two fifths of the population. Chronic pain is defined as pain lasting more than three months or permanently, which doesn’t stop with medication.
Embracing Who You Are This Summer: Celebrating Your Current Self
Read moreI always know when summer’s on it’s way, because weight loss and gym class ads fill my social media feeds. Why is there so much emphasis on changing ourselves in order to enjoy this warm season though?
Giveaway: Win a Happiness Habits Jar from Adbra
Read moreForming positive habits is important for our mental health, but much harder to do than it sounds. As somebody with a depressive disorder, I’ve always had an automatic negative outlook on everything.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder & Ways to Manage It: BPD Awareness Month 2021
Read moreIt’s Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month, and as someone on this spectrum with Emotional Intensity Disorder (EID), I wanted to talk about it. Statistics from Rethink state that 1 in 100 people live with the condition.
Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week 2021
Read moreAccording to Mother and Baby, 1 in 5 new mums struggle with maternal mental health, and I can imagine this has risen during the pandemic. This week is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, which was created to encourage pregnant and new mums to talk about their mental health more.
#ChooseToChallenge: International Women’s Day 2021
Read moreIt’s International Women’s Day today, which at times is controversial. Many times I’ve heard some men sarcastically ask when their day is (November, actually) but this day isn’t to make us seem above them.