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Why Emotional Overwhelm Can Make You Feel Lazy
We often treat overwhelm like a personal failure — a sign that we’re not coping, not strong enough, not organised enough. But what if overwhelm isn’t a weakness at all? We start to…
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How to clear Emotional Clutter
What Is Emotional Clutter? Emotional clutter is the quiet accumulation of unresolved feelings, outdated beliefs, and mental loops that no longer serve us. It’s the guilt we didn’t intend to keep, the worry…
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A Guide to Christmas Without Overwhelm
Introduction: Reclaiming the Season It is only October, so it feels a bit early to be talking about Christmas, but planning can make Christmas less stressful, regardless of how you choose to spend…
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Recognising the Emotional Signs of Perimenopause
This post aims to help readers identify and validate the emotional experiences of perimenopause, with signs to look for and ways to understand their experience. When Everything Feels Too Much Let me say…
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Autumn rituals: 7 autumn activities to slow down and relax
This post explores autumn activities that can be used to relax, rest and reset. As autumn arrives, many experience a natural shift in pace. The last of the summer sun is here, and…
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How to use gratitude to transform your life
Gratitude is and easy way to transform your life. With life’s busy demands and constant 24-hour access to bad news, it is easy to lose sight of the good things in life and…
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How to stay active in the winter months
We all know that exercise has many benefits. The benefits include physical health benefits. It reduces the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and strokes[1]. Exercise also impacts our…
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Affordable and Relaxing Self-Care Ideas for Winter Months
Affordable and relaxing self-care ideas are essential in the winter months. With the excitement of Christmas well and truly over, and the short, cold, grey wet days feeling never-ending it is important to…
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5 ways to reduce social media usage
These days social media usage is at an all-time high. Many of us spend a great deal of time on it. So much so that Brain Rot became Oxford’s word of the year…
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10 top tips to tame your to-do list
I am a fan of the to-do list. Chronic health conditions that create brain fog and fatigue mean that I generally operate with the if it’s not written down it is not happening…