TIP THIRTEEN - PLAYFULNESS ☀️ When was the last time you did something just because it was fun? Sometimes healing can look like tapping back into our child-like playfulness and curiosity. The playful mind is an open mind and a curious mind is a...
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Mental Fitness Tip Twelve
TIP TWELVE - PROCESSING HARD EMOTIONS ☀️ Sometimes our harder feelings such as sadness, overwhelm, anger, grief will disappear quickly and easily but other times they will stick to us, waiting to be seen. If you find these emotions coming back...
15 Beautiful Things to Tell Someone who is Struggling
Take what you need: 1. I'm proud of you for still being here. I know fighting the symptoms of depression is not easy, but you're doing an amazing job and it's worth celebrating. 2. You are so much more than the things your mind is telling you. I see you for...
Mental Fitness Tip Eleven
TIP ELEVEN - OVERCOMING PERFECTIONISM ☀️ Who else struggles with perfectionism? The issue with striving for perfection is that is can keep us stuck. It can keep us afraid. It can make us hide. We seem to forget that perfect isn’t even real. And so...
Mental Fitness Tip Ten
TIP TEN - SILLY PUTTY FOR ANXIETY ☀️ Let's talk about the therapeutic benefits of silly putty for anxiety! What is Silly putty? Silly putty is a highly resistant material that never dries out. There are many different types of therapy putty...
Mental Fitness Tip Nine
TIP NINE - COPING WITH STRESS ☀️ Are you feeling stressed or overwhelmed? Here are 5 things that may help: Spend time with people who make you feel alive, who nourish you, encourage you, and who accept you for exactly who you are....
Ricky’s Experience With Depression & Anxiety…
Ricky, Feb 2021. It was roughly 17 years ago when I had my first encounter with depression and anxiety, and I did relatively well at hiding it from those around me. Or at least I thought I did. I noticed that the things which normally brought me joy, no longer seemed...
Supporting Someone? Here are some small tips!
Support is incredibly individual so what may be right for one person, may be wrong for another. As everyone’s needs are different, when we are in a supporting role, we should aim to ask and never assume what the other person needs. When we assume and do ‘helpful’...
Mental Fitness Tip Eight
TIP EIGHT - PHOTO WALKS ☀️ Have you ever gone for a photo walk? 📷 Photowalking can make the task of getting out of the house more enjoyable. The main purpose is that as you walk, you take photos of the things that interest you along the...
Mental Fitness Tip Seven
TIP SEVEN - SUNSHINE ☀️ It is no secret that spending time in nature is good for you, but did you know that just spending time out in the sun releases serotonin, one of our body’s feel-good chemicals? As a result, one simple way we can keep up our...