The secret’s out. I’VE WRITTEN A BOOK! Surprise! I’ve been working on this book for over a year: drafting, revising, editing, pulling my hair out, sending it to beta readers, working…
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Mental Health
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What do you do if you’re an anxious flyer who loves to travel? To be perfectly honest, I’m still trying to feel my way through this one. Because every time I…
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Challenges Estonia Mental Health PersonalAnxiety Stole My Love Of Travel. This Is How I’m Fixing It.
It’s a pitch-black night on an Estonian island, and I’m having an anxiety attack. Just ahead on the narrow road, the light from Kim’s torch skitters over the gravel as she…
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I never, ever thought I’d call myself a runner. Even when I began to suffer increasingly with anxiety, I still couldn’t see the benefit of exercise on my mental health. I love…
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For most of the year, Hay-on-Wye is just a quiet Welsh village. But for ten days each spring, over 250,000 people descend on Hay-on-Wye. They fill the narrow streets, they book…
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Breathe. You are going to be OK. It might not feel like it right now. Your heart might be beating out of your chest with anxiety. Tears may be streaming down…
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It’s been almost a year since my dad died. I’m writing this in the living room at my boyfriend’s flat in Glasgow. His dog is snoring on the sofa with his…
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This is the house I was born in. It’s the only family home I’ve ever known. This is where my parents brought me as a baby in March 1988; to a…
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Challenges Grief Mental Health PersonalBoth My Parents Died Before I Turned 30. Here’s How I Deal With Grief.
It’s not easy losing both your parents in your twenties. And the grief? It’s a sucker punch to the gut. It’s like a sharp-toothed creature inside your chest. Like a waning…
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“Mi-mi mi-mi mi-mi mi-mi-miiiiii!” A group of travel bloggers stand in a small library, facing a keyboard. On the Caribbean island of Antigua, in a stunning resort studded with pineapples and…