Category Archives: Mental Health
Cycling Up
This post was written by Sally McGraw of Already Pretty. You know how, when you’re feeling kinda wretched about the current state of your bod, you tend to lose interest in shopping? And eventually, shopping apathy morphs into diminished interest in clothes? And sometimes THAT indifference becomes an inability to engage in basic grooming? It’s [...]
How Love Healed My Eating Disorder – Twice
This is a guest post written by KatieP of Head ♥ Heart ♥ Health. In September 2009, bloated and hungover from another binge and dealing with the chronic pain of too many laxatives, I realised I had an eating disorder and started on my road to recovery. What I’ve never talked about is that this wasn’t the [...]
Excavating Shame
You know all of those things that you’ve been holding onto for as long as you can remember, because you kind of sort of think maybe you were to blame for them or they reaffirmed what you’ve always suspected has been true about you or you just can’t really seem to let them go? Today [...]
On Being Open & the Universe & Saying No
This is a guest post whipped up for your reading pleasure by the lovely Ega Jones. Enjoy! Here’s a little secret about me: I believe that the universe picks up on the energy we put out and sends it right back to us. Yeah, I said it. That’s how I think the world works. (You [...]
Self-Care for the Caregiver
I have a sneaking suspicion that many of the people who read this blog are remarkable caregivers, and I have been thinking about all of you this week. The thing about being a great caregiver is that it is a quality that is universally liked by those who are being cared for, but sometimes they’ve [...]
