Mental Health
Intention Setting for 2020 and the New Decade
According to the many experts in all-things-a-bit-woo, intention setting is absolutely vital to success and achieving goals. Without committing to the intent, we’re a lot more likely to fail.
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Mental Health
Why You Should Read 12 Rules for Life by Jordan. B Peterson and Listen to His Podcast
Don’t you just love YouTube comments? Trolls aside, they can actually be rather uplifting. My favourite went something like this: if you don’t have decent parents, read 12 Rules for Life and watch Jordan B. Peterson’s videos. Essentially, if no one taught you how to be a good person, this guy can. Clinical psychologist and […]
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Mental Health
How to Ditch the Scroll of Doom and Start Enjoying Social Media Again
We’re all guilty of the dreaded scroll of doom. Aimlessly looking at a never ending feed, on whatever our social media of choice happens to be that day. Damn vortex, drawing us in and stealing our creativity along the way. By mid 2019, Facebook had become an exceptionally negative place for me. Capable of sucking […]
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Mental Health
Should I Let My 10 Year Old Have a Phone?
This blog post could actually be shortened to a tweet. Here’s what it would say. Q: Should I let my 10 year old have a phone? A: No. End of. On point, but devoid of details and not hugely helpful. As this conundrum crops up a lot in my house at the moment (Polly – […]
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Mental Health
Divest in Fossil Fuels and Hit the Bad Guys Where it Hurts
We’ve heard a lot, lot, LOT about how to be more eco this past year. As I mentioned in my own A-Z, there are many ways to move towards more sustainable living. Unfortunately, the stone cold truth is, no amount of zero waste small steps will add up to taking our money away from the […]
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Writing
What Elizabeth Wurtzel Taught Me as a Troubled Twenty-Something
Reading about Elizabeth Wurtzel’s death yesterday (7th Jan 2020) was like a kick in my guts. Long time literary hero of mine, Wurtzel was a rank outsider. Telling it like it was in an era where everyone swept their feelings under the carpet. I read Prozac Nation, Bitch and More, Now, Again back to back […]
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