“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.”  Carl Jung I’ve mentioned in previous blogs how I have always struggled with this dark cloud of misery hanging over my head and impacting my everyday life. When I fell pregnant at 19 I was happy, my pregnancy was not planned but I was confident everything would b

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“When there are things to do, give it everything you’ve got. When there is nothing to do, do nothing.” – Ajahn Brahm My anxiety can make taking a break impossible. Our family is constantly on the go and although it can be exhausting I enjoy the feeling of accomplishment when I go to bed at night and being distracted from my thoughts. When I stop, even if it’s for a brief a moment I can feel my anxiety overwhelm me. I start thinking of things I should be doing or I feel consum

“To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!” – Charlie Chaplin Today has been a really “off” day for myself and I couldn’t really put my finger on what was bothering me. I sat down with the intention of writing a list of the things that are causing me anxiety and after 30 minutes my blank piece of paper was still blank. I did have a bit of a giggle to myself, here I am having heart palpitations and trying to control my breathing because I was worke

Hello everyone, I was tagged by the beautiful Anita from Discovering Your Happiness to do this tag she RULES: ☼ Thank & tag the person that has tagged you ☼ Attach the tag photo ☼ Answers the ‘This or THAT questions ☼ Tag a 10-20 friends. HERE WE GO: How do I feel at the moment? ☼ Tired!! We got back from Bali yesterday and then we were straight back to reality today What do I need more in my life? ☼ BALANCE – I’m still searching for a happy medium with work, children,

“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” Dalai Lama For as long as I can remember I have had an inner demon that enjoys making me feel uneasy about everyday tasks, or can make an exciting day into an anxious day or makes me worry about not having anything to worry about. It was around the age of 17-18 that I remember hitting an all time low and feeling so helpless I called the beyond blue help line and cried to a total stranger about how lost I was feeling. I ca

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” ― Roy T. Bennett Hello to all of the kind souls who may be reading this! I’ll start this off the same way I started of day 1 and 2 by saying a HUGE Thank you to Discovering Your Happiness and In my shoes… for nominating me for the 3 Day Quote Challenge! Here is a link to Day 1 and Day 2 if you mi

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” Steve Jobs Hello to all of the kind souls who may be reading this! I’ll start this off the same way I started of day 1 by saying a HUGE Thank you to Discoveri

“We make our lives so heavy, we have these incredibly heady burdens we carry like rocks in a bag, we don’t realise the lightness of just letting it go. It’s not an external change, it’s an internal change, it’s a change from holding on very tightly to holding on very lightly.” Hello to all of the kind souls who may be reading this! I want to start this off by saying a HUGE Thank you to Discovering Your Happiness and In my shoes… for nominating me for the 3 Day Quote Challenge

“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” Abraham Lincoln When I turned 18 I was probably the most lost I have ever felt in life. I was confused, anxious, lonely and desperate for some guidance and acceptance as I felt like I was constantly failing. It wasnt until I met my now husband just before I turned 19 that things started falling into place for me and a lot of that was because I spoke to my doctor and discovered that I was su

“To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan… believe… act!” – Alfred A.Montapert I watched a TED talk a couple of weeks ago by the amazing Patti Dobrowolski about drawing your future and it had me so inspired that today I gave it a go. I have been really interested in visual goal setting ever since I started reading more about the law of attraction and already have a vision board but thought this could be a great addition. The power of visualisa

When I am anxious it is because I am living in the future. When I am depressed it is because I am living in the past. – Author Unknown Does anyone else get the Sunday blues? Well it turns out there’s actually a word for it which is “Smonday” and is described as “The moment when Sunday stops feeling like Sunday and the anxiety of Monday kicks in.” So many people I talk to experience this and I was really startled when my 7-year-old son started getting upset on Sunday nights be

“Letting go helps us to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands-off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress.” – Melody Beattie Resentment is a mixture of toxic emotions formed by anger, hatred and disappointment and is incredibly destructive. What inspired me to write this blog was the realisation that I am surrounded by multiple peopl

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough.” – Melodie Beatty I’m sure in January there were many times when I thought “Could the day get any worse?” but now we’re in February and I’m reflecting on all the things that made January great those unpleasant days are so insignificant as the good always outweighs the bad. These are just a few things that I am grateful for this month, I keep a gratitude journal that I write in daily for all the little

They may forget what you said but they will never forget how you made them feel. – Carl W. Buehner Tomorrow my youngest will be starting school and just like many other parents I’ve got a whole lot of mixed emotions going on. I often hear of people struggle with the loneliness of their youngest child growing up and of course that’s a huge part of what I’m feeling today but the feeling that has been overwhelming me the most is guilt. Whenever your child reaches any milestone y