Self Care Ideas 2: Feel

Self Care ideas for a deeper connection with, and understanding of, our emotions, how to control them so they don’t control you.

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Self Care Ideas 1 : Think

Self Care ideas and inspirations for the basics of building strong a foundation for wellness.

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Self Care: What Is Self Care?

Self Care is almost any activity that we consciously and deliberately choose to do to maintain awareness of our holistic health.

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The strange little paradox: passive suicidal ideation.

passive suicidal ideation, perhaps the strangest and most twisted little life saver that you've probably never heard of.

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2018: The Year of The D

The idea for The Year of The D may have been inspired by a thirsty joke, but the fundamental iDeas guiding me through 2018 weren’t.

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Why I became an R U OK Day Ambassador

The rollercoaster of depression and the path to suicide are different experiences for everyone, this is just my story.

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What I learned from the Fear of Abseiling

I went abseiling to raise awareness for The David Martin Foundation, well I tried to anyway. What did I learn from standing on the edge, 33 stories up, frozen with fear, unable to trust myself, those around me and the safety equipment to take the first step off..even though i wanted to?

5 Life Lessons from a gogo dancer

Some life lessons are as valuable bouncing on the gogo podium as they are bouncing through life.

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3 things I’ve learned in my first 24 hours of unemployment

Unemployment is nerve racking - it doesn’t have to be. We can’t control what happens to us, only how we react to it so, like most of life it all comes down to attitude. In my first 24 hours of unemployment, today, there are 3 valuable lessons that I’ve learned.

The Jar of Smiles - 2013

When I started my Smile Jar I expected to enjoy and laugh my way through the memories when I cracked it open, but it gave me something even better.