Introducing: In This Skin
In 2011 I started blogging as a way of feeling less lonely being a mum of a toddler and a newborn. It brought me relief, a new hobby which would also earn me some money and reviewing opportunities (which I wasn't aware of at the time I started) and eventually brought me friendships. I called the blog 'Real Housewife of Suffolk County', a play on one of m…
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word for the year
Word for 2025
I thought I had my word set for 2025 a long time ago. I was ready for it. Prepared. This year my word was going to be "Consistency". In 2018 my word was supposed to be "Routine" but I ended up changing it to Faith. This year I thought consistency would be great. I wanted to get some order in my life. Follow a set of rules when I wake up and go to…
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Longing for Summer
I'm one of those people who loves to ask simple questions to find things out about people. What's your favourite flavour crisps? Who's your favourite James Bond? (Roger Moore should always be the answer) What's your favourite colour? What's your least favourite colour? Top 5 farm animals? What's your favourite season? For me, if anyone had eve…
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Back to work anxiety
Step One - Switch on laptop. Done. It wasn't that hard was it. Step Two - Manifestations and affirmations. I do this job everyday and I do it well. I am good at my job. I can handle anything thrown at me. Today will be a good, easy, quiet day. Prior to opening work emails. I was good last night. Other than the pint of Hawkstone cider in the afternoon at a cut…
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"I'll never see you again....but"
I was just writing down my glimmers (the opposite of triggers, little things that boost your mental health and make you feel good) and was really trying to drill down into the small things that make me happy, make me smile, give me a boost that maybe I don’t really think about. There are the obvious things: music, a long soak in the bath, music. But I wanted to go de…
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wellbeing
Things I STOPPED doing which affected my Wellbeing
It’s so easy to sit and “preach” about the things we do which have helped our mental health. I do it myself. And was due to write a series of things I had done to improve my Wellbeing (the first post I wrote was about reading). I was feeling so in control of everything. Balanced. Striving. I felt good inside and out. I see so often "Simple steps to improve your…
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wellbeing
Things I’ve done recently to improve my Wellbeing - #1 Reading
I really enjoy reading BUT I am also easily distracted by social media or I just get lazy. I recently wrote about a quirk of mine: “ I have this "quirk" (I'm using the word quirk because I learnt in therapy that if I use words such as silly then I am telling other people the things I do are silly, and I don't think this. It is a quirk I suppose w…
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"Your coworkers are not your friends"
I saw a couple of videos recently saying “Your coworkers are not your friends”. One in particular says coworker relationships are just of “convenience and circumstance”. Hard disagree! I have made some amazing friends not only where I work now but also one from 18 years ago, we’re still in touch and still call each other by the nickname we had when we worked togethe…
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mental health
Just Eat Bread
When the word addiction is mentioned I think thoughts immediately go to drugs, then alcohol, nicotine, gambling, caffeine or sugar. I’ve always had an issue with food. It was only this year I was able to recognise, with the help of my boyfriend, that I have a food addiction. For years I’ve used food as both comfort and also as a form of harm. If I’m feeling stres…
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