Posts tagged mental health and happiness
Why weren't we taught this in school?

I love writing these health reports for Take a Break - this one looks at the most important life lessons we were not taught in school. Hopefully today’s kids are being taught more than algebra because communication, emotion regulation, well-being, hell, even budgeting, would have been a lot more useful!

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Grab life and live it

I absolutely loved writing Michelle’s story because she’s a brilliant and inspiring example of a woman who went through the worst of times and came out stronger. Suffering with debilitating anxiety, Michelle decided on a whim to enter an obstacle course race. The feeling of accomplishment changed her life and she now competes in obstacle races all over the country. She has overcome many obstacles - literal and metaphorical. Out now in Best!

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Say yes to happiness

I love writing health reports for Take a Break, I can really dive into them and I learn lots too! Here, I wrote about happiness, exploring what we’ve learned about happiness from lockdown and what we want from our lives as we emerge into a post-pandemic world. Huge thanks to Walls for the super-interesting survey which sparked the idea. We want happy! I love that - here’s hoping we build back happy.

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Embracing Our Bodies

We had such a fun day shooting photos of Sarah for this feature. She was so gorgeous! And so brave - I’m not sure I’d strip off like Ulrika! Sarah’s been through so much and come so far. Now, she’s sharing her story to inspire others to believe in themselves. You can follow Sarah’s page on Facebook here. Out now in Closer!

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