Life of Mind

If I didn’t live alone I would have asked someone to pinch me on Monday afternoon. When Boris Johnson revealed England’s roadmap out of lockdown it felt as though – for the first time in so long – we received

November 4 2020 ’twas the night before the second national lockdown. Myself and three friends descended upon The Ale House, located underneath the rail arches of Chelmsford train station for a night of cask ales around a barrel outside the

Before my blog got hacked and wiped back in August 2020 one of my most read and commented on posts was about my experiences with attachment avoidance. For those of you who are unaware, attachment avoidance is a form of

A huge moment in my turnaround towards living with a positive mental attitude was applying structure and routine to my days. The circumstances that surround us can change at any one moment, and our routine changes with them. Almost twelve

We’re one month into the year that followed the shower of negativity that was 2020 and nothing has changed, if anything it’s got a little worse. Lockdown three has been extended, likely until March, new variants of COVID are popping

I’m something of a poster boy for the mental health benefits of travel. It well and truly changed my life in so many positive ways. Five years ago today I left New Zealand after a month of pure bliss after

My mental health took a much more positive turn once I introduced routine and structure to my days. Every Sunday I write a list of things I need to get done (outside of work) throughout the week. It doesn’t matter

January. Temperatures below zero, The Masked Singer, mutant COVID, the President of the United States is booted off Twitter, yet another lockdown and traditionally – a time for resolutions. Personally I don’t bother with new years resolutions because once you

Four days into the new year and the nation received the news no one wanted to hear – we’re to enter a third national lockdown. Unlike the November lockdown just two months ago, schools up and down the country will

There hasn’t been a year in my lifetime that has had such a negative impact on the mental health of so many like 2020 has. Yet me, someone who has had an array of difficulties with his mental health and