The Bookshelf #2
There's more book recommendations in this article than you can shake a bookmark at!
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- May 11, 2021
- 6 min
3 Tips for Managing Anxiety in Anxious Times
A few little self-care activities that I've been using to help organise my thoughts and manage mild symptoms as best as I can.
- Feb 12, 2021
- 4 min
The Bookshelf: Snowflakes and Serial killers
Avoid reading in the bath - when you start reading this book, you will understand! I would get a cosy blanket, sit somewhere quiet without
- Jan 23, 2021
- 5 min
What is a battle playlist and why do you need one?
We are at our most powerful when we feel like ourselves, so picking songs that fit our personality and who we are can really ground us.
- Jul 12, 2019
- 7 min
Performance Anxiety- How Can We Deal With It?
So, we find ourselves at the fourth week of our exploration into Performance Anxiety. So far, we know what Performance Anxiety is, how it...
- Nov 28, 2018
- 5 min
#AskTwice- Starting Conversations About Mental Illness
Question: What do the following have in common? Breaking up with somebody. Theresa May’s Brexit Negotiations with the EU. Having to...
- Oct 20, 2018
- 3 min
Self-Care Favourites- October
So, here are some of the things I’ve loved to do or use this month, to practise self-care. If you feel like you’re in a self-care rut,...
- Oct 10, 2018
- 3 min
10 Things People with Mental Illnesses are SICK of hearing
Humans. We all like to think we know everything about everything and EVERYONE has an opinion…even when they have no experience of what...
- Sep 25, 2018
- 6 min
Mental Health Crisis- Break it Before it Breaks Us
Copyright BBC Panorama Last night, the BBC broadcast a Panorama episode entitled ‘Kids In Crisis’, a documentary following the mental...
- Jul 9, 2018
- 5 min
Role Models: Choose Real over Fake- The Wasted Time Project
Credit- iTunes I was part of one of the last generations allowed to grow up without being glued to an iPad. I wasn’t allowed social...
- Jul 2, 2018
- 1 min
We’re On Youtube!
Check out It’s Not a Trumpet’s first ever Youtube video! Follow me as I prepare to play Principal Cornet with the wonderful Golborne band...
- Jun 14, 2018
- 5 min
Protect the Blob- The Wasted Time Project
If you’ve bought a newspaper, turned on the radio/tv or flicked through social media, one word has dominated the headlines. A word that I...
![Have a Nap, It’s Called Self-Care- [The Wasted Time Project]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed99c_1c4217f6972e4b42984c89b0451fd6ac~mv2.gif)
- May 30, 2018
- 3 min
Have a Nap, It’s Called Self-Care- [The Wasted Time Project]
When I first realised I was suffering with depression, the first self-care thing I did was to try to do things that were away from social...
- May 16, 2018
- 3 min
Listen To Your Mother- The Wasted Time Project
Dear Young(er) Liv, However behind the red and blue hair dye and the black eyeliner, we both know you’re actually a bit of a worrier. You...
![Be Positive, Grab the Freddo![The Wasted Time Project]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed99c_e2f7dd9982664c818d704d17350d307f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_502,h_377,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/6ed99c_e2f7dd9982664c818d704d17350d307f~mv2.jpg)
- Apr 11, 2018
- 3 min
Be Positive, Grab the Freddo![The Wasted Time Project]
The Wasted Time Project: POST 2 As a musician, I think we pretty much train ourselves to think critically about everything we do, at...
- Apr 9, 2018
- 4 min
Make a Plan [The Wasted Time Project]
here to read]. Basically I realised that I’m very good at dropping things because I thought I’d never actually finish the task or I’d be...
- Mar 19, 2018
- 2 min
The ‘Wasted Time’ Project
The Meaning of Life: Does EVERYTHING Have to Mean Something? I hate wasting time. I’ve always been a person that looks for ‘meaning’ in...
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